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Displaying 45 of about 68 resultsThis short brief describes how building urban resilience in Morocco at both the local and national level has helped to increase the application of risk information in public policy and investment planning, informed government policy and strategies, and improved performance of national and city agencies in the quality and timeliness of emergency response…
By Laura Arenshield
A glacier that had held an Alaskan slope in place for centuries is melting, releasing the soil beneath in what can be described as a slow-motion landslide, researchers say. But there’s also the possibility of a real landslide that could cause a devastating tsunami.
In a study published last week, scientists noted that the slope on…
By Sophie Kemkhadze
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Since that tragic catastrophe [2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami], Indonesia has created the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and its local counterparts to manage disasters and established nationwide early warning systems. Communities throughout the country have been more informed with preventive steps with s…
The second Newton Prize 2019 winner has been announced at an event in Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday 14 January.
The winning UK-Indonesia partnership is helping to protect coastal communities from the devastation caused by coastal hazards such as flooding and tsunamis. The research has improved Indonesia’s capacity to deal with these events th…
From blowing conch shells to ringing church bells and sending mobile phone alerts, Caribbean countries are looking at high and low-tech ways to alert citizens to run for safety in the face of tsunamis which could wreak havoc on unprepared communities.
While devastating hurricanes grab the headlines each year, experts say tsunami risk is high in the reg…
A research team from University of Hyderabad (UoH), in collaboration with National Institute of Oceanography and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. have uncovered the presence of once repetitively active fracture line (geologically termed as fault line) to the east of north Andhra Pradesh. The fracture line has a maximu…
A commemoration event will be co-organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UNDRR Asia-Pacific at the UN Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
The event will live-streamed and recorded on Youtube:
Programme:
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-Genera…
The 2020 edition of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Early Warning System (CARIBE EWS) World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) Webinar will be jointly organized by UNDRR and UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission together with its regional CARIBE EWS Intergovernmental Coordination Group and Caribbean Tsunami Inf…
Tsunamis are quite unusual events, but they are also extremely deadly. In the last 100 years, 58 of them have claimed more than 260,000 lives. An average of 4,600 deaths each time they occur, which exceeds any other disaster caused by natural hazards.
The terrible impact of tsunamis is diminished by focusing on reducing vulnerabilities and exposures an…
This publication aims to capture the impact and vulnerabilities of different groups and sectors, including agriculture and fisheries, tourism, commerce and manufacturing, housing and settlements, low-income and informal workers, women, and youth to natural hazards in Tonga. The publication also gives an overview of Tonga’s exposure to different types of…
Nothing manmade stops a major tsunami. The seawall at the Fukushima nuclear power facility in Japan was 19 feet (5.8 m) high, which proved no match for the forty-foot (12 m) wave that came ashore in 2011 from the Tohoku earthquake. The wall then prevented waters from quickly receding, prolonging the flood. Are natural barriers the answer?In a word, mayb…
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRR WG) is developing and implementing a coherent and crosscutting approach within GEO to advance the use of Earth observations (EO) in support of national and local disaster risk reduction and resilience efforts. Space-based and in situ Earth observations already play critical…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to disaster preparedness and response. In planning safe evacuation from disaster events, physical distancing and hygiene practices need to be observed. As a result, disaster and tsunami preparedness plans need to be reviewed and updated to address the challenges brought about by the current pandemic. In v…
The 2018 Central Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami highlights the complexity of simultaneous disasters, their compounding effects and cumulative impacts. It also emphasises the challenge of responding to disasters in a multi-hazard prone archipelago. More importantly, it underlines the need to protect and assist exposed and vulnerable communities from eme…
This study explored factors that contributed to the successful implementation of tsunami housing projects in Kerala, India. Necessary data were gathered through a survey of various stakeholders involved in tsunami reconstruction projects in Kerala using structured questionnaires.
The study also helped to identify project management traits that need imp…