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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Severe thunderstorm in Nepal leaves 25 dead, hundreds injured
Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal late on Sunday and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said. Nepal’s Prime Minster
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Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2019: strengthening disaster resilience
Growth in developing Asia is projected to soften to 5.7% in 2019 and 5.6% in 2020. Excluding Asia’s high-income newly industrialized economies, growth is expected to slip from 6.4% in 2018 to 6.2% in 2019
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The face of disasters 2019: beyond response to build a sustainable future
This report provides an overview of natural hazards in India and delves into the changing face of disaster risks, as climate change, rainfall variability, increased water use, population growth, the built
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Integrated Food Security Phase Classification: Technical manual version 3.0
<p>The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a common global scale for classifying the severity and magnitude of food insecurity and malnutrition.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/food-security-nutrition.pdf"
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Mayor in Mozambique says negligence led to cyclone deaths
The Mozambican government failed to warn people in the areas worst hit by Cyclone Idai despite a “red alert” being issued two days before it struck, the mayor of the city of Beira has said. The southern
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Nigeria: Govt Takes Preventive Measures Against Earthquake in Nigeria
Abuja — The Federal government, Thursday disclosed that it has put in place, preventive measures that would help address occurrence of Earthquake in any part of the country by acquiring and installing
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Zimbabwe: Manicaland Faces Food Deficit After Drought, Cyclone Idai
Manicaland Province has sent out an SOS for food assistance for its people following a poor cropping season which was exacerbated by Cyclone Idai-induced rains that destroyed the remaining crop. The
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Zimbabwe gov't releases 100 mln USD for disaster relief after cyclone Idai
The Zimbabwe government has so far released 100 million U.S. dollars to assist victims of Cyclone Idai which hit the country in mid-March. The government initially disbursed 50 million for relief and
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Mexico raises alert level as volcano spews ash, lava
Authorities have raised the alert level at Popocatepetl to "yellow phase three"—one step short of ordering an evacuation Mexico raised the warning level for the Popocatepetl volcano to one step shy
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Magnitude 6.1 quake hits off Russia's Kuril Islands- USGS
A magnitude 6.1 quake struck off Russia’s Kuril Islands, southeast of the Kamchatka peninsula, which lies on the earthquake-prone Ring of Fire, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the