Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Floods - DREF Final Report MDRLA007
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Description of the disaster
The lower Mekong region (Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Thailand and Vietnam) experienced prolonged heavy rain since 6 October 2020 until early December 2020. This was due to the combination of numerous weather systems – the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone combining with cold air as well as tropical storms Linfa and Nangka as well as tropical depression INVEST 94W. The three wind systems made landfall in Vietnam but brought along heavy rain to the rest of the lower Mekong region. Tropical storm Linfa made landfall on 11 October 2020, tropical storm Nangka made landfall on 14 October 2020 whilst tropical depression INVEST 94W made landfall on 16 October 2020.
FAO improves the food security of South Pentecost communities in Vanuatu
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21/04/2021 South Pentecost, Vanuatu The community of Bunlap, which a Kustomary Area in South Pentecost, Vanuatu is building its capacity and diversity in agroforestry production thanks to the Integrated Sustainable land and Coastal Management (ISLCM)/FAO project.
In the second phase of the Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold Livelihood Recovery Program for South Pentecost, the project team carried out a supervision mission to Ranwas, which is located in the Bunlap Zone.
A total of 516 people have benefited from the emergency Farm Field School program and through the establishment of two agroforestry nurseries, which have helped to improve and diversify the diets of the beneficiaries.
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Vanuatu has banned outbound travel from the main island of Efate for three days after a body that washed ashore near the capital of Port Vila tested positive for COVID-19.
The body is believed to be that of a Filipino crewman who went missing from a UK-flagged oil tanker on April 11 and was later found at Pango Beach, about six kilometres south of the capital’s wharf.
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman announced a domestic travel ban on Sunday.
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Authorities transported the remains to the local mortuary and they were tested for the virus at Port Vila Central Hospital on April 17, returning a positive result.
PORT VIILA (Vanuatu), April 19 Vanuatu slapped travel restrictions on its most populous island today after tests confirmed a body that washed ashore on the largely coronavirus-free Pacific nation was infected with Covid-19. Government sources said the deceased was a Filipino sailor whose vessel.
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