Menu
IFRC launches 25m Swiss franc emergency appeal for Nepal flash flood
Top news story

IFRC launches 25m Swiss franc emergency appeal for Nepal flash flood

31 August 2026

By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued from Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur and Geneva on Thursday.)The IFRC has launched an emergency appeal for 25 million Swiss francs to support the Nepal Red Cross Society’s response to the devastating flash floods [...]

Read more
Nepal flash flood: ‘An unexpected thunderbolt of a disaster’

Nepal flash flood: ‘An unexpected thunderbolt of a disaster’

27 August 2026

By Liz Stephens, Climate Centre-Reading University The IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund yesterday released nearly one million Swiss francs in [...]

Europe wildfires: ‘Back-to-back heatwaves and early drought created a tinderbox’

31 July 2026

By the Climate Centre Climate change reinforced the extreme weather behind the devastating wildfires in France and Spain, World Weather [...]

Europe wildfires: ‘Back-to-back heatwaves and early drought created a tinderbox’