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'This is vital for Bangladesh as it is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change' said Xian Zhu, World Bank country director for Bangladesh....

'Bangladesh is an example to the world community on how a vulnerable developing country can strengthen its resilience against recurrent catastrophic events' said Ban Ki-moon during a visit on the final leg of a four-nation Asia trip....

ADB’s Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said member-countries must be committed to 'reduce the risks and adequately prepare for the natural disasters that we all know are coming'....

'The frequency and intensity of the storms have increased every year. The threat has grown faster than our capacity to respond to it' said Conor Walsh, country representative in Nicaragua for Catholic Relief Services....

Approximately 10,000 rescue workers and civil servants are participating this week in a five day flood simulation exercise throughout the Netherlands in preparation for a potential hazard scenario....

We underestimate the risk and ignore the fact that the planet is threatened with 'sudden, unpredictable, and irreversible disaster,' says Steve Chu, one of the world's leading climate and energy experts....

The Federal Department of Town and Country Planning has commenced a new project to identify and map geo-hazards like floods, landslides and fires in all local council areas in Peninsular Malaysia....

'Developing disaster resilient communities is a key priority and this will entail working with national and international partners through ‘Disaster Risk Reduction’ initiatives across all sectors' said Bishow Parajuli, UN resident coordinator....

'This is crucial information for improving disaster preparedness', says a physicist who coordinated the implementation of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System in a report published by NatureNews....

The first Partnership Development Workshop under the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) South-South Cooperation Programme launches in India....