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Scientists at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are analysing radar data from 27 April 2011, the day of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in US history. They are merging the information with detailed storm surveys and other data to learn more and eventually make tornado warnings more effective...

Thousands of residents across California are helping the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) build a dense network of seismic sensors across the state; as part of the Quake Catcher Network, Californians are being asked to place 6,000 seismic sensors in their homes to help geologists study earthquakes...

Brazil is increasing training opportunities for its disaster managers through the development of a new version of the International Course on Health, Disasters and Development, known as LEADERS (created by PAHO/WHO). The goal is to offer distance learning to disaster managers in about 5,600 Brazilian municipalities on surveillance of disaster risk factors...

The Climate Change Commission is calling on the government to conduct a vulnerability assessment study, similar to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in order to ensure the health and security of the population at risk of disasters reports the Manila Bulletin...

'For collaboration to be more effective, member states' finance ministries need to put more money aside for disaster risk reduction' said Youssef Chellouche, adviser at the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in light of increased flooding and more severe droughts in West Africa...

AlertNet's Soumya Karlamangla looks at one of the key issues in dealing with disasters according to many experts, resilience, and highlights the launch of the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, focusing this year on the interconnections between disasters and economic growth and development...

PADF with the Ministry of Public Works, will hire and train 214 Haitian engineers, masons, subcontractors and workers for the repairs. The goal is to teach them construction best practices and disaster risk reduction to ensure the safety and durability of the structures...

Scientists have discovered a new force that drives plate tectonics, plumes of hot magma pushing up from Earth's deep interior, providing evidence that such mantle plume 'hot spots,' which can last for tens of millions of years and are active today at locations such as Hawaii, Iceland and the Galapagos, may work as an additional tectonic driver, along with push-pull forces...

A recent study has found that Southern California's Salton Sea, the accidental vestige of what was once a large natural lake fed by the Colorado River, may play an important role in the earthquake cycle of the southern San Andreas Fault and may have triggered large earthquakes in the past...

Climate change impacts from abroad could affect the UK more than climate change at home according to a new report published by Foresight, the Government’s futures think tank. 'For the international community to deal with these challenges we must adapt together to ensure sustainable economic growth, maintain global stability, and support developing nations and countries particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change', said the Environment Secretary...