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The program is primarily targeted for active professionals with the objectives of supplementing profession-based education of graduates of various disciplines, advancing post-professional qualification and allowing career development in the field of disaster management. Sem…
The study finds that direct and indirect damages due to flooding and coastal erosion on Ebeye Island are possible. The main source of direct damages are damages to the houses and to the causeway. Estimated total damages may increase of about a factor 3 to 4 by the end of the century due to sea level rise, and depending on the sea level rise scenari…
This report examines the socio-demographic and environmental circumstances surrounding fatalities from cyclones, earthquakes and severe storms (hail, gusts, lightning, rain and tornados). It is the second major milestone from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre (BNHCRC) funded project “An analysis of human fatalities and buildi…
This publication presents three coastal resilience projects supported by the World Bank. These projects are the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP), Phase I and II; and the Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction Project (CDRRP). The goal is to help mitigate the impacts of cyclones and related hydro-meteorological disasters in all the coastal state…
Recent statistics demonstrate the growing severity and frequency of natural disasters in the Latin America and Caribbean region, possibly as a result of climate change. The region continues to be particularly vulnerable to storms, hurricanes and flooding. The effectiveness and timely delivery of humanitarian aid remain key factors in ensuring the surviv…
This publication contains abstracts (mainly in English, some in French) from papers presented at the fourth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change which was held on 21-27 February 2010 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Conference was structured around plenary and technical sessions on a variety of important subject areas…
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APEC Climate Center was established with the endorsement of APEC Senior Officials in 2005. It is mandated to provide climate information services to the 21 APEC member economies to promote human security and protect life and property from hazards associated with extreme climate events. Since then, APCC has been steadily gaining momentum in b…
From devastating monsoons to sea level rise, extreme weather is taking its toll across the globe. Surging Waters looks at flooding in the United States and demonstrates how science is supporting flood management, as well as furthering the solutions needed to mitigate flood impacts on people and property in the future.
The report’s autho…
Nonfunctionality of engineered water sources after two catastrophic cyclones—Sidr in November 2007 and Aila in May 2009—created acute scarcity of safe drinking water in coastal Bangladesh. The objective of this study was to estimate households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for disaster resilient water sources in Dacope upazila of Khulna District…
The lack of infrastructure is preventing scientists from robustly reporting meteorological information as well as communicating warnings about hazard-prone areas.
First came Ana in late January. Then Batsirai made landfall in February. Over the following weeks, Dumako, Emnati, and Gombe also left their footprints…
The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) has developed an integrated radar weather forecast system to provide an emergency warning and response advisory six hours before a potential disaster strikes, reducing casualty rates in disaster-prone areas, reports Taipei Times.
The system is the first in the nation that incorporates data collected by…
The SUDPLAN, sustainable urban development planner for climate change adaptation, project has developed a web-based planning, prediction and training tool, which can be used to support decisions in long-term urban planning, reports the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS). Under the "ICT for environmental services and climate…
2011 ties record for billion-dollar disasters
NOAA is launching a comprehensive initiative to build a "Weather-ready" nation to make America safer by saving more lives and protecting livelihoods as communities across the country become increasingly vulnerable to severe weather events, such as tornado outbreaks, intense heat waves, flooding, active hurr…
Writing for IPS, Manipadma Jena introduces Radio Namaskar, a community radio station on the air since February 2010 in an Indian coastal town. While television weather forecasts are unreliable because of erratic power supplies, "Radio Namaskar broadcasts high wind and cyclone warnings at short intervals; its range extends 35 km out into the sea," says G…
A category four tropical storm, Cyclone Giovanna, is expected to make landfall on 14 February close to the Madagascan east coast town of Toamasina and thereafter head for the capital Antananarivo.
“This is a particularly strong one [cyclone] and we have not seen one like this for some years… If Giovanna lives up to the category four predictions and hit…