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24 May 2008

Bangladesh to plant 100 mln trees to fight floods, cyclones

The trees would "fight storms, tidal surges, floods and droughts" in a "natural way" said the head of Government, Fakhruddin Ahmed in Dhaka on Saturday during the launch of the project.

Agence France Presse

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22 May 2008

Disaster earthquake scenario unveiled for Southern California

Scientists unveiled a hypothetical scenario describing how a magnitude 7.8 S. Californian earthquake would impact the region...

United States Geological Survey

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23 May 2008

Japanese PM calls for Asia-Pacific network against disasters, pandemics

Mr. Yasuo Fukuda called on Asia-Pacific nations to jointly build a network to better prepare for disasters and pandemics....

Xinhua News Agency

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21 May 2008

PAHO: New Caribbean Basin wind hazard maps

PAHO/WHO has developed new state-of-the-art wind hazard maps for Caribbean islands and nearby coastal areas of Central and South America...

Pan American Health Organization

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21 May 2008

Urgent support needed for storm-surge warning

WMO stresses the urgent need for improving coordinated storm-surge advisory systems in the Gulf of Bengal and other parts of the world that at are risk of tropical cyclones...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)