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Displaying 15 of about 20 results… weather recorded during March and April this year. This heat accelerated glacier melting in Pakistan’s north, … caused these unusual weather events: a one in 100-year heat wave and rainfall over nine times the average rainfall in …
… development programmes. Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Heat Waves and Cold Waves, Dengue, JE and COVID-19 have been … cooperation with the private sector. Following the first wave of COVID-19 last year, it became imperative to better … numbers of Incidences for JE, Dengue, Drought, Floods, Heat waves, Cold waves and Cyclone during 1995-2020. 48 …
… 1940s climate,” he says. Pakistan experienced prolonged heat waves in April and May, when temperatures reached above … 1940s climate,” he says. Pakistan experienced prolonged heat waves in April and May, when temperatures reached above …
… risk Heatwave Desertification Coastal erosion Urban heat land effect Emerging health risks Flooding Risks of … risks, due to water/air-borne diseases and increasing heat extremes, affecting vulnerable groups. 40% of lost working hours due to heat stress in 2030 are in the construction sector, …
… lightning strikes and intensified by record-breaking heat, fires erupted throughout the state. Tens of thousands … for pets; 5) securing privacy; 6) protecting against heat and cold; 7) using sanitary facilities; 8) my chronic … pets adequately; 5) insufficient privacy; 6) adjusting to heat and cold; 7) using sanitary facilities; 8) I did not …
… C. and Chau Doan, 'Spared for Months, Vietnam Faces a Wave of New Infections', New York Times, 2 June 2021, …
… and associated � ooding, intense drought and extreme heat waves (IPCC, 2021) but also by compounding, cascading …
… period or lockdown could have prevented a second wave and given more time for the transport sector to be more …
… pandemic context has been extremely challenging. The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was handled with strict …
In view of recovery of the livelihood and equitable regional development as well as the anticipated disasters due to flood and mudflow, the Government of the Philippines (GOP) requested a technical assistance to the Government of Japan (GOJ) to conduct a master plan formulation and feasibility study (the study) for sabo and flood control in the western…
… accessible about four weeks later, there was a second wave of people reaching hospitals with injuries. As local …
… Houses with small openings to control exposure to extreme heat and wind Plains, tropical and humid Traditional … small windows and wooden shutters. Large windows lead to heat loss. Technologies (new buildings): Reconstruction …
… percent of the seedlings planted survived the dry season heat and lahar flow in 1992. There were 48 farmers' …
The catastrophic 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines inflicted severe damages to agriculture. It blanketed the landscape with a thick layer of unconsolidated silica-rich tephra. The remobilization of this material by rain produced debris flows (or lahars) that flooded and buried the lowland soils. Nearly three decades after this catastrophi…
This document presents the experience and lessons learned from the implementation of the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project (ETESP) housing program carried out by the Asian Development Bank in Indonesia.
On 7 April 2005, the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Projec…