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Europe > United Kingdom > Disasters

BRITISH DISASTERS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $70,000,000.00 [1st of 28]
Funds commited to Tsunami aid $149,000,000.00 [8th of 22]
Definition: Disasters > Funds commited to Tsunami aid
Source: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $148,000,000.00 [3rd of 22]
Definition: Disasters > Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid
Source: OECD, October, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Has dispatched 500,000 ration packs worth EUR 3 million, to the region. Has also offered medical experts, Urban Search and Rescue equipment, Marine engineers and high-volume pumps, skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for installations and systems, technicians, staff trained in disaster management and emergency response activities. It has also pledged to release an extra 2.2 million barrels of oil.
Definition: Disasters > Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
Source: OECD, October 2005
Tsunami > Economic impact
Lloyds of London told the Financial Times it expected its exposure to be limited to "holiday resorts, personal accident, travel insurance and marine risks".
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Economic impact
Source: Wikipedia, CNN
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 359 [7th of 37]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing
Source: BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 51 [3rd 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 $96,000,000.00 [11th 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 $187,000,000.00 [3rd 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
$96m in government donations, plus $189m in private donations which the government has pledged to match. Two RAF planes, a C-17 and a Tristar, are helping to deliver aid to the region. Tony Blair has also offered to send 120 Ghurkas to Indonesia but this was rejected by Jakarta. Chancellor Gordon Brown is pushing a proposal for the debts of the affected nations to be frozen.
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > International aid packages
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > Total aid package $327,800,000.00 [7th of 37]
Definition: Disasters > Tsunami > Total aid package
Source: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; OECD, October, 2005.; OECD, October 2005; Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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