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Displaying 15 of about 53 resultsBy Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News
Scientists argue new FEMA flood maps may be too conservative because they don't consider future sea level rise, with implications for Sandy rebuilding.
When the federal government released updated flood maps for the New York City region last week, residents were shocked to find that the number of houses and bus…
By Wanyun Shao
One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck Texas – the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey dumped record-breaking rain and flooded hundreds of thousands of homes in and around Houston. It caused some US$125 billion in damages, making it one of the…
Using artificial intelligence to analyze images collected through terrestrial and aerial mapping, the Capital District of Bogotá, Colombia, is working to identify homes and neighborhoods that need to be improved. The goal is to have families living in better, greener, safer homes before the next disaster strikes.
This effort, supported by the World Ban…
By Rong-Gong Lin II
A sobering new report on California’s seismic vulnerabilities said that up to 3.5 million homes could be damaged if an 8.0 earthquake ruptured on the San Andreas fault.
The new estimate, from the data firm CoreLogic, is based on a theoretical rupture of the entire San Andreas fault, which passes through Los Angeles County…
DAKAR, 19 September 2016 - The government of Senegal is harnessing cutting-edge information and communications technology to manage and reduce disaster risk, with the aim of curbing deaths and economic losses caused by natural and man-made hazards in the West African nation.
The “civil protection and new information technologies” initiative was launche…
Low groundwater levels caused by drought and land subsidence may result in damage to foundations. New maps in the Climate Impact Atlas now provide a clearer picture of the local risk of damage to wooden pile foundations (pile rot) and the differential settlement of buildings on steel foundations.
The risk of damage depends on the exposure, the probabil…
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Earlier this month, the Department of Economic Development, Transport, and Civil Aviation through the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP), hosted a World Bank mission comprising a Geographic Information System (GIS) Expert and a Drone Expert.
The team was in Saint Lucia to undertake a rooftop inventory. T…
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
The devastation caused by Haiti’s January 12 earthquake underscores the need to operationalize the principle of disaster risk reduction and to incorporate disaster mitigation into all aspects of reconstruction. Rebuilding efforts must not only focus on providing shelter and services but also on strengthening t…
Introducing mass movement hazard map in valley master plan to build back better
The implementation of the Sendai Framework recommendations for building back better in remote valleys of Nepal faces multiple challenges. The French NGO Architecture & Développement is piloting a project covering three districts in the Sindhupalchok district, 70 km Nort…
By Justin Petrone
A new study of the 2015 earthquake that shook Nepal, killing roughly 9,000 people, shows that this Himalayan country may have been spared greater destruction due to a lack of surface ruptures as well as the prevalence of high-grade metamorphic and intrusive igneous rocks.
Using satellite images of the disaster zone, a team of scienti…
By James Bruggers
In flood-prone regions of the country, a growing number of cities have lost confidence in the ability of the federal government's flood maps to recognize the increasing risks that come with global warming.
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On Monday, FEMA announced it was rolling out a new risk-rating system to determine insurance premiums that will use more r…
Bangkok - A year ago today, typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, killing more than 1,000 in the region and displacing hundreds of thousands, but many cities are still ill-prepared for a similar disaster.
The storm dumped a month’s worth of rain within 12 hours of striking the Philippines before moving on to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Local authoritie…
An earthquake resistance program was initiated in the district of Chocos in the Lima Province Region of the High Andes of Peru. The community was trained in disaster prevention programs related to earthquakes. The training consisted of theory and practice and it was participative and concerted. The Mayor and Chancellours were trained in all the pr…
CEBU, 26 November 2013 – Disaster risk reduction is emerging as central to the Philippines’ recovery and reconstruction plans in the wake of the devastating Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda).
One of several leaders supporting increased investment in resilient structures is Mayor Ian Christopher Escario of Bantayan municipality, who oversaw a ma…
GENEVA, 23 May 2013 - The three-day 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, attended by a record 3,500 people and representatives from 172 governments, ended today with a call for "the immediate start of work to develop targets and indicators to monitor the reduction of risk" in the Chair's Summary at the closing plenary.
Global Platform Chai…