Widespread flooding struck eastern and central Aceh and parts of neighbouring North Sumatra province in December, damaging 757 villages and affecting over half a million people. In response to the disaster, MR sent a 4-man medical team to Aceh Tamiang, one of the...
Central Philippines was first lashed by Typhoon Durian in late November, and then blasted by Typhoon Utor in December. The torrential rains not only caused massive flooding, but unleashed deadly mudslides from the volcanic slopes of Mt Mayon, killing hundreds and...
In December 2006, the unusually heavy monsoon period culminated in a phenomenal rise in tidal inflow. This resulted in floods and mudslides, leaving some 23,000 people displaced and cutting off access to clean water. Responding to the precarious flood situation in...
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