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
Disaster Preparedness
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How to make cities more resilient: a handbook for local government leaders
This report provides mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied
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NDMA asks states to form disaster response force
The National Disaster Management Authority has asked the States to set up response force on the lines of one at the national level to effectively deal with natural calamities, the NDMA Vice-Chairman, Mr
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Delhi gets into a drill to avert disaster
In the first-ever synchronised effort, the national Capital on Wednesday witnessed simultaneous mock drills across several sites. The aim of the exercise was to assess the preparedness levels of the authorities
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Snow exposes disaster preparedness in Kangra
Dharamsala: The recent spell of snow in Kangra district has exposed the disaster preparedness in the area. Kangra district falls in zone 5 category of seismic probability which makes it as one of the most
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Disaster response preparedness in India and China
In India, disaster response preparedness still means rebuilding what has been destroyed. In China, disaster response is an opportunity not only to rebuild, but also to develop the affected areas and communities.
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Historical tsunamis and present tsunami hazard in eastern Indonesia and the southern Philippines
<p>Eastern Indonesia and the southern Philippines comprise a huge and seismically highly active region that has received less than the deserved attention in tsunami research compared with the surrounding
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Quake escape
Geoscientist Harsh Gupta speaks to Dinsa Sachan on the need for an early warning system for earthquakes.
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Building resilience: bridging food security, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
This document provides ten case studies which are designed to support the identification of good practice, lessons, gaps, and opportunities in building resilience. The case studies were identified from
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Resilient livelihoods: disaster risk reduction for food and nutrition security
The FAO Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security Framework Programme aims to provide strategic direction to the implementation of disaster risk reduction measures in member countries across
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Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2011
<p><span id="itro1">This new UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction explores trends and patterns in disaster risk globally & regionally. It highlights the political and economic imperative