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Jamaica
Jamaica: 'Startling! - Critical services buildings fail earthquake tests'
9 May 2013, Jamaica Observer, the
Speaking Tuesday at Jamaica's launch of the global campaign - Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is Getting Ready!', the Minister of Local Government and Community Development said, 'this poses a serious challenge for central and local government disaster management agency, environment planning agency and our international partners'...
National Platform
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Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) - Website:http://www.odpem.org.jm/
- Contact:Acting Director General
- Phone:1876-908-4127 1876-383-9040
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Jamaica: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2009-2011)2011, ODPEM, Jamaica - gov
- Jamaica: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, ODPEM, Jamaica - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
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- Jamaica: Review of current and planned adaptation action2011, Adaptation Partnership
- Jamaica: Common country assessment - CCA (2001)2001, UNDG
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
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| Storm | 1988 | 810,000 |  |
| Flood | 1991 | 551,340 | |
| Storm | 2004 | 350,000 | |
| Flood | 1986 | 40,000 | |
| Storm | 2007 | 33,188 | |
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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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Tsunami alert levels for the Caribbean except for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands2011, NOAA, United States of America - gov
- Oficial Nacional de Enlace Perú – Proyecto DIPECHO América del Sur 2013-2014 (UNISDR)Peru (Lima), UNISDR - AM
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