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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Science & technology into action: disaster risk reduction perspectives from Asia
This publication takes forward the 12 action points adopted at the First Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (ASTCDRR) as a contribution to the global ‘Science and Technology
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Financial protection against disasters in Mozambique
This study is part of a forward-thinking agenda disaster risk management in Mozambique. The objectives of this study are: to analyze the current funding mechanisms for disaster management in Mozambique
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Heatwave sweeps north Gujarat
Ahmedabad: As heat wave conditions swept over north Gujarat on Thursday, Idar town in Sabarkantha district was the hottest place in the state with mercury soaring to 43.4°C. According to India Meteorological
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124 heatstroke cases across Maharashtra in March
The maximum cases this month have been reported from Chandrapur where 50 people were treated for hyperthermia, followed by Pune where 21 people suffered from high body temperature, data from Maharashtra
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6.4 quake off eastern Indonesia, tsunami alert lifted
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, according to seismic monitoring organisations. The quake
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Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies in Asia and the Pacific
Countries in Asia and the Pacific must build resilience to natural hazards and invest in social protection systems if the region is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, according
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Long-range dependence in earthquake-moment release and implications for earthquake occurrence probability
<p>Since the beginning of the 1980s, when Mandelbrot observed that earthquakes occur on ‘fractal’ self-similar sets, many studies have investigated the dynamical mechanisms that lead to self-similarities
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Hundred-Second Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Twenty-Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on `Disaster Preparedness in India'
The Public Accounts Committee (2017-28) present this Hundred-Second Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their
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Five injured during flooding in Gauteng- disaster management
Five people were injured during heavy flooding across Gauteng last week, the provincial disaster management centre said on Sunday. "There were minor injuries… Those people have recovered," said the
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Six people killed in Sokoto landslide
Six people died in a landslide that occurred at Illela-Kalmalo village of Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The incident occurred while the victims