Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Natural Disasters
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New WMO certified megaflash lightning extremes for flash distance (709 km) and duration (16.73 seconds) recorded from space
<p>Identification and validation of atmospheric extremes is essential to monitoring climate change, to addressing engineering and safety concerns, and to promoting technological advancement.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Megaflash-Lightning-Extremes.pdf"
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The role of using precipitation or river discharge data when assessing global coastal compound flooding
<p>Interacting storm surges and high water runoff can cause compound flooding (CF) in low-lying coasts and river estuaries. The large-scale CF hazard has been typically studied using proxies such as the
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Should Flood Re be extended to SMEs?
<p>Flood Re is a governmental scheme which, among other things, guarantees insurance affordability and encourages self-protection. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital for local economies; their
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Guidelines On Minimum Standards Of Relief (Himachal Pradesh)
<p>Disaster Management Act 2005 (Section 12) mandates National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to recommend Guidelines for minimum standards of relief to be provided to persons affected by disaster.
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East Africa 2020 flood impacts on agriculture
<p>The March to May (MAM) rainfall period was one of the wettest the region has seen since 1981, following an already record wet 2019 October to December (OND) rainfall period. The early onset of rains
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Tropical Cyclone Amphan: India and Bangladesh- Estimated Wind Impact Analysis
<p>More than 33 million people in India could be exposed to the high winds of Cyclone Amphan, according to the US Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), while more than 5 million could be affected in Bangladesh.
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Leaving no one off the map: A guide for gridded population data for sustainable development
<p>Each year, nearly 160 million people are impacted by natural disasters. During a natural disaster, every second counts to save lives and to ensure that critical supplies reach those in need. To respond
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Measuring the seismic risk along the Nazca-Southamerican subduction front: Shannon entropy and mutability
<p>Four geographical zones are deļ¬ned along the trench that is formed due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate underneath the South American plate; they are denoted A, B, C and D from North to South; zones
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Implementation of WRF-Hydro at two drainage basins in the region of Attica, Greece
<p>An integrated modeling approach for simulating flood events is presented in the current study. An advanced flood forecasting model, which is based on the coupling of hydrological and atmospheric components,
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020
<p>Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020. Several States in the country have been affected by natural calamities including thunder storms and floods during 2019-20.</p><a