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South Africa: City ready for meltdown, flood or drought

Source(s): Independent Online
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Cape Town has launched its disaster risk management centre, ready to respond to anything from a nuclear meltdown to the fires and floods which occur routinely in the city and its surrounding areas, says the Independent Online. The launch was timed to coincide with the UN’s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction campaign, being run under the banner of "Making Cities Resilient".

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Hazards Flood Wildfire NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Themes Urban risk and planning Disaster risk management
Country and region South Africa
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