Floods - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年1月30日 · Floods are often caused by heavy rainfall, rapid snowmelt or a storm surge from a tropical cyclone or tsunami in coastal areas. Floods can cause widespread devastation, resulting in loss of life and damages to personal property and critical public health infrastructure. Between 1998-2017, floods affected more than 2 billion people worldwide.
Heavy rainfall is causing rivers to burst their banks, leaving huge ...
2024年9月18日 · Vast areas of central Europe are experiencing what is being called the worst flooding in more than 20 years, triggered by slow-moving Storm Boris. WHO/Europe has been reaching out to affected Member States and offering support, including health advice for communities.Several deaths have been reported, with numbers likely to rise as the full extent of the damage becomes clearer. Thousands have ...
Flooded but not defeated: the residents of Budapest navigate ...
2024年9月24日 · Flooded but not defeated: the residents of Budapest navigate catastrophic flooding. Linda Juhász-Horváth, Technical Officer for Environment and Health at the WHO Country Office in Hungary and a mother of 2, has always understood the delicate balance of living close to nature. For the past decade, she and her husband have made their home on a ...
Floods: How to protect your health - World Health Organization …
2020年1月29日 · Protect your health during a flood by: Knowing your community’s evacuation route and warning signals, and identifying areas prone to flooding or landslides. Chlorinating or boiling all water for drinking and food preparation. Ensuring uninterrupted provision of safe drinking water is the most important preventive measure to be implemented ...
Public health advice in the aftermath of flooding: how to protect …
2023年5月22日 · Leave doors and windows open whenever possible and safe, to dry out your home. Wear a face mask and rubber boots, waterproof gloves and an apron while cleaning. Keep children away from flood-contaminated and muddy areas until a week after the water has receded. 9. I am getting so much health information and advice.
Flooding: managing health risks in the WHO European Region
2017年1月1日 · Over the last 20 years, flood events have occurred in 49 countries in the WHO European Region. These have caused more than 2000 deaths, other health effects, property losses, damage to health facilities, displacement and enormous economic costs (estimated at €70 billion). A survey of countries in the Region highlighted the gaps in the prevention of health effects of floods and the ...
Flooding: managing health risks in the WHO European Region
2017年10月1日 · Over the last 20 years, flood events have occurred in 49 countries in the WHO European Region. These have caused more than 2000 deaths, other health effects, property losses, damage to health facilities, displacement and enormous economic costs (estimated at €70 billion). A survey of countries in the Region highlighted the gaps in the ...
Flooding in 19 provinces affects people, homes, health facilities, …
2020年10月23日 · Heavy rainfall since 1 October has caused flooding throughout Cambodia, resulting in 37 deaths and the evacuation of 42 332 people. Nationwide, as of 20 October, 95 130 homes, more than 25 health facilities and more than 560 schools had been affected by flooding in 19 provinces, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). The provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Battambang ...
Food safety tips for flooding - World Health Organization (WHO)
2018年1月1日 · The immediate health concerns after the rescue of survivors following a natural disaster are drinking water, food, shelter and medical care for injuries. The magnitude of the physical and human costs from tsunamis can be reduced if adequate emergency prevention, preparedness, response and recovery measures are implemented in a sustainable and ...
Tropical Cyclones - World Health Organization (WHO)
2019年10月1日 · Tropical Cyclones. Tropical cyclones, also known as typhoons or hurricanes, are among the most destructive weather phenomena. They are intense circular storms that originate over warm tropical oceans, and have maximum sustained wind speeds exceeding 119 kilometres per hour and heavy rains. However, the greatest damage to life and property is ...