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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Smartphone applications for communicating avalanche risk information – a review of existing practices
<p>Every year, in all mountainous regions, people are victims of avalanches. One way to decrease those losses is believed to be informing about danger levels. The paper presents a study on current practices
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Detailed and large-scale cost/benefit analyses of landslide prevention vs. post-event actions
<p>The main aim of this paper is to test economic benefits of landslide prevention measures vs. post-event emergency actions. To this end, detailed- and large-scale analyses were performed in a training
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Natural Disaster in Uttrakhand, June 2013
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of Performance Audit of ‘Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand, June, 2013 (Response, Relief and Restoration of Damaged Infrastructure
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50 earthquake warning stations built in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) has constructed a state of the art seismic risks monitoring network comprising 50 observation stations. With this, the civic body has completed all phases of its Seismic
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More investments needed to shield PH economy from natural disasters
Iloilo City – More investments both coming from the public and private sector are needed in order to cut the economic losses that the Philippines would usually incur every time a natural disaster would
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'Wisdom index' indicates we are not prepared for tsunamis
The world may not be well prepared for the next significant tsunami, reports Northwestern University tsunami expert Emile A. Okal in a new study that includes a “wisdom index” for 17 tsunamis since 2004.
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World disasters report 2015: focus on local actors, the key to humanitarian effectiveness
This year’s World Disasters Report examines the complexities and challenges local actors face in scaling-up and sustaining humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction. It calls on governments and
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Kenya: City to Map Out Flood-Prone Areas Ahead of El Niño Rains
Nairobi County Government will map out areas prone to flooding before the onset of the El-Nino rains, which are expected from next month. The county's Planning, Environment and Roads and Infrastructure
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Oman to get flash flood alert system
Oman will get an early warning system to predict flash flood three to six hours before it occurs, said Ahmed Al Barwani, water resources expert at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources.
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Chronology and impact of the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption, Chile
<p>The researchers present a detailed chronological reconstruction of the 2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano (Chile) based on information derived from newspapers, scientific reports