AFRICA-ASIA: Natural Disasters and the Environment

NAIROBI, 5 September 2007 (IRIN In-Depth) - (September 2007)

• PAKISTAN: Floods kill 40, creating havoc in cities
  
• AFGHANISTAN: More than 80 killed and thousands displaced by floods and avalanches
  
• MAURITANIA: Urban poor scraping by with little aid
  
• Miraj, Dhaka, “Our house floods every year, but this year was worse"
  
• IRAQ: River Tigris becoming a graveyard of bodies
  
• KENYA: Earthquake scare highlights emergency response weaknesses
  
• NEPAL: Densely-populated Kathmandu facing increased earthquake risk
  
• NIGERIA: Chlorine gas from water plant kills three in southeast
  
• SENEGAL: Rains come late, cause widespread flooding