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Displaying 135 of about 1016 resultsNina Shen Rastogi of the Washington Post reports that the damage to ecosystems is not only an environmental concern but also a safety hazard. She stresses the need to make long-term capital investments in for example, safer, sturdier buildings. She also recommends the need to shift from short-term crisis management to long-term environmental planning.…
IOM is partnering with the government of Haiti in an effort to strengthen the capacity of local authorities in disaster preparedness, camp management and communications.
Some 111 members of Haiti's Department of Civil Protection (DPC) are being seconded to IOM and will be trained as camp managers next week. In another project a further 15 to 20 members…
By John Schwartz
Should communities hit over and over again by natural disasters — like hurricanes, fires, earthquakes and tornadoes — keep rebuilding? Or should they retreat from areas that are especially disaster prone?
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To a large degree, New Orleans has made its way back since Hurricane Katrina. More than 17.7 million people visited the…
Governor Greg Abbott’s Commission to Rebuild Texas today offered to the Texas Legislature wide-ranging recommendations to help Texas better prepare for future catastrophic storms in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
“The devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey required a Texas-sized response, and I am incredibly proud of how the people of Texas came togethe…
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it will be implementing a series of additional precautionary measures intended to further decrease wildfire threats in communities that are at higher risk of wildfires, as well as additional support for its customers and their families impacted by the Camp Fire in Butte County. The actions…
By Mary Beth Griggs
Shaking from the large earthquake that shuddered through Anchorage, Alaska last week was strong enough to turn smooth asphalt roads into broken, jagged depressions of rubble. But within just a few days, crews managed to repair the worst of the damage, unsnarling traffic in Alaska’s largest city.
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The 50th anniversa…
By Malaika Becoulet
On October 4, 2016, category 4 Hurricane Matthew struck the southern part of Haiti. Strong winds and rain triggered heavy flooding and landslides that resulted in 500 fatalities, along with widespread infrastructure damage and economic loss. The hurricane caused the collapse of the Ladigue Bridge, a vital asset connecting…
In storm-battered New Orleans, preparation for disasters "has become the norm, not the exception"
By Nicky Milne
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Sitting on his porch in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Otis Tucker cuts a lone figure on a street punctuated with large empty spaces - the shadows of homes lost to Hurricane Katrina.
Tucker lives in the…
More than 400 professionals from 48 countries attended this meeting to identify lessons learned with regard to the preparedness for and response to two of the most devastating hurricanes of the last decades: Georges and Mitch. The recommendations in this document were drafted in 20 working group sessions that were coordinated by one or several of the co…
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This paper presents German views on disaster risk management for sustainable development. It contains a section on linking theory and practice, which covers risk analysis, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention and mitigation, and aid and reconstruction. Supporting case studies from several countries are provided.
The German Government…
This fact sheet presents a project that supports local population in planning and implementing reconstruction in the aftermath of heavy rain in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The Canadian Red Cross undertook a settlement construction project in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nicaragua and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Honduras. The project was completed in February 2002, enabling its longer-term impact to be assessed and valuable lessons to be drawn for future di…
This document is the result of a participatory process developed from April to December 2003, through national workshops and forums of analysis and proposals in the different countries of the Central American region. These processes ended with the Mitch+5 Regional Forum, which took place in December in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The forum brough…
This study to undertake a macro-economic and social assessment of the effects of Hurricane Ivan on the performance of the Grenadian economy in the short, medium and long term, was initiated as a result of a visit by the Director General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, to the Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell, on 10 September -…
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Washington DC – Rebuilding Together is now a member of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD), joining member organizations and partners such as FEMA, American Red Cross and United Way.
National VOAD is a nationwide coalition of organizations that work together in all phases of disaster – preparedness, response, relie…