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Europe > Italy > Disasters

ITALIAN DISASTERS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Funds commited to Tsunami aid $94,000,000.00 [11th of 22]
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $4,000,000.00 [22nd of 22]
Definition: Disasters > Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid
Source: OECD, October, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Italy has offered to send two Hercules C130 cargo jets fitted with emergency aids, including 300 Adult camp beds, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, 1 suction pump, 6 lifecrafts, 11.200 chlorine tablets, 5 units of large first aid kits, baby food formula pumps, tents and power generators. Italy has also offered to send some experts of the Protezione Civile to help coordinating relief efforts in the damaged area.
Definition: Disasters > Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Source: OECD, October 2005
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 310 [10th of 37]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing
Source: Wikipedia, CNN
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 20 [7th of 34]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Foreigners death toll
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN
Tsunami > Funds pledged $139,000,000.00 [9th of 37]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Funds pledged
Source: BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public $57,300,000.00 [12th of 24]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public
Source: OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > International aid packages
Donated $95m in government aid. Six to eight police forensics specialists have been sent to Thailand to help to identify bodies. Public donations totalling $20m had been collected by New Year's Day.
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > International aid packages
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > Total aid package $120,130,000.00 [12th of 37]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Total aid package
Source: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age
Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges 67.8% [9th of 16]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges
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: Italy, Italian Republic, Repubblica Italiana, Italia

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