Taiwan is one of the wettest places in the world with an annual rainfall of 2,600 mm, often brought to the island by seasonal typhoons. During the 2020-2021 typhoon season, for the first time in 56...
An earthquake of 6.9 M (on 18 September at 6.44 UTC, 14.44 local time) followed by two aftershocks of 5.5 M (on 18-19 September) occurred across south-eastern Taiwan, resulting in casualties and...
A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions Introduction Most of the disaster displacement recorded globally has taken place in the Asia and Pacific region. An estimated 225.3 million...
Typhoon MUIFA continued moving northwestward over the East China Sea, well off the coast of Taiwan, toward eastern China coast. On 13 September at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located approximately 470...
Typhoon HINNAMNOR made landfall over the Busan City area (south-eastern Republic of Korea) on 5 September in the evening (UTC) with maximum sustained winds up to 165 km/h. On 6 September at 0.00 UTC,...
Global Overview Our monthly conflict tracker highlights three conflict risk alerts in September. Ethiopia’s federal and Tigray forces returned to frontline fighting, shattering the March ceasefire...
Tropical Cyclone HINNAMNOR is moving south-west over the Philippine Sea and on 1 September at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located about 240 km south of Ishigaki Island (southern Ryukyu Islands, southern...