UNICEF: Triple punch disaster in Asian-Pacific region

NEW YORK, 2 October 2009 A convergence of severe natural disasters has left millions of people in distress across Asia and the Pacific this week. Since 26 September, a total of six countries have been hit by flooding, a typhoon, a tsunami and earthquakes.

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UNICEFs emergency preparations are in full throttle in the region, with death tolls still rising in Indonesias earthquake zone; more severe tropical storms targeting countries from the Philippines to Viet Nam; and relief efforts continuing in the Samoan Islands.

These disasters are larger than what the country can respond to, says UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Louis-Georges Arsenault, who called the triple punch in the Asia-Pacific region an extraordinary event.

To read more, visit http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_51287.html

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