Poor response to flood aid appeal
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The UN food agency says it has received less than 20% of the funds it asked for flood victims in Bangladesh.
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The country should have been better prepared for the summer floods in England, an independent review will say.
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A United Nations relief agency has appealed for 15 million dollars in emergency aid for North Korean children, saying last year's floods increased their vulnerability.
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A public funding watchdog criticises the government's financial response to the summer's floods.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to cope with the scale of the Asian tsunami disaster which has killed more than 38,000 people, with the International Red Cross saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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Firefighters in Perthshire respond to a number of calls from people trapped by floodwater in Milnathort.
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By Rindi White, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 6--WASILLA -- When heavy rains caused rivers and creeks to flood Aug. 18 and 19, the American Red Cross responded with more help than flood victims needed, Red Cross officials said.
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Executive ministers meet to decide how best to respond to severe floods across Northern Ireland.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 8--The federal government is offering Mecklenburg County a big assistance in getting rid of Charlotte's most flood-prone residential area.
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Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says local authorities will be given financial aid to help deal with flood damage.
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Appeals are set up in the north of England for victims of the June floods,as thousands remain homeless.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - More than a week after floods  devastated this impoverished Haitian city, aid workers were  struggling to bring food and clean water to thousands of  residents, some still perched on roofs.
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The British public's response to the tsunami appeal is unprecedented - but where does the money go?
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Impoverished Bangladesh could face a catastrophe unless international donors speed aid to 30 million people hit by devastating floods, the World Food Program said on Tuesday.
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THE British government today raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to Â£50 million ($124.22 million), up Â£35 million ($86.96 million) from yesterday, the Department for International Development said.
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Ohio communities that were damaged by last week's flooding from remnants of Hurricane Ivan are running dangerously low on food and other supplies, aid workers said Friday.
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WELSH householders were faced with the heartbreaking job of clearing up yesterday after their homes had been flooded for the second time in under a year.