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Europe > Austria > Disasters

AUSTRIAN DISASTERS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Funds commited to Tsunami aid $28,000,000.00 [19th of 22]
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $7,000,000.00 [19th of 22]
Source: OECD, October, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
140 specialists of the AFDRU are still on stand-by. Their focus would be on providing clean water with portable water-treatment plants. Within the EU Emergency Assistance for Katrina, Austria will set up a communication network using IT and communication equipment for assistance/support, provide 10 sets petrol driven dirty water pumps, 500 pieces tarps/plastic sheeting and 300 camp beds.
Source: OECD, October 2005
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 500 [5th of 37]
Source: Wikipedia, CNN
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 6 [20th of 34]
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN
Tsunami > Funds pledged $65,360,000.00 [14th of 37]
Source: BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public $26,120,000.00 [17th of 24]
Source: OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > International aid packages
$1 million dollars has been pledged by the government. A plane carrying 32 tons of medicine, food and emergency goods donated by charitable organizations was due to leave Vienna later Monday for the flood-hit region, the Austrian Red Cross said.
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > Total aid package $91,420,000.00 [18th of 37]
Source: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age
Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges 44.7% [16th of 16]
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters

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SOURCES: OECD, October, 2005.; OECD, October 2005; Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN; BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age; OECD, October, 2005.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Austria, Republic of Austria, Republik Oesterreich, Oesterreich

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