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Saint Lucia

Government ministers call for support to disaster-proof schools and hospitals at Global Platform

22 May 2013, UNISDR

Representatives from 35 governments who met with business executives and senior experts at the 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, have issued a call 'to develop nationally agreed standards for hazard risk assessments especially of critical infrastructure (including schools, health centers, electricity and water supply systems, nodal ITC centres, road and transport systems) by 2015'...


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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Storm 1980 80,000
Storm 1983 3,000
Flood 2010 2,000
Storm 2010 1,000
Storm 1994 750
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
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