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United States of America
Hawaii: Disaster preparedness survey for Maui residents
11 Mar 2010, Maui Weekly
The County of Maui Civil Defence Agency is encouraging residents to participate in a public survey to help the County improve the existing planning and preparedness strategy and play a greater role in seeking federal funding for mitigation actions...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR) - Website:http://www.sdr.gov/
- Contact:Chair & Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake & Geologic Hazards
- Phone:+1 7036486714
- HFA Focal Point:
U.S. Department of State - Website:http://www.state.gov/
- Contact:Deputy Director
- Phone:+1 2026475070
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
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- United States of America: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, USGS, United States of America - gov
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone | 3,573,351 |      |
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| Drought | 26,055,000 |  |
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| Flood | 390,594 |  |
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| Landslide | 4,384 |  |
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| Earthquake | 4,618,586 |     |
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| Tsunami | 528,017 |  |
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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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| Flood | 2008 | 11,000,000 |  |
| Storm | 2004 | 5,000,000 | |
| Storm | 1999 | 3,000,010 | |
| Storm | 2008 | 2,100,000 | |
| Storm | 1985 | 1,000,000 | |
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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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- Launch: Water16-18 Mar 2010, United States of America (Florida)
- Western Washington University Haiti earthquake presentation17 Mar 2010, United States of America (Bellingham, WA 98225)
- Gulf coast resilient home building conference: Building strong for the future19-21 Mar 2010, United States of America (Mississippi)
- MA programme in climate and societyColumbia Univ
- Emergency administration and planningNorth Texas Univ, United States of America (Denton, Texas)
- FEMA for kids2007, FEMA, United States of America - gov
- FEMA: Resources for parents and teachers2007, FEMA, United States of America - gov
- School disaster readiness: lessons from the first Great Southern California ShakeOut2009
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- FEMA faces challenges integrating community preparedness programs into its strategic approach2010, GAO, United States of America - gov
- Reduction of earthquake losses in the extended Mediterranean region (RELEMR): seismicity and earthquake engineering in the extended Mediterranean region2010, UNESCO
- International conference of island and coastal biosphere reserves: climate change and island and coastal ecosystems2009, Jeju, Korea, Rep of - gov; UNESCO Jakarta; UNESCO
- Beat the quake! Drop, cover, hold on2008, Earthquake Country Alliance
- 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
External Online Resources
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- Only you can prevent forest fires: SmokeyBear.com
- UN-Water
- UNFCCC: National communications Annex I
- UNISDR Las Américas: HFA-pedia - Estados Unidos de América (in Spanish)
- UNISDR The Americas: HFA-pedia - United States of America
- USGS volcano fact sheets
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