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Brazil wants Japanese assistance in disaster prevention

6 Feb 2012, UNOOSA

UN-SPIDER reports that Brazil wants Japan's assistance to set up a National System for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters. The Brazilian government is developing and providing the use of satellite images to predict possible storms and atmospheric phenomena...


National Platform

Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 23,573
Drought 8,484,900
Flood 265,260
Landslide 16,146
 
Earthquake 3,617
Tsunami
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1983 20,000,000
Drought 1998 10,000,000
Flood 1988 3,020,734
Flood 1983 3,008,300
Flood 2008 1,500,015
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
Data displayed does not imply national endorsement.
Academic Programmes in Brazil
 

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