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'In other countries, such an earthquake leaves six people injured and not hundreds injured and dead,' Iranian geophysicist and seismologist Bahram Akashesh said after two earthquakes measuring 6.2 and 6 on the Richter scale hit Iran Saturday. If construction materials are properly utilised, edifices must resist quakes much stronger than these two...
The study is aiming to develop an adaptation plan to increase the resilience of the Algerian capital...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said 'There are four key objectives; firstly, it aims to ensure enough food and water, while reducing poverty and gender inequality, as well as protecting natural resources'...
Experts from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) would soon advise relevant Thai agencies on rehabilitation in the wake of floods, efficient use of reservoirs and large-scaled flood prevention systems...
The Raja Muda of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail, has urged the people to have basic skills to face natural disasters: 'loss of life could be minimised if the people had such skills,' he said...
The Cabinet has directed local authorities to examine existing buildings and those under construction in areas at high risk of landslides, reports Bernama, further to the devastating incident in which 15 children lost their lives in Hulu Langat last week...
'As close partners, India and Asean could establish a space technology aided disaster management centre that will provide timely connectivity and information for strategic decision making and planning' said Malaysia's special envoy on infrastructure to India...
Speaking at the APEC ministerial meeting in Yokohama, Japan, Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jawm urged countries to further develop practical disaster risk management and research mechanisms to better prepare for disasters, reports Bernama...
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