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
-
Warangal: 4,000 hens die from heat
The poultry farm localted in AK thanda of Rayaparthy mandal is owned by one Modu Chukru. Warangal: As many as 4,000 hens succumbed to intense heat inside a poultry farm in Warangal Rural district on
-
Milking it? Ethiopian farmers fight drought with insured cows
After farmer Manza Bulacho's crops were wiped out in a drought that devastated parts of Ethiopia in 2017, the father of 10 hoped a cow could keep him going. Bulacho, 42, who lives near the city of Arba
-
Drought to deepen Namibia's economic woes: research
Namibian financial services firm, PSG Wealth Management, said Wednesday that amid the significant slump in agricultural output, the current drought will affect water-intensive industries, such as beverages
-
Charities fear for children separated from parents in cyclone-hit Mozambique
Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents two months after a powerful cyclone battered Mozambique leaving them in limbo and at risk of abuse or being trafficked into slavery, charities warned
-
Identifying the vulnerable to poverty from natural disasters: the case of typhoons in the Philippines
This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification
-
Identifying the vulnerable to poverty from natural disasters: the case of typhoons in the Philippines
This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification
-
Fiscal resilience to natural disasters: lessons from country experiences
Large-scale catastrophic and smaller recurrent disasters generate considerable economic losses. Over the past thirty years, damages from major disasters have increased significantly. In the last ten years
-
Odisha fishermen vulnerable due to frequent cyclonic events
It’s been 15 days since Cyclone Fani swept through coastal Odisha but Erra Babu, 51, is not sure if he would be able to venture into the Bay of Bengal any time soon. At Penthakata, the fishermen’s
-
State wise flood damage statistics
The damage data upto 2017 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 2017 has been included. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/state
-
Earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea
A powerful earthquake stuck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday evening, triggering a tsunami alert for the country and for the nearby Solomon Islands. The US Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude