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An integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting and prediction, disaster risk assessment, communication and preparedness activities systems and processes that enables individuals, communities, governments, businesses and others to take timely action to reduce disaster risks in advance of hazardous events.

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Systems 'needed' to combat disasters

Members of the State Council's expert committee for the Sichuan earthquake and the China Meteorological Administration stress the importance of cooperation between government departments on disaster prevention and emergency response....
China Daily
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Vietnam: Government focuses on natural disasters control

Dep. Minister, Dao Xuan Hocof said that the central Government has authorized local administrations to initiate mobilizing and using financial sources for disaster prevention and management....
Viet Nam News, Vietnam News Agency
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To predict quakes, listen to the animals, China survivors say

The survivors of the 12 May earthquake in the Sichuan province reported mass migrations of thousands of frogs and toads just before the disaster....
Agence France Presse
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Urgent support needed for storm-surge warning

WMO stresses the urgent need for improving coordinated storm-surge advisory systems in the Gulf of Bengal and other parts of the world that at are risk of tropical cyclones...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Documents and publications

Coping with flash floods

NATO Science series, Environmental Security, vol. 77
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Ravello, Italy, 8-17 November 1999.

The four parts of this book: the Problem, managing the problem (mitigation), managing the problem (warnings and

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Universities must help prevent another Burma

'Every natural disaster is a reminder that knowledge is power. If we know what could happen, then we have no excuse for not doing something about it.'...
Guardian, the (UK)
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Sri Lanka: significant strides in disaster prevention since tsunami

said Disaster Management Minister, Mahinda Samarasinghe during the launch of the seventh meeting of the regional Committee on Disaster Management yesterday....
Daily News, the
Documents and publications

Earthquake prediction

'Earthquake prediction' is the ultimate goal for geoscientists. This volume presents the latest ideas of the ever fascinating and challenging research of earthquake prediction. Sunspot activity and Coronal mass ejection are considered to be influential

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