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Oxfam called on the Pakistan government and donors to respond to the dire humanitarian needs now and also invest in disaster prevention measures to ensure that this year’s crisis is not repeated...

'This partnership will enable Japan to turn the lessons learned from its recent disaster and its long experience in dealing with extreme events into an opportunity for countries to better integrate disaster risk reduction and resilience into development plans and investments'...

Cáritas de Venezuela en coordinación con la Dirección Nacional de Protección Civil y Administración de Desastres realizará una serie de actividades en el marco de la conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres...

A senior official from the World Food Program warns floods in Pakistan will continue to wreak havoc on the population if disaster prevention strategies are not enacted, says Voice of America...

En España, un grupo de bomberos de Huelva participa en un simulacro en la localidad salmantina de Béjarl. La puesta en marcha del simulacro en Béjar trata de establecer contactos figurativos de la realidad antes situaciones de terremotos con el fin de que en casos reales se lleven a la práctica...

Social networks like Twitter cannot help prevent disasters but can quickly correct misinformation resulting from false rumours preventing possible further loss of lives, a leading researcher will tell a public debate on 25th October at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas...

Chairman National Disaster Management Authority said the launching of this campaign in Pakistan will add a new chapter in the disaster management system to make our cities safer, resilient and liveable in the wake of disasters...

Last March, when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Kamaishi Higashi Junior High School, in Iwate Prefecture, on the Pacific coast, a 3rd year student promptly opened a window to secure the evacuation route for his classmates and then hid under his desk.