Disaster Preparedness

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
- 16/04/2024
- Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)

Future shocks

Devastating earthquakes are waiting to strike India
- 29/09/2001
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Delayed warning

Can earthquakes be forecast? After investing one billion dollars in a 30-year earthquake prediction programme, Japanese scientists have virtually admitted failure (Nature, Vol 358 No 6835). A
- 14/11/1992
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The burning inferno

.....After the earthquake, now the nightmare
- 14/09/1999
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Threat of mega quake looms large in Bangladesh

With the southeastern parts of Bangladesh experiencing a number of mild to moderate tremors since July 27, it is feared that a major earthquake is set to rock the region in the near future
- 14/09/2003
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Swinging protection

IMAGINE a building swaying like a pendulum so that it doesn't crumble during an earthquake. Engineer Victor Zayas of Earthquake Protection Systems in San Francisco has designed just such a system
- 14/03/1994
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Geysers can help predict quakes

Erratic eruptions of gushing hot springs have been recorded before the occurrence of tremors. Though scientists are not sure why this happens, the phenomenon can help in forecasting earthquakes.
- 30/12/1992
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Republic quaked

Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out from a landscape of debris, it appears as the most imposing symbol of a system that is in comatose, though not d
- 27/02/2001
No signs of science

D eath and earthquakes do not come by appointment. However, an earthquake gives definitive indications of its arrival. In Gujarat, there were many. A 4.2 magnitude quake rocked the Rann of Kachhch
- 27/02/2001
Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat s homes to rubbles
- 27/02/2001
South Asia

Blunder tourism: Six months after the tsunami disaster, the inhabitants of Arugam Bay on Sri Lanka's east coast are protesting a government move ostensibly aimed at creating a safety buffer zone
- 14/07/2005