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Risk Management Alert
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Eliot Christian
Voluntary public alerting is on the rise
Public emergency alerting has traditionally been associated with regulated communications infrastructures. Now, official emergency alerts worldwide are increasingly published in the freely available machine-readable Common Alerting Protocol format.
Aerial view showing severe tornado damage in Chattanooga, Tennessee neighborhood.
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Lakshman Srikanth David Petley
How many people died? Why counting disaster fatalities is harder than it looks
Why is counting disaster fatalities harder than it looks? This blog examines how deaths are defined, attributed, verified and revised, and why better fatality data is essential for understanding and reducing disaster risk.
A stark landscape of cracked dry earth beneath a clear blue sky, depicting arid climate and drought.
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Cedrick Moriggi
Why I asked ten resilience leaders to write about El Niño together
This blog highlights a UNDRR CCRO Network advisory urging boards to treat the projected 2026-2027 El Niño as a strategic risk. It recommends assessing impacts on people, operations, supply chains and margins, and strengthening resilience planning.
Drone surveying large industrial site enrichment plant with gps tracking markers at sunrise.
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Tyler Smith
How drone mapping can strengthen disaster-resilient urban planning
Drone mapping helps cities identify changing disaster risks by providing detailed data on buildings, terrain and infrastructure. Combined with GIS, hazard models and local knowledge, it supports better planning for floods, wildfires and urban resilience.
The view of yurts nomad village in Tash-Rabat in Kyrgyzstan
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Salavat Baktybek
Sixteen times the monthly income: What recovery really costs in a Kyrgyz village
Case study of 15 households affected by Kyrgyzstan’s 2024 mudflow reveals how poverty, low insurance coverage and infrastructure gaps prolonged recovery. Residents want stronger drainage, risk reduction investments and community participation.
Rubble and destruction in Bhaktapur, Nepal, post-earthquake, capturing the aftermath and human resilience.
Blog
Ilan Kelman
All disasters are compound, cascading, complex, Natech, and hybrid 
Disasters are not natural but result from social vulnerabilities, inequality and policy choices. This blog argues that focusing on vulnerability, rather than labels such as “natural” or “hybrid” disasters, is key to reducing risk and preventing crises.
Close-up view of a mouse cursor over digital security text on display.
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Patrick Shaw
Cybersecurity as disaster risk management: Why digital threats deserve a seat at the prevention table
Disaster risk management has continually evolved in response to changing risk landscapes. As communities become more dependent on digital infrastructure, resilience will increasingly depend on protecting both physical and digital systems.
Children around flooded houses in Nigeria
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Omowaye Emmanuel Pelumi
From early warning to early action: How Nigeria’s flood forecasts can save lives
This blog examines the last-mile gap between flood forecasts and household action in Nigeria, using Kogi State as a case study. It explores why early warnings do not always lead to protective action.