Description of the disaster On 28 September 2018, a series of strong earthquakes struck Central Sulawesi Province. The strongest of which measured at 7.4 magnitude and 10km deep with the epicentre in...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite its location in a region hard-hit by disasters of varying scale, the Republic of Singapore is somewhat insulated from natural disasters. The country is nominally exposed to...
Le changement climatique entraîne une augmentation des conditions météorologiques extrêmes, mais les alertes précoces sauvent des vies Selon le rapport détaillé que vient de diffuser l’Organisation...
Los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos son más frecuentes a causa del cambio climático, pero gracias a las alertas tempranas, se salvan vidas Según un nuevo y exhaustivo informe de la Organización...
BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY Background The impacts of weather-, climate- and water-related hazards continue to adversely affect health and economic and social development worldwide. Some of these...
Climate change leads to more extreme weather, but early warnings save lives A disaster related to a weather, climate or water hazard occurred every day on average over the past 50 years -- killing...
The Government of Italy has pledged a US$307,000 (euro 260,000) contribution to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami,...
This operation update for the MDRID013 emergency appeal informs of the extension of the appeal by one month to until 30 September 2021 to allow for the completion of the ongoing Final Evaluation...
This booklet includes 14 best practices on the application of technology for reducing disaster risks from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in which the experience, impacts and results, lessons...
An earthquake of 7.1 M at a depth of 66 km occurred 56 km off of the south-eastern coast of Mindanao (southern Philippines) on 11 Aug at 17.46 UTC (12 Aug at 01.46 local time). The epicentre was 78...