Earthquake Intensity Risk Zones This map shows earthquake intensity zones in accordance with the 1956 version of the Modified Mercalli Scale (MM), describing the effects of an earthquake on the...
American Samoa + 47 more
American Samoa + 47 more
Earthquake Intensity Risk Zones This map shows earthquake intensity zones in accordance with the 1956 version of the Modified Mercalli Scale (MM), describing the effects of an earthquake on the...
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Tropical Storm Risk Zones This map was derived from the Munich Reinsurance Company's World Map of Natural Hazards and shows tropical storm intensity based on the five wind speeds of the...
Indonesia + 25 more
Sixteen years of wildfires in Asia-Pacific Wild land fires and other biomass fires annually burn a total land area of between 3.5 and 4.5 million km2, equivalent to the surface area of India and...
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Tectonic Plates and Fault Lines The region is home to extremes in elevation and the world's most active seismic and volcanic activity. Southwest of India, the Maldives has a maximum height of just...
Australia + 27 more
Flood Risk Disaster risks can increase or decrease over time according to a country’s ability to reduce its vulnerability and strengthen response capacities. In recent decades, countries in the...
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Please refer to the attached Map.
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Volcanic Explosivity in Asia-Pacific This map shows the density of volcanic eruptions based on the explosivity index for each eruption and the time period of the eruption. Eruption information is...
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Flood Risk Risk assessment for an area exposed to multiple hazards requires solutions to compare the risks. This map was generated by adding the value of mortality to the cumulated risk of cyclones,...
Viet Nam + 1 more
HA NOI (VNS) – The Japanese government pledged nearly US$700,000 in non-refundable aid to Viet Nam in the 2014 fiscal year, aiming to mitigate natural disaster risks and improve primary education. ...
Malaysia + 9 more
Update on the dengue situation in the Western Pacific Region Northern Hemisphere China From 25 November to 1 December, Guangdong Province reported 164 new cases of laboratory-confirmed and clinically...
Malaysia + 13 more
Update on the dengue situation in the Western Pacific Region Northern Hemisphere Japan As of 20 October, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan, reported a total of 159 confirmed...
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Recurrent floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, and seasonal typhoons present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region. Some countries also face civil...
World + 42 more
Biannual FAO Food Outlook report and new Food Price Index released 9 October 2014, Rome - Food markets are more stable and prices for most agricultural commodities are sharply lower than they have...
Malaysia + 12 more
Update on the dengue situation in the Western Pacifc Region Northern Hemisphere Japan As of 3 September 2014 a total of 134 cases of dengue reported in Japan. Local transmision of dengue: On August...
China + 11 more
Asia-Pacific Humanitarian Bulletin January - June 2014
Indonesia + 8 more
Around 2,100 delegates from 18 countries and international organizations are attending a joint disaster mitigation exercise, called the Mentawai Megathrust Direx Exercise (MMDirex), hosted by the...
Viet Nam + 1 more
On behalf of Vietnamese government and Japanese government respectively, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh and Ambassador of Japan in Vietnam H.E. Hiroshi Fukada signed a diplomatic...
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Many people who are displaced, or become ‘trapped’, in the context of diverse humanitarian crises do not fit well within existing legal, policy and operational frameworks for the protection of...
Afghanistan + 15 more
1. Executive Summary Recognizing the important and positive issues on considerable developments in Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Reduction made by national societies in Asia Pacific during...