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Cyclone
A cyclone is a non-frontal storm system that is characterized by a low pressure centre, spiral rain bands and strong winds. Usually it originates over tropical or subtropical waters and rotates clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere. source: CRED
'If disasters are changing, why aren't we?' asks new disaster guide
1 Feb 2012, Christian Aid; IDS; Plan Intl
'It’s vital that we integrate disaster preparedness with knowledge of climate change, and with development goals that tackle the root causes of poverty that lead to people’s vulnerability. Natural hazards are inevitable, but the scale of deaths and destruction isn’t'...
- Second WMO international conference on Indian ocean tropical cyclones and climate change14-17 Feb 2012, India (New Delhi)
- Second national flood workshop27 Feb - 01 Mar 2012, United States of America (Houston)
- Emergency management summer institute12-16 Mar 2012, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster ManagementBRAC Univ, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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
Tropical cyclones: a preparedness guide2011, ARC; FEMA, United States of America - gov; NOAA, United States of America - gov
Haiti earthquake 2010: two-year progress report2011, IFRC
Tectonic shifts: Haiti since the earthquake2012, Kumarian Press, Stylus Publishing
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Bangladesh: composite hazard mapMar 2011, OCHA-ROAP
- Simulation de risques naturels: les infographies2008, MEDDTL, France - gov
- Nicaragua: Matagalpa project approach2007, UNOSAT
- Film: Beating the hurricane: the experience of Cuba2006, UNISDR
Human Exposure - Absolute exposure to cyclone
| Countries | People exposed per year
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| 1 | Japan | 22,548,120 |      |
| 2 | Philippines | 16,267,090 | |
| 3 | China | 9,933,174 | |
| 4 | India | 7,607,821 | |
| 5 | Taiwan, prov. of China | 6,507,695 | |
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Number of cyclone occured (reported)
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Cyclone
- Australia: Cairns disaster information
- Aviation-weather disaster risk reduction
- DIPECHO DRR Partner Platform in SE Africa and the SW Indian Ocean
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Education for hazards
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- International Charter: Space and major disaster activation maps
- Martinique: risques et nuisances (in French)
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- SWIdget
- Typhoon Committee Disaster Information System (TCDIS)
- Water management in Taiwan
- WMO: severe weather information centre
- Women preparing for disasters Bangladesh
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