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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Himachal Pradesh state policy on disaster management 2011
The aim of the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Policy is to provide guiding principles for reducing, preventing, mitigating disaster risk and creating a system for effective disaster response.
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Nuclear energy is not cheap and safe
Say experts on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters and the effect they have had on vast numbers should be enough to sound a note of caution against use of nuclear energy in India, said members of a coalition for nuclear disarmament on Tuesday. Speaking at the 25 {+t} {+h} anniversary of the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, members of the
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Omar underlines comprehensive policy for disaster management
JAMMU, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday underlined the need of a comprehensive and well structured policy for Disaster Management in the State to deal with incidents of natural calamities and disasters appropriately. "All the necessary requirements of 3Ps (prevention, preparedness and proofing) and 3Rs (rescue, relief and rehabilitation) should be factored in the policy", he said dire
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No land acquisition for pvt units, says Mamata
The Trinamul Congress supremo, Miss Mamata Banerjee, today said that if elected to power in West Bengal, her government would ensure industrialisation in the state but asserted that it would not acquire land for setting up private industries. Breaking her mum on CPI-M's continuous attack on using black money by Trinamul Congress for election campaign, Miss Banerjee said that it is the Left Fron
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Tool to predict tsunamis developed
disasters strike when they are least expected, causing untold devastation and disruption of life, besides laying waste huge swathes of land. Now, meteorologists have developed sophisticated tools to help minimise casualties and damage.
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The curse of complacency
SOONER or later, America will suffer an earthquake as devastating as the one that has wreaked havoc on northern Japan. It could happen next week, next year or next century; it has happened on numerous occasions in the past, and will happen again.
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Draft National Climate Change Policy, 2011: Pakistan
<p>The national climate change policy provides a framework for addressing the issues that Pakistan faces or will face in future due to the changing climate. In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to adverse impacts of climate, in particular extreme events, adaptation effort is the main focus of this policy document. The vulnerabilities of various sectors to climate change
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Establishment of bio-shield along coastal areas in Thrissur district
<p> Under the Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme supported by the KSCSTE, KFRI planted Casuarina and other tree species in a strip of 32 km length along the coastal areas of Thrissur District to establish
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Questions remain on city's disaster preparedness
CHENNAI: The combination of densely populated areas in the city and the risk of climate-related hazards make Chennai vulnerable to disaster. A study brought out by Chennai Corporation, Kyoto University and the University of Madras only goes to prove this.
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Disaster plan for islands
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will prepare a detailed disaster plan for each of the 340 islands of Andaman and Nicobar and 32 islands of Lakshadweep. Called the "Integrated Island Management Plan", these islands, now under the new Island Protection Zone Notification, will no longer fall under the management of the Coastal Regulation Zone notification.