Tsunami Updates

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Familiarity with a country’s hazard exposure, vulnerabilities, and coping capacities can support effective disaster response operations. This updated Malaysia Disaster Management...

PART 1. POLICIES, PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES 1. This plan provides for the establishment of national institutional arrangements for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) government for preparing and...

On 5 November, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and partners commemorated World Tsunami Awareness Day at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event brought together...

More than 60 representatives from government, UN agencies, donors, and the media unite to advance risk awareness and preparedness. Cairo, 9 November 2025 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While disaster-related mortality has been largely contained over the last decade, in 2024, climaterelated disasters resulted in higher financial losses than in past years, with...

A seismic swarm, characterised by more than 30 earthquakes, is occurring off the northeastern coast of Honshu Island. The main shock, measuring 6.8 M, occurred at a depth of 10 km on November 9 at...

On 5 November the world observes World Tsunami Awareness Day. Tsunamis strike rarely, but when they do, the damage can be devastating. When tsunamis occur, attention focuses on helping the immediate...

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Geneva, 5 November 2025 — On the 10th anniversary of World Tsunami Awareness Day, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction urges governments, communities, and partners around the world...

As we mark 80 years since the founding of the United Nations, it is important to celebrate the moments when international cooperation tangibly improved people’s lives. Among the great successes was...

On a quiet July morning in Severo-Kurilsk, a coastal town in the East of the Russian Federation, the sea began to retreat unnaturally fast. Within minutes, tsunami sirens blared and 2,700 residents...

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RÉSUMÉ ANALYTIQUE Le Paci c Disaster Center (PDC) a réalisé l’Evaluation Nationale de Référence sur la Préparation aux Catastrophes (NDPBA) à Madagascar, en partenariat avec le Bureau National de...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) completed the Madagascar National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) in partnership with the Bureau National de Gestion des Risques...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This handbook is intended to provide a baseline of understanding of how the government and people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) conduct disaster management (DM). Personnel planning for...

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