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Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

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Documents and publications

Droughts worsen air quality by shifting power generation in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper studies how air quality around combustion power plants changes in response to hydrological droughts that affect hydropower generation.
Research briefs

Do earthquake hazard maps predict higher shaking than actually occurred? Research finds discrepancy

In analyzing the possible causes, the research team discovered the issue was with the conversion equations used in comparing hazard maps predicting future earthquakes with actual shaking data, rather than systemic problems with the hazard modeling itself.
Northwestern University
Petito Moreno glacier and lake in Patagonia, Argentina
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Lake tsunamis pose significant threat under warming climate

Triggered by landslides into small bodies of water, most of these tsunamis have occurred in remote locations so far, but geologist Bretwood Higman of Ground Truth Alaska said it may just be a matter of time before a tsunami swamps a more populated place.
Seismological Society of America
A storm ocean wave crashes over the road and floods coastal houses.
Research briefs

Climate change intensifies wind-rain extremes in the UK and Ireland

Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has shown.
Newcastle University
Person riding a horse in a large meadow at Naryn of Kyrgyzstan
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Food security, disaster risk assessment and vulnerable communities: Lessons from the Kyrgyz Republic

The proactive disaster risk management strategies employed by the Kyrgyz Republic serve as a valuable model for other nations with similar challenges.
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Documents and publications

Are Indian ports safe? Identifying, analysing and prioritizing the risks affecting India's major ports

This research aims to develop a framework for identifying, ranking, and prioritizing the risks for Indian harbours. Also, this study ranks the 12 major Indian ports based on the identified risk factors.
Research briefs

A look at the past suggests atmospheric rivers inundating California could get worse

For this new study, the researchers focused on the history of atmospheric rivers dumping rain on California. Leonard Lake in northern California was chosen due to its relatively stable history going back thousands of years and its geographical features.
PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
Hurricane Florence seen from Space in September 2018
Research briefs

Coastal hurricanes around the world are intensifying faster

New work finds hurricanes are intensifying faster close to the coast—a trend that’s likely to ramp up in a warmer world
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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