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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'Raise awareness about disaster preparedness'
Food and Disaster Management Minister Md Abdur Razzak yesterday urged the NGOs to come forward to eliminate poverty and raise awareness among people about disaster preparedness. He said people would be able to take more effective measures to face disaster if poverty can be eliminated.
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New device can warn of a quake 30 seconds ahead
A research team at National Taiwan University (NTU) has rolled out a tiny low-budget device that can sense earthquakes within 30 seconds, enough time to issue crucial disaster warnings, NTU Geosciences Department researcher and lead inventor Wu Yih-min said on Thursday.
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Pre-flood arrangements streamlined
The district administration has finalised comprehensive flood relief and safety plans, which would be implemented with the active role of concerned departments. The District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) Nayyer Iqbal said this here Tuesday while presiding over a meeting to review pre-flood arrangements.
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Device can warn of a quake just 30 secs before it strikes
Taipei: A research team at Taiwan
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Community based disaster risk reduction: good practice
This report identifies ten risk reduction practices which were successfully implemented in the pilot communities and are replicable elsewhere. Its objective is to encourage knowledge and experience sharing among communities, organizations and other disaster risk reduction (DRR) stakeholders for the benefit of all those vulnerable to natural disasters, especially floods.
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The development of a public private partnership framework and action plan for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Asia
The objective of this review commissioned by UNISDR as a follow up to the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR) is to develop a common action plan that would facilitate such partnerships based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders.
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The devoted leader
Four years after the tsunami, the people of Poompuhar lead a well-settled life. You can see resettled villages of fishing and farming communities with neat rows of houses. There are well laid out roads flanked by neon street lights. The transformation of 10 villages in this panchayat is the handiwork of former panchayat president, Manimekhalai, and the district administration.
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The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: a case study on India
This case study is part of the ODI HPG research programme on the role of the affected state in humanitarian action and aims to describe the essential elements of approach to disaster management as seen in its response to the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It also analyses policy trends in Disaster Management Act.
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Call in the police and get the fire belt relocated
Chairman and Managing Director of the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), T K Lahiry said tragedy can strike any time in Jharia, so tough actions are needed to shift people Why are people not shifting after so many sops and facilities? The issue of relocation has become highly politicized. We convince one village one day and another day some organization or political
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Reading the signs
Earthquake study centres to be linked for integrated analysis THE Chinese claim to predict earthquakes by observing animal behaviour and phenomenon such as sudden disappearance of water from lakes and wells. Scientists around the world have tried to do the same by studying parameters like changes in seismic activity and electromagnetic radiations and checking water bodies for increase in