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Familiarity with natural disasters, tsunami drills contributed to rapid reaction, officials say.
While most American homeonwers have home insurance, many lack flood insurance, which is typically purchased from the U.S. government as a separate policy. Many homeowners also have home-insurance policy limits that are too low to cover the full cost of repairing or rebuilding their properties.
Cities in the South of the US have become more flood prone as they have grown, and now Hurricane Harvey highlights Houston's storm vulnerability. Recent construction with an increase of grey infrastructure, poor drainage systems and building regulations, are some of the factors that make the city especially vulnerable to flooding.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami revealed an urgent need for an adequate warning system. In his ten progress report, James Hookway of the WSJ writes, 'The result, though far from perfect, shows that commitments to improving safety can bear fruit, experts say.' A look at cooperation among Australia, Thailand, India and Indonesia...
'They very quickly understood that they should use this as an opportunity to build back better and make sure that whatever they do puts Aceh on a higher trajectory of development than before the tsunami,' said Beate Trankmann, Indonesia country director for the UNDP...
'While the technology might be helpful, the trick, some officials privately say, is to get local leaders on the ground in vulnerable areas to pay attention to all the disaster planning resources at their disposal,' writes James Hookway in the Wall Street Journal...
India is likely to have the highest number of people living in poverty by 2030 and among the greatest exposure to extreme weather and natural disasters, but it is rare among developing nations facing climate hazards.
'Countries across the region need to invest more in disaster risk reduction as an essential component of their long-term development strategies. This will involve protecting social and economic assets from floods and other disasters, particularly in those areas where rapid economic growth has heightened the risks,' warns a UN economic and social survey...
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