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Displaying 15 of about 40 resultsListen to the podcastHow Pacific countries are learning more about early warning systems from the Tongan volcanic eruption and tsunami in 2022.Also, the importance of maintaining messages for natural disasters in the Pacific and how to make sure they break through.And how Timor Leste journalists feel the pressure when it comes to reporting on disasters…
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are incredibly vulnerable to intensifying hazards from climate change. But the challenges that SIDS face in adapting can only be understood by looking at how these impacts interact with other risks – not all of them environmental.
A dire example of this is the recent eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’a…
Does sea level rise increase the frequency of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Or does the melting of glaciers due to temperature rise lead to more volcanic eruptions?
Scientists have long offered this hypothesis, and now they have a chance to test this theory.
“Recent studies have proposed a causal link between rising sea-level during periods of w…
By Megan Rowling
London - Natural disasters forced 32.4 million people from their homes in 2012, with climate and weather hazards such as floods and storms causing 98 percent of the displacement, a report said on Monday.
The total was almost double the 2011 number, as major floods hit India and Nigeria last year, accounting for 41 percent of global di…
San Vicente, El Salvador - Five international UN Volunteers from Brazil are in El Salvador working on the implementation of the 'Escuelas Vivas' (Living Schools) project in the country. The project is an initiative of the Government of Brazil, as part of its international actions to fight hunger, and the Government of El Salvador, in collaboration with…
On the evening of January 15, the Kingdom of Tonga witnessed the violent eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, sending shockwaves and tsunamis across the Pacific and beyond. Within a few hours, the South Pacific archipelago was blanketed by a thick layer of smoke and ash. Entire towns were left inundated by the waves that also wi…
Researchers have shown that human-caused climate change will have important consequences for how volcanic gases interact with the atmosphere.
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the UK Met Office, say that large-magnitude eruptions will have greater effects as the climate continues to warm. However, the cooling effects of small- and m…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…
CANCUN, 23 May, 2017 - A major global initiative to improve the generation and use of early warnings against extreme weather, earthquakes and a cascading range of hazards has been launched with a powerful plea from a tsunami survivor to build more resilient societies.
Petra Nemcova, a model, lost her partner in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and survive…
The Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland began erupting again on Wednesday after eight months of slumber – so far without any adverse impacts on people or air traffic.
The eruption was expected. It’s in a seismically active (uninhabited) area, and came after several days of earthquake activity close to Earth’s surface. It’s hard to say how long…
When volcanoes erupt, they release much more than an impressive, photogenic spray of lava into the air. In fact, gases such as sulfur and carbon released from volcanoes into the atmosphere can impact the global climate. An international research team has used modern technologies to better understand historical volcanic eruptions and how they have contri…
The enormous eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, triggered a tsunami that reached countries all around the Pacific rim, even causing a disastrous oil spill along 21 beaches in Peru.
In Tonga, waves about 2 metres high were recorded before the sea level gauge failed, and waves of up to 1…
Press Release No. 811
GENEVA/WORLDWIDE – With World Meteorological Day taking place worldwide on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization is marking the annual event with a global call for increased investment in weather, climate and hydrological observation technologies to help populations and economies adapt to climate change and climate varia…
Port Moresby - The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has bolstered its funding for disaster preparedness, strengthening the country’s National Disaster Management Centre (NDC) to better respond to crises.
“This is a positive development and one we hope will continue,” Ruger Kahwa, head of office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last year was dominated by an accumulation of severe earthquakes to an extent seldom experienced in recent decades. The high number of weather-related natural catastrophes and record temperatures both globally and in diff…