PLEASE CIRCULATE!


"Five years already ... and steadily growing".

Andrew Cutz
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Andrew Cutz, CIH
Moderator, Flood Relief Aid List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flood_relief_aid_2002/


FOR YOUR GENERAL INFORMATION ... PLEASE CIRCULATE!

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Andrew Cutz" <andrewcutz@...>
Reply-To: flood_relief_aid_2002@yahoogroups.com
To: flood_relief_aid_2002@yahoogroups.com
CC: UKOH@..., pmarkl@..., andrewcutz@...
Subject: [Flood Relief Aid List] Five years on from disastrous flooding,
Prague still working on flood barriers
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:16:29 -0400

Friday, August 3, 2007


Dear Flood Relief Aid List Subscribers,

It has been about five years ago that we had set up our 'ad hoc' mailing
list and collected important public health information and resources on
flood remediation and relief.

It appears that no continent or country is safe from natural disasters like
flooding, tsunamis and hurricanes. The human and property toll can be at
time staggering, and public and environmental health challenges severe. Do
not stay isolated!

Please feel free to join our list, search our online resources and ask
questions from online peers.

We need to continue to "Think Globally and Act Locally"!


Have a nice summer / winter,

Andrew Cutz in Toronto, CANADA
_____________________________________________
Andrew Cutz, CIH
Moderator, Flood Relief Aid List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flood_relief_aid_2002/


Copy to my friend:

Mr. Petr Markl, Owner of CZSAFETY List (in the Czech Republic)
http://www.markl.cz/mail_list.html (in Czech only)
http://www.markl.cz/english.html (Home Page in English)



NEWS YOU CAN USE...
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Five years on from disastrous flooding, Prague still working on flood
barriers
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It is five years ago this month that the Czech Republic suffered the
worst floods in living memory. A record 73 billion CZK (3.6 billion
USD) were spent on repairing the damage caused by the floods. The
deluge saw 225,000 people evacuated from their homes, and claimed 17
lives. The worst affected areas were Southern Bohemia and Prague, where
the damage added up to more than 27 billion CZK. Five years on, and the
capital is not entirely safe from such a catastrophe happening again.
Flood barriers are still to be constructed in the southernmost part of
the city, and in Prague's Troja district.

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SOURCE: Radio Prague News Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 |
http://www.radio.cz/en/news/94039#1



--Read Related Stories--

The Czech Republic has offered assistance to the British government in
dealing with the damage caused by severe flooding in southern England.
URL: http://www.radio.cz/en/news/93767#1

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END Forwarded by Andrew Cutz, CIH (Friday, August 3, 2007)