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 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.
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Flooding after heavy monsoon rains is affecting Central and Eastern regions of Nepal as well as several Indian states. Ongoing heavy rains have caused almost 70 deaths in China.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
The number of casualties is expected to rise as rescue teams continue to search damaged buildings for survivors. Displaced people have been evacuated to 35 locations.
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...