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Samoa
USAID launches Pacific climate change projects
12 Mar 2013, ABC
'To help identify mostly small infrastructure that would need assistance to make them more climate resilient, and working in disaster preparation, prevention and response,' USAID's mission director for the Pacific Islands, Gloria Steele told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat...
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- UN General Assembly 67th session: Statement delivered at the General Debate - Samoa2012, Samoa - gov; UNGA
- Pacific states: Statement to the United Nations 66th General Assembly thematic debate on disaster risk reduction2012, Papua New Guinea - gov
- Other Development Reports
- Samoa: Review of current and planned adaptation action2011, Adaptation Partnership
- Samoa: Common country assessment - CCA (2002)2002, UNDG
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 1990 | 195,000 |  |
| Storm | 1991 | 88,000 | |
| Earthquake* | 2009 | 5,585 | |
| Wildfire | 1983 | 1,000 | |
| Storm | 1983 | 1,000 | |
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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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