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Displaying 105 of about 271 resultsThe opportunity following the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan is to invest in building back better; making sure that infrastructure, buildings, roads, bridges and hospitals are built back in a stronger, safer state, said Mr Jerry Velasquez of UNISDR in an interview with CNN.
Seaside Park, NJ/New York - A year after Superstorm Sandy inundated the East Coast with record flooding that left 159 people dead, residents of hard-hit New Jersey and New York shore communities still have a ways to go in rebuilding damaged homes.
New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, began his day at the beach town of Seaside Park, where homes were flo…
Source: Tearfund - UK
By Oenone Chadburn
This past weekend, the Indian state of Orissa was hit by one of the most powerful cyclones of the past decade.
Extensive damage to homes, agriculture, crops and infrastructure has left twelve districts in the area in utter devastation. But thanks to the preparedness and timely actions of the Indian government,…
"Washington is stuck in an endless cycle of disaster response," , as it is treated as "emergency spending", thus, it does not show up in the federal budget, according to The Atlanticcities.com. The US government spends billions of dollars on disasters relief, but less keen on investing in long term disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.…
Kingston, Jamaica – On Friday April 12, 2013 the Government of Jamaica and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalising a donation of US$100,000 made by CCRIF to the Government of Jamaica to support Jamaica’s post-disaster recovery and restoration initiatives following the effects of H…
Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) and the Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD) of Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR) with the support from United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized a workshop to formulate Risk Reduction Action Plan at Swan Hotel…
Bangkok - Lessons from the reconstruction process in Indonesia’s Aceh Province following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami can better shape the long-term impact of ‘build back better’ projects, and experts say those lessons are particularly relevant in the context of the Philippines, where more than one million homes were damaged or destroyed by Typhoon Hai…
Senator Loren Legarda today called for resilient recovery from the destruction wrought by Typhoon Yolanda and other disasters, stressing that communities should not rebuild the risks.
Legarda, the United Nations Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, made the statement as the country welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban…
Bangkok - UNESCO is launching a project to develop a flood risk mitigation plan for the World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya.
The launch event at UNESCO Bangkok on 22 March 2013 was attended by key players of Thailand’s national flood risk reduction efforts and representatives from the embassies of Germany, Japan, Portugal and the United States that have…
The event will benefit Rebuild Hoboken Relief Fund, New Jersey Relief Fund, and the town of Port Maria, Jamaica
The City of Hoboken is proud to announce the Hoboken Resilience Run, a 5K and Fun Run for post Hurricane Sandy recovery. The run, which will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013, is being organized in support of a global UN initiative - the…
"Japan’s nuclear industry, regulators, and government have a responsibility to explain clearly why science and technology could not minimize the risk and consequences of such an accident in a geologically vulnerable country like Japan; why unreasonably costly cleanup is being carried out in areas of low contamination, where negligible impact on public h…
The City of Hoboken, New Jersey, is organizing a 5K and Fun Run in support of a global UN initiative, the "Making Cities Resilient" campaign, led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), reports Hudson Reporter. The event is aiming to raise public awareness about disaster risk reduction and to raise funds for the recovery of Sandy-affected…
Peshawar - In his village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nazeer Butt, 40, points to his ruined house on a steep mountainside.
“Three outer walls caved in and the roof was damaged when a torrent raced down the hill and hit it last month,” Butt told IRIN.
He is currently living with a neighbour, while he attempts to rebuild…
Did global warming and rising sea levels trigger Hurricane Sandy? And does it matter? While Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, USA says it doesn't - calling environmental changes caused the storm is an "esoteric question", Matt Katz of the Philly Inquirer Trenton Bureau reports on the challenges of the Governor to get people back in their homes whil…
UNICEF Australia today launched an education kit to help parents talk to their children about natural disasters like recent flooding events in Queensland.
“At UNICEF we’re very well aware of the impact events like these have on communities, families and children,” UNICEF chief executive officer Norman Gillespie said.
Dr Gillespie said whether children…