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Philippines: Legarda pushes tsunami early warning system

Source(s): Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
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By Freddie Lazaro

[Senator Loren Legarda] has asked the national and local officials to implement community-based early warning systems and other disaster risk reduction measures to save lives and mitigate damages from tsunamis and other disasters.

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Senator Loren Legarda, the the Global Champion for Resilience of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), made the call ahead of today’s observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day which aligns this year with the International Day for Disaster Reduction and the Sendai Seven Campaign focusing on Target “C” of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction aimed at reducing direct disaster economic loss in relation to GDP.

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Hazards Tsunami
Themes Early warning Governance Disaster risk management
Country and region Philippines
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