News type: Press release

DELHI, INDIA (October 7, 2009) – Heavy rains due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal and low pressure from the Arabian Sea have caused flash floods in north Karnataka and the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, flooding hundreds of villages and leaving homes completely submerged. Government authorities in India have mounted a massive evacuation of families fleeing the flood-affected area. More than 260 people have died and two million have been affected.

PADANG PARIAMAN, SUMATRA (October 6, 2009) – As international relief operations intensify in the earthquake-shattered areas of West Sumatra, CARE is distributing aid into hard-hit areas reachable only by motorbike or on foot. CARE emergency workers say remote areas were hardest-hit by the devastating 7.6 quake Sept. 30, but have received little aid because of blocked roads.

INDONESIA (October 3, 2009) – CARE International has deployed emergency items to the earthquake zone in Indonesia and is preparing to distribute the life-saving materials to survivors. CARE is part of a coordinated international effort to bring relief to the estimated 200,000 people affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on September 30th.

Momentum is building for gender equity as today more than one hundred women from Asia and around the world voiced a call for gender justice to be included in the next international climate agreement. The demonstration took place outside the current

INDONESIA (October 1, 2009) – CARE Indonesia emergency team members have deployed to the earthquake-stricken city of Padang, which was hit by another massive quake today. CARE is part of a joint assessment team with government departments, other aid organizations and UN agencies to determine immediate needs of survivors.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 30, 2009) – CARE International today applauded the unanimous adoption of a new UN Security Council resolution to fight sexual violence in armed conflict.

CARE emergency teams in Vietnam and Laos are responding after Typhoon Ketsana slammed into mainland Asia yesterday, the worst typhoon the region has seen in decades. CARE’s emergency response continues in the Philippines, helping some of the nearly two million people affected by flooding as the same storm ravaged Manila earlier this week.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 30, 2009) – CARE’s emergency team in Indonesia is on standby after a massive quake struck the coast of Sumatra earlier today. The quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck near the city of Padang, the same area that suffered a deadly quake two years ago.

CARE emergency teams in Vietnam and Laos are preparing to respond as the deadly Typhoon Ketsana continues its path towards mainland Asia. The typhoon, which killed 140 people and left more than 150,000 homeless in the Philippines over the weekend, is expected to make landfall in Vietnam and Laos tomorrow morning local time.