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Bandar Seri Begawan, a Fourteen-year-old student, won first place in the regional drawing competition in conjunction with the Asean Disaster Management Day and International Day for Disaster Reduction at the national level...

The media plays an important role in promoting awareness during times of disaster says Permanent Secretary for Provincial Development and Disaster Management, Colonel Inia Seruiratu, as reported by Radio Fiji Two...

The east Africa crisis throws the importance of disaster risk reduction measures into sharp relief, writes the Guardian. 'When it comes to natural disasters, and their very unnatural impact on poor people, prevention is better than cure'...

'Folks who think a first-aid kit and a working flashlight will prepare them for the next disaster should think again, according to emergency experts'...

'After Fukushima, we have drawn lessons on all aspects of reactor safety and one positive development is the integrated disaster management plan,' the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board chairman S.S. Bajaj said...

'Even with a culture of preparedness already in place and fully integrated into public policy, as well as most early warnings issued in good time, the nature of the ultimate hazard was unpredictable at the earliest stages of the emergency, showing how rapidly one disaster category can turn into another, or again into a third'...

Nearly 70 percent of the 63 municipal governments in Nara and Wakayama prefectures hit by typhoon-induced mudslides did not have hazard maps prepared for such disasters, reports the Japan Times...

'We have to look at a different way of allocating resources to withstand floods and other disasters. We have to initiate a process, which over the years can help us to better deal with climate related disasters'...