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Flood plain zoning is a cost-efficient way of reducing the impact of disasters, and allows disaster management to become more focused.
During the next monsoon, people living in flood-prone areas in Assam will be able to check inundation levels on their smartphones using Google. Google is working on a flood-inundation model using artificial intelligence to provide inundation data of the Brahmaputra and Barak river basins to help residents check flood levels online.
Assam became the first state in the country to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, in association with Unicef and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). All three stakeholders initiated the implementation of the framework with training of the trainers workshop.
'Once the risk is assessed for different areas it could aid in earthquake preparedness and mitigate disasters by disaster management agencies in different places', the director of the GSI earthquake geology division, Shillong, and project in-charge of the microzonation study in Jorhat, in a report by The Telegraph...
Even though New Zealand has not only the most stringent building regulations, but also advanced scientific tools to predict natural disasters, 'sometimes even the most prescient technology is unable to forestall natural disasters' reports the Telegraph, urging a rethinking of national policies...
Funded by the European Commission and supported by Action Aid, a disaster risk reduction programme, inspired by a Nepal rescue model, will help thousands in four districts of lower Assam prepare for the annual flash floods...
The Telegraph reports that despite the India Meteorological Department (IMD) having 'set up a satellite-based disaster warning network that connects it with district authorities and local communities — always considered at risk of cyclones from the sea', weather surveillance projects have been delayed...
The Union ministry of environment and forests has decided to establish a centre climate change research at the North Eastern Hill University in Shillong further to concerns over inadequate data on climate change in the Northeast and its impact...
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