Welcome to the Development from Disasters Network (DFDN) website. This is the new platform of the recently renamed Tsunami Recovery Network (TRN). The DFDN is a network of professionals, activists and academics committed to enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of recovery after disasters. It aims to improve the development of affected people’s lives, livelihoods and settlements to be better than it was before the disaster that hit them. A concerted multi-disciplinary approach is needed to address the medium and long term challenges of the sustainable rebuilding of lives and settlements.
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Storm drenches south-west Florida PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Tropical Storm Fay has hit the south-west coast of Florida with heavy rains and strong winds, writes BBC News, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 at http://news.bbc.co.uk.
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Oil eases as storm panic subsides PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Oil has fallen below $112 a barrel after Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico, writes BBC News, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 at http://news.bbc.co.uk.
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Extra £2m for flooding protection PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 19 August 2008

An additional £2m is to be spent on flood alleviation projects for Gloucestershire in the wake of the 2007 summer floods, writes BBC News, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 at http://news.bbc.co.uk.
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Monsoon rains killed 18 in Karnataka: CM PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 15 August 2008

Eighteen people were killed in the recent rains and flood-related incidents in Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said today, writes Press Trust of India (PTI), Bangalore, Aug 15 2008 at http://www.ptinews.com.
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Weather: Florida Keys evacuated as deadly Fay builds to hurricane strength PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 18 August 2008

Tourists were ordered to evacuate the Florida Keys yesterday in preparation for a tropical storm that has claimed at least four lives in the Caribbean, writes Richard Luscombe in Miami, The Guardian, Monday August 18 2008 at http://www.guardian.co.uk.
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