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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As High Seas Threaten Liberian Slum, Residents Await Promised Homes
On a windy day in Liberia's waterfront slum of West Point, Gbeneweieh Quoh surveys what remains of her home, fearful that it may crumble into the ocean. The waves tore away three bedrooms in the past
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Hanoi considers evacuation of 14,000 households after heavy rains
Vietnam is considering evacuating over 14,000 households in Hanoi amid concerns that recent heavy rains could inundate a flood-prone district in an outlying area of the Southeast Asian country’s capital.
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Australia’s drought is like a cancer eating away at farms and families
From ground level, Australia’s drought looks like a featureless, brown dustbowl, but from the air it transforms into an artistry of color and texture as the land cracks under a blazing sun. Circular
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Natural disasters 2017: lower mortality, higher cost
This report provides a comprehensive summary of disaster events, losses and fatalities due to disasters in 2017. In general, the data reported suggests an emerging trend in natural disaster events demonstrating
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India disaster management reference handbook 2018
This guide serves as an initial source of information for those individuals preparing for disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities or immediate deployment with India partner responders in crisis. Additionally,
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Not a silver bullet: why the focus on insurance to address loss and damage is a distraction from real solutions
This study argues that the focus on insurance by developed countries is too narrow and comes at the expense of a serious consideration of other options. Insurance is only one tool in a much larger toolbox.
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Mild quake felt in Himachal’s Kangra
An earthquake of low intensity hit Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district early on Tuesday, the third in July, the weather bureau said. However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported. The
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District-level assessment of the ecohydrological resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances and its controlling factors in India
<p>The carbon and water cycles play an important role in ecosystem functioning and are linked to each other through different physical and biological processes. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/hydroclimatic_disturbances.pdf
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Five dead, nearly 100,000 displaced by Myanmar floods
At least five people have been killed and over 95,000 people have been forced to flee their homes by widespread flooding in seven states and regions during the past week, the Disaster Management Department
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Landslide in northern Thailand kills 8
Eight were killed after a landslide hit a village in northern Thailand, media reported on Sunday. The last missing victim of a mudslide in northern province of Nan was recovered Saturday evening, bringing