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Displaying 75 of about 285 resultsOn September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit the Islands of Barbuda and Antigua with catastrophic effects. Hurricane Irma made landfall as a category 5 storm (Saffir-Simpson scale). Compounding the situation, on September 18, Hurricane Maria (also a category 5 storm) affected the island of Antigua. Although Hurricane Maria did not make landfall, Antigua was…
ThinkHazard! is a new, open source resource pioneered by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), capable of analyzing national and local hazard data. It is available for all 196 countries across 8 different natural hazards.
The methodology report communicates:
The methods used to communicate technical hazard data as simpler…
ICIMOD has prepared flood inundation maps in view of the floods and landslides that this year’s monsoon has triggered in Bangladesh. The maps have been prepared using Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2/ Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS-2/PALSAR) and Sentinel-1 satellite images made available by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (…
Multiple times a year, severe tropical storms and typhoons hit the Philippines. Fortunately, the population is very resilient. After each disaster, they reconstruct their lives with creative solutions.
In the past, the annual floods ensured that the soil was fertile, and the marshes were filled with fish. But nowadays, the river increasingly poses a th…
This study uses monthly nightlight composites in conjunction with a wind field model to econometrically estimate the impact of tropical cyclones on local economic activity in the Dominican Republic since 1992. It is found that the negative impact of storms lasts up to 15 months after the strike, with the largest effect observed after nine months. Transl…
This report assesses the effectiveness of disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions conducted in Haiti by member organisations of the Swiss NGO DRR Platform. The assessment was commissioned in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, which made landfall in southwest Haiti on October 4, 2016.
The report describes several key learnings that enable…
This disaster risk profile for Seychelles seeks to provide a basis for the future implementation of disaster risk financing through the improved understanding of disaster risks. The risk modelling undertaken focused on three perils: tropical cyclones, floods and earthquakes. In addition, as part of the earthquake risk assessment, tsunami risk zones were…
This report assesses hazard mitigation and loss avoidance efforts in Florida in the face of Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The Hurricane Matthew Loss Avoidance Assessment considers flood and wind mitigation projects located within the 18 counties included in the DR-4283 Presidential disaster declaration. The Florida Division of Emergency…
This publication presents data on the impact of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, particularly Harris County, in the form of illustrated maps. It provides data down to the census tract level, with a focus on the intersection of social vulnerability and flooding and wind speeds.
This document charts the initial formation of Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean in late August 2017 and tracks its development as the storm moved towards the Caribbean in September.
It presents the exposed values for the affected countries, including the states of Florida and Georgia in the USA, and compares them to estimated economic losses d…
Elizabeth Lewis, Newcastle University
Doris sounds like the sort of name your grandmother might have. It’s not particularly scary. But the name now has a rather different association, after “Storm Doris” tore through the UK. The Met Office, the UK’s national weather forecaster, put much of the country on “amber alert” and reported 94mph gusts…
By Clark Miller, Thaddeus R. Miller and Tischa Muñoz-Erickson
Remember the movie “Moneyball”? The Oakland A’s are struggling, financially and on the baseball field. Then they introduce an innovative system for figuring out which players will improve team performance. Moving away from observations by scouts, the A’s begin to use advanced statistics to…
A multi-billion-dollar seawall is among climate adaptation options under consideration for the iconic coastal city
By Eric Bender
As this year’s hurricanes marched across the Caribbean into the Gulf Coast or out to the North Atlantic, cities along the U.S. northeastern coast knew they were dodging bullets. If Boston gets hit by a storm like Hurricane…
By Lourdes Tibig and Denise Margaret Matias
BONN, Germany - November 8 marks the fourth anniversary of Haiyan’s landfall in the Philippines. The super typhoon was the strongest ever to make landfall.
Today, the world continues to be devastated by even more extreme weather events. This year alone saw flooding in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Vietnam,…
The Government of Belize, with the support of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), is stepping up its climate change adaptation efforts. Belize’s Social Investment Fund (SIF), an implementing agency of the Government addressing the basic needs of the country’s most vulnerable, has set in motion plans to incorporate Climate Risk Management in its Nation…