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In the South of Brazil, nine people were confirmed to have been killed as a result of an extratropical cyclone that reached the region on Tuesday afternoon (Jun. 30), causing gushes of wind, rain,...

Tropical Cyclone Warning Number 55 issued 1540 UTC Friday 21 February 2020

Summary of the handbook From the heart of Tanzania to the mountains of Ethiopia to the borders of Bangladesh and Nepal; VSO's resilience programming is rapidly increasing. Volunteers, staff and...

The number of deaths has risen following Tropical Cyclone MITAG's passage on 2-3 October in South Korea. As of 7 October, media report 13 fatalities, 2 missing people, and 11 injured. Gyeongbuk and...

MITAG passed the southern Korean Peninsula, entering the Sea of Japan as an extra-tropical cyclone. On 4 October at 6.00 UTC, its centre was approximately 65 km east of Yamagata Prefecture...

By Sally Atento-Altea LEGAZPI CITY, (PIA) – Evacuees during calamities and disasters will have a “home away from home” after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed six out of...

Technical Report Background and Purpose of this study With more than 90% of its population exposed to natural disasters, Haiti is an extremely vulnerable country. In January 2017, Haiti was ranked as...

Following the positive reception of OCHA’s set of 250 public domain humanitarian icons in 2012, the organization is releasing an extended and completely redesigned new collection in 2018 (295 and...

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The Ministry of National Security is issuing the following update from the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) regarding Hurricane Florence. The public is advised that as of this afternoon (Sept...

Storm ravaged countries need the Commonwealth’s innovative regenerative model to build back better and stronger, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland asserted last night in a powerful presentation...

Descripción Oleaje generado por tormenta extra-tropical en el Hemisferio Sur, arriba a la costa de El Salvador. Las olas son más rápidas y altas que las que habitualmente se observan en el litoral...

This document is designed to make it easier for agencies to raise Start Fund anticipatory alerts for cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons, or to submit Start Fund project proposals when an alert has...

A Flood-Warning means that some flooding is already occurring or is likely to occur. The combination of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and a mid-level trough system has been generating cloudy to...

THE BUILDING WILL INCLUDE RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS SO THAT THE FACILITY REMAINS OPERATIONAL EVEN AFTER A DISASTER. Ministry of Health officials have announced that a state-of-the-art wellness...

The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre has produced first flagship science report "Science for disaster risk management 2017: knowing better and losing less". This report is the result of the...

This brief aims to help decision-makers across sectors in Myanmar incorporate climate change risks into planning and investment decisions by summarising key messages from a detailed technical...

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration 3 Nock-Ten (Nina) (PAGASA), the Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical...

Tropical Cyclone DINEO continued moving west south-west over the Mozambique Channel towards southern Mozambique, strengthening. On 15 February at 00.00 UTC, its centre was located approx. 260 km...

Antsirabe, le 27 janvier 2017 : Afin de réduire la vulnérabilité des populations face aux effets néfastes et pervers du changement climatique et des phénomènes météorologiques, le PNUD a procédé au...