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Efficient policies and implementation mechanisms could reduce human loss due to natural hazards, said experts in a seminar on Saturday....

A look at India's level of preparedness in the face of a disaster: “We need to shift focus from the visibles to the invisibles...disaster response measures only have short-term gain and do not result in risk reduction...”

A new project, that will strengthen institutional capacities to reduce Albania’s vulnerability to the natural and man-made hazards, was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors....

"To minimize disasters, community leaders have to be trained to implement activities and other measures for disaster reduction..." said Welino Gubuan from the Office of the Civil Defense 7....

Initiated by Peru with support from Australia and Indonesia, the framework will focus on monitoring volcanoes and hydrographic watersheds where the "El Nino" phenomenon is generated....

'People in low-income countries are four times as likely as people in high-income countries to die in a natural disaster' said Vinod Thomas, DG of the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group....

Children have been found to identify dangers often overlooked by adults, according to Arjuna Eramudugolla, a project manager in the southern Matara District....

Seismologists have detected minute geological changes preceding small earthquakes in California by up to 10 hours. The method could form the basis of a robust early warning system for impending quakes....