Introduction This handbook presents some basic information on safe construction practices. Its purpose is to provide guidance on choices regarding settlement planning in risky environments, as well...
DISPLACEMENT OVERVIEW As of the 30th of September, a total number of 60,273 families (277,846 individuals) are currently displaced in Mindanao. Those displaced can be classified into three main...
Release Date: October 13, 2020 Release Number: NR 043 GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – FEMA recently obligated over $238 million to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or PREPA, for costs related to 28...
Blog Post from Ria Sen Disaster Risk Reduction Expert Co-authored with Martha McPherson and Katie Keward In an increasingly uncertain world, the concept of ‘risk’ has come to the forefront of policy...
When disaster strikes, the basics become critical — food, water, shelter, hygiene. We all do what we can to survive. But what happens if, when you're still in survival mode, you experience a second...
On September 28, 2018, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit the Minahasa Peninsula of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, at 18:02 local time. Its epicenter was only 70 km north of the provincial capital, Palu...
Disaster displacement is one of the world's biggest humanitarian and sustainable development challenges, and climate change and urbanisation are expected to aggravate the phenomenon. As part of the...
REGIONAL SUMMARY: High intensity rainfall-induced flooding and landslides were reported in different parts of Indonesia by the Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB). Meanwhile, the Viet Nam...
UNDRR report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st...
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