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Storm Surge
Storm surge is water that is pushed toward the shore by the force of the winds swirling around the storm. A storm surge can come from a hurricane or an extra-tropical cyclone. source: NOAA-Hurricane Preparedness
Algérie: La capitale menacée par les catastrophes naturelles - Etude
10 Apr 2013, El Watan
'Cette étude nous permet d’avoir une visibilité sérieuse d’ici 2030 qui nous permettra de répondre et de se préparer à tous ces risques naturels", disent les personnes en charge du projet, 'l’Algérie a les moyens d’intervention efficaces, mais elle n’a pas d’approche d’anticipation et de prévention opérationnelle'...
- Coastal dynamics 201324-28 Jun 2013, France (Bordeaux city)
- 35th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research world congress08-13 Sep 2013, China (Chengdu)
- The 7th international conference on Asian and Pacific coasts (APAC2013)24-26 Sep 2013, Indonesia (Nusa Dua, Bali)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
Resilient development planning in Myanmar: an overview - participant's handbook2013, ADPC; MNPED, Myanmar - gov
Disaster risk reduction pocket book2012, ACDI/VOCA; NIRAPAD; PCI; USAID, United States of America - gov
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Asia Natural hazards economic exposure risk map 2012Aug 2012, Maplecroft
External Online Resources on Storm Surge
- China Risk Net - 中国风险网
- DARA: Climate vulnerability monitor
- Disaster Report: recent natural disasters list
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- Martinique: risques et nuisances (in French)
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform
- Projet ANR COCORISCO: COnnaissance, COmpréhension et gestion des RISques Côtiers
- Wetlands and climate change adaptation
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