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Freddy Raguá Casas, coordinador del Comité Local de Prevención y Atención de Desastres, informó que 'este es el primer ejercicio en la ciudad. Se trata de aprender y que la comunidad vaya conociendo qué hacer antes, durante y después de una emergencia como un sismo...'

Each year, the ODPM partners with the Ministry of Education to host two Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop for Teachers, in order to enhance their knowledge of all hazards (natural and human-induced) which affect our twin-island Republic...

The Nation echoes the Asia Pacific Regional Office of UNISDR and its partners' call on children and youth to 'Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction!' on October 13 in Bangkok, for the observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR)...

UNISDR champion, Senator Loren Legarda of the Philippines, has called for an integrated flood warning and response system as 3.2 million people struggle with the impact of back-to-back typhoons which have triggered widespread floods across the country.

Strengthening climate resilience discussion paper 8:

This report urges governments and energy companies to re-think their energy infrastructure in light of changing disaster risks due to climate change. It finds that unless governments and energy

This second edition contains updated information on disaster trends as well as on management structures and advancements around the world. It includes new case studies and updated disaster, risk, and vulnerability data, as well as insightful discussions

This document is intended to refine procedures for testing the communication of tsunami alert messages between National Tsunami Warning Centres and all Tsunami Warning Focal Points, including speed and availability within North-eastern Atlantic, the

'Totally unprepared; we all know we can expect that it's going to be a flood or its going to be a lot of water. I would say we're not really prepared for flood or any kind of natural disaster'...