India Resilience System Working Group

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Tue, 2013-07-16 17:50 — mdmcdonald

The India Resilience System Working Group is focused on building health, human security, resilience and sustainability in India.

The mission of the India Resilience System Working Group is to build health, human security, resilience, and sustainability in India.

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India - Swine Flu: 1,198 People Dead, Number of Cases Cross 22,000

Sat, 2015-03-07 00:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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firstpost.com - March 4,2015

New Delhi: The swine flu toll in the country climbed to 1,198 on Thursday as 40 more deaths were reported while the number of cases of the disease has crossed the 22,000-mark.

The Health Ministry said that the total number of deaths across various states stood at 1,198 as on 3 March while 22,240 people have been affected by the H1N1 virus. . .

. . . The government has been repeatedly asserting that it was "very serious" about combating the swine flu challenge and asked people not to panic but remain alert.

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Cyclone Phailin (India) - Crisis Maps and Resources

Mon, 2013-10-14 21:47 — Kathy Gilbeaux

http://google.org/crisismap/2013-phailin http://google.org/crisismap/a/gmail.com/2013-phailin-cyclone

The Crisis Respone Google website has created crowd-sourced maps of volunteers offering shelter in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Clicking on the shelter or red cross gives more details about the shelter and hospital in the area. The maps are also highlighting the intensity of the cyclone at different spots. All the data shown on the map is crowdsourced from publicly visible webpages of news websites, forums, social media, blogs, Wikipedia and government sites.

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Cyclone Phailin: India's Orissa and Andhra Pradesh Prepare for Storm

Fri, 2013-10-11 11:29 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Fishermen have been asked not to venture out to sea in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh

bbc.co.uk - October 11, 2013

India is preparing for a massive cyclone, which is sweeping through the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast.

Cyclone Phailin, categorised as "very severe" by weather forecasters, is expected to hit Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states on Saturday.

The Meteorological Department has predicted the storm will bring winds of 205-215 km/h (127-134 mph) when it makes landfall.

A deadly super-cyclone in 1999 killed more than 10,000 people in Orissa.

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GDACS - Red Alert - Tropical Cyclone PHAILIN-13 in India

Wed, 2013-10-09 22:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

gdacs.org - October 10, 2013

Tropical Cyclone PHAILIN-13 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on advisory number 5.

Tropical Cyclone Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 157 km/h)
from 09/10/2013 18:00 UTC to 10/10/2013 00:00 UTC
Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 4million
Vulnerability: High

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Wind at parity with new coal in India, solar to join by 2018: HSBC

Thu, 2013-07-18 10:13 — Gina Angiola

By Sophie Vorrath on 11 July 2013

Wind energy is now cost competitive with new-build coal capacity in India, and solar is likely to follow suit sometime between 2016-18, according to a report by HSBC.

The report on India Renewables, Good bye winter, hello spring, published on April 30, says the growing cost-competitiveness of renewable energy with new-build coal – and the arrival of wind parity, despite the upper wind FiT range being around 15 per cent lower than the upper tariff range for new coal capacity (see chart 3 below) – is helping to drive strong renewables growth on the sub-continent.

India’s share of renewable generation in the total electricity mix increased to around 6 per cent in the 2012/13 financial year – an amount the government is hoping to grow to 20 per cent by the end of 2020, to help meet the nation’s a peak power deficit of 12GW, or around 9 per cent of its demand....

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India Floods In June Leave Over 5,700 Missing And Presumed Dead

Tue, 2013-07-16 18:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A rescue boat sailing through the water logged lanes during flood in river Yamuna on June 20, 2013 in New Delhi, India. Low-lying areas along the Yamuna remained submerged for the second consecutive day though the water level in the river started receding today. (Photo by Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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huffingtonpost.com - by BISWAJEET BANERJEE - July 16, 2013

LUCKNOW, India -- More than 5,700 people missing since floods devastated northern India last month are being presumed dead, even as rescue officials struggle to bring aid to affected villages, top officials said Tuesday.

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