Disaster Dispatch
An Online Bimonthly on South Asian Disasters
South Asia Media Group on Disaster Mitigation
Collaboration: Duryog Nivaran, Sri Lanka & Journalists Resource Centre  Pakistan

	August-September 1999  Editorial: Flooding in South Asia Disaster update: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Listening to an expert: Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman writes about recent cyclone in India and Pakistan Prevention begins with information Disasters and the developing world Krithar fiasco in Pakistan Policy debate: IDNDR and South Asia Disaster Dictionary: disaster, mitigation and flood- some definitions
	June- July 1999 Editorial  International decade for natural disaster reduction (IDNDR) IDNDR: An overview… UN resolutions on natural disasters are presented here just to refresh the memory of concerned readers….  Bangladesh Be aware!! The calamity of poor policies and medico polity- Sri Lanka India Early findings of DMI situation assessment of May 1999 cyclone in Gujarat Pakistan Sindh Cyclone Hurricane wreaks havoc on Sindh coastline India, Karnataka: Government ignoring fluorosis threat Heat wave signaling global warming: A controvercy in India Summertime, and the living ain't easy Learning about disasters from other lands..  Europe, U.S. clash on climate cuts MSNBC U.S. says disappointed in EU over carbon emissions US seeks India's support for Kyoto  Thousands evacuated in German floods  Mexican drought May be worst ever Floods in Peru's Amazon jungle