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Comoros
UNESCO: Indian Ocean tsunami exercise billed a success
13 Oct 2011, UNESCO
'Despite these occasional problems, Exercise IOWave11 has achieved its goal of evaluating the state of readiness of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in responding to a potentially destructive tsunami,' said Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary of UNESCO-IOC...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Coordination Nationale de Gestion des Risques de Catastrophes (CNGRC) - Website:
- Contact:Directeur de la Protection Civile
- Phone:+269 773 90 15 +269 322 99 15
- HFA Focal Point:
Coordination Nationale de Gestion des Risques de Catastrophes (CNGRC) - Website:
- Contact:Directeur de la Protection Civile
- Phone:+269 773 90 15 +269 322 99 15
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- National Policy & Plans
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- Comoros: Interim poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2006)2006, Comoros - gov; IMF; WB
- Comoros: National adaptation programme of action - NAPA (2006)2006, Comoros - gov; GEF; UNDP; UNFCCC
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone | 155 |      |
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| Drought | 2,240 |  |
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| Flood | |||
| Landslide | 15,050 |  |
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| Earthquake |  |
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| Tsunami | 2,857 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
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| Volcano | 2005 | 245,000 |  |
| Storm | 1987 | 50,000 | |
| Volcano | 2005 | 39,000 | |
| Storm | 1985 | 35,000 | |
| Storm | 1983 | 30,052 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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Educational kit on natural disaster risk reduction2010, UNESCO Cairo; UNISDR ROAS
- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Natural resources management and climate change advisorEthiopia (Addis Ababa), Save the Children U.S.
- Technical specialists - Resilience in the Limpopo river basinMozambique , ARD
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.