23 Oct 2012, Lisbon Municipality, Portugal - gov
The Lisbon Municipal Civil Protection Department commemorated this year the International Day for Disaster Reduction on the week 15-19 October, with a range of school sessions about information and awareness in the educational establishments, designed to prepare the scholar and student population to know how to act in a situation of catastrophe...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire | 2003 | 150,000 | |
| Flood | 1983 | 2,000 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 2,000 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 1,050 | |
| Flood | 1981 | 900 | |
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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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When the Earth shakes2005, Lisbon Municipality, Portugal - gov
Portugal national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Yokohama, Japan, 23-27 May 19941994, Portugal - gov
Le Portugal et la réduction des catastrophes naturelles: approche/bilan pour la phase finale de la Décennie Internationale de la Prévention des Catastrophes Naturelles (DIPCN)1997, IDNDR
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.