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Dominican Republic: World Vision disaster preparedness committees help Haiti
3 Feb 2010, World Vision Intl
Formed under disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness projects carried out in the Dominican Republic in 2008 and 2009, the Community Disaster Preparedness and Response Committees were ready to help their neighbouring country, Haiti, when it was hit by the devastating earthquake in January...
National Platform
- HFA Focal Point:
Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias - Website:http://
- Phone:+809 4720909 +809 4728614/17
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Dominican Republic: Actualización del plan nacional de emergencia (2001)2001, Dominican Republic - gov
- Dominican Republic: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias
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- Dominican Republic: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, Dominican Republic - gov
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 602,264 |      |
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| Drought | 552,313 |  |
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| Flood | 56,720 |  |
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| Landslide | 1,670 |  |
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| Earthquake | 643,042 |     |
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| Tsunami | 0 |  |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1988 | 1,191,150 |  |
| Storm | 1998 | 975,595 | |
| Flood | 1981 | 150,000 | |
| Storm | 2007 | 79,728 | |
| Flood | 2003 | 65,003 | |
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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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- Book-Guide on Disasters and Emergencies for Communities2001, Dominican Red Cross; ECHO
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Disaster reduction in the Americas: ISDR informs, issue 16, 20092009, UNISDR - AM
- Preparing for disaster saves lives2008, ECHO
- Haiti and the Dominican Republic: reconstruction and disaster management in the border region2007, GTZ; BMZ, Germany - gov
- Finance and administration expertHaiti (Port-au-Prince), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Country representative - HaitiHaiti (Haiti), ARC
- Adaptation negotiatorUnited States of America (Washington, DC), U.S. Dept of State, United States of America - gov
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.