We are also striving to boost the capacity of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society to take appropriate action in the event of any outbreak of water-borne infectious disease. On Wednesday, an inter-agency mission organised by UNHCR and the World Food Programme (WFP) is to begin a two-day helicopter survey of areas along the devastated west coast of Sumatra. During the last six years, USAID has supported RSA to gain international search and rescue training and the ability to train others in life-saving procedures following crises such as earthquakes, floods, trench rescue, swift water rescue, aircraft accident body recovery and numerous other skills. After hundreds of Afghan refugees died this winter while living outside in extreme cold and snowy conditions, UN officials warned recently that the country is facing a humanitarian disaster. Main roads running through the state remained impassible and attempts to access cities by helicopter were hampered by the relentless downpours, Ye Htut said. * 4 dry ration distribution points have been selected for the beginning in the most vulnerable zones identified in the three targeted districts : Geladid, Dalat, Dawahale and Jilahle. While volcanologists admitted that smaller explosions and ash emissions have continued from Mount Talang following Tuesday's eruption, they said there were no signs of an impending large eruption. In July and August 2015 Myanmar suffered the worst landslides and flooding in recent decades after unusually heavy monsoon rains, and exposure to Cyclone Komen, which passed by the country's southern coast. BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - December 1, 2005: Within days of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the International Rescue Committee had launched emergency teams to help the Acehnese people cope with the massive devastation wrought by the waves. In addition, it is extremely prone to natural disasters; such as floods, drought, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, snowfall, typhoons and cyclones which have important social and economic consequences. Senegal teetered on the verge of financial catastrophe. In the neighboring province of Fujian, continuous heavy rains since May 30 have claimed the lives of 22 people and destroyed 19,000 homes, forcing the evacuation of more than 50,000 people. NOAA has made designs and documentation for the deep-ocean buoys freely available on its Web site to any interested nation or company. Please also consider making an unrestricted donation which will enable LWR to respond quickly to the next emergency. Current response: communicable disease prevention and control, community mental health services, assistance in management and coordination of emergency and disaster response, Health as a Bridge for Peace. Three years earlier on May 12, 2008 an equally calamitous tremor shook China's Sichuan Province. Between June and September, 1999, West Africa experienced exceptionally heavy rainfall, flash floods and tropical storms. ISLAMABAD, Nov 25 (AFP) - The number of people facing a bleak, tented winter in Pakistan's northern Karakoram mountain range following earthquakes last week has risen to 15,000, a government official said Sunday. Recent snow flurries and fog have prevented the planned airdrops from taking place as frequently as had been hoped, and the increasingly muddy roads make truck convoys hazardous at times. The peak for dengue cases is generally during September-end but, due to intermittent rains last month, the temperature got stabilized to about 25 degrees Celsius, conducive to breeding of the aedes mosquito.