Mercy Relief responds to fatal Tropical Storm Megi

SINGAPORE, 17 June 2022 – Mercy Relief is responding to Tropical Storm Megi which hit the Philippines on 10 April 2022. Named Agaton locally, the cyclone made landfall on Calicoan Island, Guiuan, before moving through the eastern and southern coasts in the...
Healthy Community – Timor Leste

Healthy Community – Timor Leste

Focused Sector(s): Water & Sanitation Project: Healthy Community Date and duration: Oct 2017/ 8 months Location: Railaco Vila, Railaco Subdistrict, Ermera Municipality Beneficiaries: 1,967 people Partner: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Decades of conflict and ongoing...
Typhoon Morakot (Taiwan) 2009

Typhoon Morakot (Taiwan) 2009

Date: 2 – 11 August 2009 Category: 2 (Tropical Cyclone)   Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan just before midnight on 7 August 2009, flooding the entire south of the country, and triggering mudslides. One of the most urgent problems in the immediate aftermath of the...

Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 2004

Date: 26 December 2004 Magnitude: 9.0 The Indian Ocean Tsunami, triggered by a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake on Boxing Day, was one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world, claiming more than 250,000 lives and leaving at least two million homeless. The...

Lebanon Armed Conflict 2006

Date: July – September 2006 The Lebanon war with Israel began on 12 July 2006 and ended with a United Nations brokered ceasefire on 14 August 2006. The conflict resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 Lebanese and 165 Israelis, and displaced up to 500,000...
Hadramaut Flood 2008

Hadramaut Flood 2008

Date: 24 October 2008 In late October 2008, Hadramaut, Yemen was hit by the worst flash flood it had seen in over 200 years. Early flood warnings helped avert large numbers of human casualties, but some 3,500 homes, almost all made of mud-brick, were swept away,...