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Cold Wave
Marked cooling of the air, or the invasion of very warm air, over a large area. It is an extended period of above normal cold temperatures, a drop of atmospheric average temperature well above the averages of a region, with effects on human populations, crops, properties and services. sources: GLIDE; WMO
European cold snap death toll rises to 83
2 Feb 2012, HWT
In Ukraine, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov calls 'on citizens, enterprises, organisations not to be indifferent, to support and protect those people who cannot help themselves in this difficult time.' 'Unfortunately, people continue to die, but we are taking all the measures to prevent it'...
- Problems of adaptation to climate change international scientific conference07-09 Nov 2011, Russian Federation (Moscow)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics general assembly 201128 Jun - 07 Jul 2011, Australia (Melbourne)
- Solutions to coastal disasters 201120 Jun - 16 Jul 2011, United States of America (Anchorage)
Disaster risk redution educational intitiatives for schoolchildren (DRREIS): a best practice guide for uplands areas of Vietnam2011, CECI
Teaching disaste risk reduction with interactive methods: book for head of class teachers, grades V-IX2011, ECHO; Min of Edu and Science, Georgia - gov; UNICEF
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Natural loss events January – June 2011Jul 2011, Munich Re
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Cold Wave
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- Knowledge sharing on disaster risk reduction
- Swedish Natural Hazards Information System
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
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