Tag: disaster
CRS en el Mundo: Long Recovery after Hurricane Sandy Hits Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
November 14, 2012
CRS en el Mundo is a podcast in Spanish. For more resources in Spanish, visit www.crsespanol.org. Recovering from the aftermath of hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean could take months, if not years, a CRS expert in emergencies says. La recuperación después del huracán Sandy en el Caribe podría tomar meses, sino hasta años, según una [...]
UPDATE: CRS Continues to Respond to Hurricane Sandy in Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti
November 1, 2012
Updated November 1, 2012, 4:00 pm Catholic Relief Services and our partners in the Caribbean continue to help people deal with the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy before it set its sights on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States earlier this week. HAITI Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage to households and infrastructure throughout Haiti, [...]
CRS Responds to Hurricane Sandy Victims in Jamaica and Haiti
October 25, 2012
Catholic Relief Services is closely monitoring the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall yesterday afternoon in Jamaica. Our assessment team arrived in Jamaica to prepare a damage assessment. Preliminary reports suggest that some areas have experienced significant flooding and roofs have blown off houses in Kingston. Before the hurricane made landfall on Jamaica, Haiti [...]
CRS Is Monitoring Hurricane Sandy, Preparing Emergency Response
October 24, 2012
Baltimore, MD, October 24, 2012, 4:30 pm – Hurricane Sandy is pounding Jamaica this afternoon and is on track to make landfall on the eastern portion of Cuba. While the storm is not expected to hit Haiti directly, some areas — particularly the southern peninsula — will likely experience tropical storm conditions throughout the day today, resulting [...]
Pope Benedict's Prayer Intention for January: Comfort for Disaster Victims
December 30, 2011
From the Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2011 (VIS) – Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for January 2012 is: “That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild their lives”. His mission intention is: “That the dedication of Christians to peace may bear witness to [...]
UN Report: Climate Change Means More Frequent Droughts, Floods to Come
November 18, 2011
A United Nations panel issued a report today predicting that the global increase in average temperature will lead to more frequent and more severe natural disasters, particularly heatwaves leading to drought and heavy downpours causing massive flooding. Climate change will make the drought and flooding events that have battered the United States and other countries [...]