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More than six years after the Boxing Day tsunami that devastated coastal communities throughout South East Asia survivors in southern Sri Lanka still struggle to make sense of the tragedy, according to new research from Otago University...

Community participation and education are key to emergency warnings says chief executive of the Australasian Fire Authorities Council, asserting that the role of technology in emergency warnings and procedures is not of critical importance...

An editorial that takes a look at the concept of 'failure' as a test bed for 'good' or 'better' practice in disaster management, and the Japanese linguistic separation of naturally occurring hazards from human failures when considering disaster...

As the United Nations today commemorates the 17th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples under the theme of "Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our own future", it is perhaps timely to flag the positive contributions such cultures are able to make to DDR and CCA.

This op-ed shows that the poor countries like Bangladesh has limited voice to raise in international climate change politics and states that it is better to adopt some initiatives for disaster risk reduction...

'Things have changed. For the past two years, we have not experienced worse effects of the flooding as compared to previous years. In fact for the first time in our history, we never relocated during the last rainy season. This to us is a great achievement. We are now able to grow crops' said one community member...

L'Algérie achète chaque année, auprès de réassureurs internationaux, une garantie annuelle qui la protège à hauteur de 246 millions de dollars contre les catastrophes naturelles 'Cat Nat'...

ARN reports that Australian gov agencies say communities are too dependent on emergency services organisations as well as associated technologies for disaster notifications. 'Resilience in disaster situations is achieved through partnerships between all levels of Government, the community and the commercial sector' says SAFECOM chief in the report...

Samoa's tourism industry says it is taking steps to protect itself, and especially its beach-based attractions which are vulnerable to changing sea levels and tsunami, against the negative effects of climate change and 'natural' disasters...

New Zealand's level of preparedness has improved following the September and February earthquakes. 'The Christchurch earthquakes have prompted more people to prepare for natural disasters,' Civil Defence Minister Craig Foss says...