The problem is likely to grow and become more intractable in the future. Weather-related hazards currently account for more than 87 per cent of all disaster displacement.
World + 6 more
World + 6 more
The problem is likely to grow and become more intractable in the future. Weather-related hazards currently account for more than 87 per cent of all disaster displacement.
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The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes describes the distribution and impacts of disasters and highlights measures to increase resilience.
Solid waste management problems are being blamed for the epidemic as officials focus on eradicating breeding sites and helping communities to clean up.
New cases are reported throughout the country. Following a request from the Solomon Islands Government, Australia and New Zealand have sent medical teams to assist with the response.
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The world has experienced three consecutive years where annual economic losses have exceeded $100 billion due to an enormous increase in exposure of industrial assets to extreme disaster events.
Paraguay + 4 more
DESTACADOS: PARAGUAY: Las autoridades estiman que aún hay 10,000 familias en necesidad alimentaria. CUBA: Un inusual brote de cólera en la provincia de Granma ha dejado tres muertos. PERÚ: Las autoridades han movilizado más de 92,000 frazadas a las zonas afectadas por las heladas.
Mexico + 4 more
HIGHLIGHTS: PERU: Cold Weather affects about 11,665 people in the Andean region. MEXICO: Hurricane Carlotta affected more than 12,000 families in the state of Oaxaca BOLIVIA: More than 720 confirmed cases of influenza AH1N1.
HAVANA, May 24, 2012 (IPS) - In Los Palacios, a farming community in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Río, local residents are still working hard to rebuild after the damage caused by two of the three hurricanes that hit this country in 2008. "It was just horrible," people here say...