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Displaying 15 of about 24 resultsClearly, in terms of disasters, the South-East Asia Region has been particularly hard-hit in the recent past. The earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004, which affected more than six countries of this part of the world, was one of the worst natural disasters in recent history. Recovery efforts are still on today, more than two and half years after t…
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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
By Megan Rowling
London - Natural disasters forced 32.4 million people from their homes in 2012, with climate and weather hazards such as floods and storms causing 98 percent of the displacement, a report said on Monday.
The total was almost double the 2011 number, as major floods hit India and Nigeria last year, accounting for 41 percent of global di…
Scientists are worried that wildfires might burn out of control in Siberia while the Russian military units that normally keep them in check are dispatched to Ukraine.
“Because the largest fires often need military aircraft to spot and verify the satellite or community reports, [and to] support and fight in Siberia, it is questionable that this capacit…
This report, published two weeks after the Great East Japan (Tohoku-Kanto) earthquake and tsunami, provides a synthesis of certain existing data and a basic situation analysis of the situation. It considers the major challenge posed to the disaster risk reduction community by: (i) the earthquake; (ii) the tsunami; (ii) the ongoing nuclear emergency; and…
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda
Chile faces a “very difficult” season of wildfires because of high temperatures, a persistent drought and an increase in arson, Agriculture Minister Antonio Walker said on Tuesday, adding to the woes of a country damaged by violent socio-economic protests in the past month.
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Already since July 2019, 6,800 hectares have…
GENEVA, 3 March 2016 – Australia could see its annual disaster bill rise nearly fourfold by 2050, with the cost of social impacts such as stress-related illness playing a significant role, two reports commissioned by the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities warn.
Issued just two weeks before the first anniversary…
The San Diego Urban Area Incident Management Team and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department are pleased to announce the 2017 AHIMTA Annual Training & Education Symposium taking place December 2-7, 2017 in beautiful San Diego, California. The symposium will begin with pre-conference sessions December 2nd-4th and be followed by the main conference consisti…
Taking up the challenge: Readiness for risk reduction and response
The 26th annual conference of the Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA), a non-profit professional association for Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Management practitioners in Southern Africa.
The UNISDR “Resilient Cities: My City is Getting Ready” campaign chal…
This edition analyses the 2009 disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database, with comparisons to previous years, providing an evidence base to the international community on the burden of disease and related health issues due to disasters and conflicts, in order (i) to assist humanitarian action at both national and international levels; (ii) to ration…
This manual provides the guidelines to create a new approach to cultural heritage conservation focused on prevention, aiming to develop strategies to protect heritage properties by reducing its vulnerability to naturals and man-made disasters. It introduces property-specific strategies to improve risk-preparedness for cultural heritage exposed to fire,…
States with high exposure to climate hazards face multi-faceted challenges, including physical and livelihood risks for the population that may force states to redirect scarce resources to adaptation or humanitarian response efforts and strain the capacity of states that, in many cases, are still solidifying democratic institutions and mechanisms for me…
This year’s report presents new findings for displacement during 2012 and analysis drawn from five years of data compiled by IDMC. It presents global estimates for disaster-induced displacement associated with hazards that rapidly impact communities or are experienced as sudden triggers to forced movement. These include both weather hazards, such as flo…
By Manipadma Jena
Besides rising temperatures and sea levels, climate change is increasingly leading to extreme rainfall, floods and cyclones to occur at the same time in India, says a new study
“The collision of cumulative climate hazards is not something on the horizon. Co-occurring and colliding climate hazards are already here,” sa…
This book demonstrates how science and innovation can be harnessed to tackle today’s biggest challenges in poor countries. Its scope includes: (i) the impact of climate change and other future threats and how science can contribute to building sustainability and resilience; (ii) three of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - reducing hunger, improvi…