News and announcements

'I controlli,' sottolinea Adnkronos Francesco Russo, vicepresidente dell'Ordine dei geologi della Campania, 'non devono essere fatti solo sugli edifici strategici ma anche sulle infrastrutture generalizzate come strade e ponti, che sono di fondamentale importanza.'...

The National Disaster Management Agency in collaboration with its partners Wednesday converged on the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi to validate the National Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Capacity Assessment Report...

The Ministry of Transport in partnership with the SOPAC Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community invite tenders for the supply and installation of a tsunami siren system for the Nuku’alofa town area in the Kingdom of Tonga. The siren system needs to be delivered to the Ministry of Transport in Tonga by 30 June 2012...

'Although there are likely to be lessons learned from Japan that will apply to emergency preparedness, I do not think that we need to wait to implement the many enhancements that this rule will provide,' said Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko...

Researcher Vaclav Smil warns that 'a higher degree of preparedness can make a substantial difference' when anticipating disasters. He writes about possible scenarios in case of a major Tokyo earthquake, and asserts that the economic damage would be devastating in the area...

'The disaster managers and geologists have felt the need to promote a culture of disaster prevention in the country following recent earth tremors and other natural disasters. Reducing the impact of any possible threat on children against any type of disaster is important,' said the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Center’s Director General...

There is a 'need for cutting the delay in dissemination of the early warning by the forecasting agencies to the responders for ensuring prompt action by them,' stated Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh in an IANS press release on TwoCircles...

David Dodman, Senior Researcher at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), says the Institute will publish a report on UNISDR's "Making Cities Resilient" campaign by year's end (see video).