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However, the Armed Police Force created a Disaster Management Training Centre at Kurintar to train their employees in disaster management strategies and techniques related to floods, landslides, fires, earthquakes and road accidents.“This centre is the first of its kind in South Asia,” said SSP Durga Kunwar, commander of the Centre...

The Thai floods affected about 1,000 factories globally, reports AlertNet. Yet, industrial parks are still being built in Asian flood zones. Insurance industry executives say that most construction was done without long-term historical data on floods and storms...

Panama, 23 July 2012 - Concern about earthquakes and tsunamis brought together 33 Mayors in the Dominican Republic this month to express their support for the UNISDR “Making Cities Resilient” campaign and to demand budgetary support from central government for disaster risk reduction measures in their cities and towns.

'This transition from a philosophy of reaction to natural disasters to a more proactive approach of forecast and reduction of climate risks marks a turning point in the policies of African government who aim to protect their vulnerable populations while allowing them to retain their dignity,' said M. Abdou Sané, Senegalese MP and member of the Parliamentary Network for Disaster Risk Reduction...

'While we commemorate the second anniversary of the devastating floods, we pledge and renew our commitment to step up our efforts for the rehabilitation of flood affectees with special reference to women and children.' said Jamal Ahmad, Country Director of Action Aid...

'Through this Balochistan Multi Donor Trust Fund Grant, the institutional capacity of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan will be strengthened, and the awareness and resilience of the communities of Balochistan to hazards and disasters would be enhanced,' stated Rachid Benmessaoud of the World Bank...

While Senator Legarda praised the existing Geo-Hazard Mapping Project and other disaster risk reduction related government developments, she called for 'pursuing a comprehensive program that will address the ill effects of disasters and climate change on health, hunger and malnutrition, agriculture and fisheries, jobs and livelihoods'...

'We need a paradigm shift where we are always reactive during typhoons and disasters. Giving dole outs, sending victims to evacuation centers should be a picture of before, we should be ready even before typhoons strike,' said Senator Legarda at the launch of a regional forum on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation...