Myanmar ranks first as the ‘most at risk’ country in Asia the Pacific according to the UN Risk Model. The country is vulnerable to a wide range of hazards, including floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis. The likelihood for medium to large-scale natural disasters to occur every...
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Myanmar: Urgent need to prepare for earthquakes
YANGON, 23 May 2011 (IRIN) - The recent 6.8 quake that shook Myanmar's northeastern Shan State, killing 74 and affecting 18,000 [http://www.themimu.info/Earthquake/Shan_Earthquake/Reports/110330_OCHA_Sit_Rep_5_Myanmar_Earthquake.pdf], serves as a stark warning for this largely unprepared,...
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Asia-Pacific: Economic cost of natural disasters in first quarter of 2011 highest on record
COUNTING THE COST OF DISASTERS IN ASIA PACIFIC The economic cost of natural disasters in the first quarter of 2011 in the Asia Pacific region is the highest on record. This is because three of the region’s most developed countries – Australia, New Zealand and Japan, all suffered significant...