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After France, Turkey, Italy and Greece, Portugal is the latest country in the North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAM) region to be equipped with a new National Tsunami Warning Provider that will issue alert messages in case of a tsunami on or nearby Portuguese shores. This new Portuguese provider will considerably increase Europ…
The South Asian summer monsoon directly affects the lives of around one billion people, providing 80% of annual rainfall in the region.
Breaking a widespread heatwave, this year’s monsoon has only just started but it has already caused significant flooding in some parts of India.
Gaining a greater understanding of…
The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), ASEAN Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states are coming together to build disaster resilience throughout the region. The new program is far-reaching and will improve hazard monitoring, early warning, and decision-making tools and data at the…
In a survey of some 700 families, about 90% did not receive timely warnings that floods were on their way in July
By Naimul Karim
DHAKA, Sept 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangladesh will seek to improve the way it communicates flood warnings to local people in regions at risk of rising waters, a minister said on Monday, responding to a report tha…
The 13th conference of the International Research Society INTERPRAEVENT ‘Living with natural risks’ will be held from 30 May to 2 June 2016 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
We invite you to contribute a paper from your working field relating to:
Risk governance and policies (objectives, strategies, communication)
Data acquisition and modelling (monitoring,…
Press release
The absence of very severe catastrophes and a quiet hurricane season in the North Atlantic meant that losses from natural catastrophes in 2014 were much lower. At US$ 7bn, the most expensive event in terms of overall loss was Cyclone Hudhud in India. Around 7,700 people lost their lives in natural catastrophes.
“Though tragic in each ind…
By MJ Evalarosa
One week after Typhoon Haima left a trail of destruction in Northern Philippines, details of the extensive damage to homes and livelihoods are starting to emerge from provinces that were previously inaccessible due to obstructed roads and flooding.
Assessments conducted by Philippine Red Cross volunteers and staff indicate that shelter…
GEORGE TOWN — The Penang government plans to introduce its own early warning system for weather-related disasters instead of relying on the Malaysia Meteorological Department.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the reason is because the state could not rely fully on the Meteorological Department to alert the state of any impending storms or f…
By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio
KATHMANDU- When heavy monsoon rains triggered unprecedented flooding last August in the area around western Nepal's Babai and West Rapti rivers, the swollen waters crossed the border into India within a few hours.
But swift warnings from Nepali authorities to the downriver Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh allo…
Deltares, along with Royal HaskoningDHV, Eptisa, the Hydro-Engineering Institute Sarajevo and Mihailo Andjelic have been working with six Eastern European countries in the Sava River basin to implement a new flood forecasting and warning system (Sava FFWS). Last week, the final release (2.0) of the system was delivered and implemented through a project…
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju, will inaugurate the 14th Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in New Delhi on Tuesday (November 27, 2017). The theme of this year's Formation Day is "Early Warning for Disasters." Dr. P. K. Mishra, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister, will deliver the v…
AQABA, 28 April 2015 – Models of local-level disaster risk reduction and management, the Jordanian cities of Aqaba and Petra are leading an initiative for five fellow municipalities which have stepped up their own efforts to build resilience.
Sharing lessons is a key part of UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient Campaign. Officials from the municipalities o…
ADDIS ABABA, 14 July 2015 – An €80-million package of funds from the European Union to support disaster risk management across Sub-Saharan Africa was unveiled today at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, winning praise for its potential impact.
“This is a really excellent initiative. It’s quite unique, and I really hope tha…
By Ravindra Jayaratne
Knowing what makes an effective response to natural disasters will be increasingly important as the climate crisis intensifies.
On the morning of August 29 2005, one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes hit the US Gulf Coast. With sustained winds of up to 140 mph, Hurricane Katrina killed over 1,800 people and caused $160 bi…
There has been a growing interest in exploring the scope for linking forecast-based action (FbA) and social protection (SP). In this forward looking brief, the authors have explored the potential questions and areas of exploration that require further research in order to understand the feasibility of integrating FbA and SP.
As forecast-based action (F…