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'If you add in all the nationally-reported disasters, which don't get into the international media and the international databases, losses are about 50 percent higher than is currently being reported, and losses are going up rapidly,' Andrew Maskrey, author of the latest Global Assessment Report said. The report will be available at the Global platform for disaster risk reduction...
Marine geologists of James Cook University have warned that a large slab of sea floor near the Great Barrier Reef could break off and cause a tsunami. Geologist Robin Beaman said it is not known, when the collapse would happen, but when it does, it 'will generate a localised tsunami that will affect the Queensland coastline, which is around 70 kilometres away'...
AFP reports on efforts to increase residents' resilience in the event of a big earthquake in Tokyo's Sumida district - 'a picturesque throwback to the Japan of yesteryear' with narrow streets and wood-framed homes. 'People want to live and work here. This is why we are working to make the area more resistant to earthquakes and fires,' the head of a local residents' association told AFP...
AFP reports that a new Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) report admits TEPCO's role and responsibility in the Fukushima nuclear plan disaster, calling their admission an 'about-face' with regard to their ability to have reasonably prepared for the threat of tsunami following the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011...
'Les crues sont essentielles à la respiration des fleuves', souligne le WWF. Elles permettent de nettoyer le lit des fleuves, de recharger les nappes alluviales, 'essentielles pour le stockage et l'épuration de l'eau'...
'Il incombe aux gouvernements et aux institutions internationales d'oeuvrer de concert à trouver des solutions pour atténuer la souffrance et réduire l'impact des catastrophes et les TIC jouent un rôle primordial en matière de préparation mais également d'information...'
Selon une étude publiée dans le magazine scientifique Nature, les phénomènes climatiques d'El Niño et La Niña seraient à l'origine des conflits qui touchent plusieurs pays à travers le monde déclare l'Agence France Presse (AFP)...
Après la catastrophe naturelle du 11 mars dernier survenue au Japon, des études ont démontré qu'un système de prévention contre de nouveaux tsunamis doit être confié aux communautés locales selon AFP...
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