Introduction In December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly designated November 5th as World Tsunami Awareness Day to promote a global culture of tsunami preparedness and awareness to build...
With another fire breaking out this week in yet another grossly overcrowded Greek refugee camp, the fact that these camps are dangerously unsustainable becomes clear cut, the Euro-Mediterranean Human...
On 30 October 2020, a significant tsunami triggered by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 Mw hit the island of Samos (Greece) and the Aegean coast of the Izmir region (Turkey). The event shed light --...
Soon after the severe earthquake and tsunami of 2018 in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, ACT member ICAHS-PELKESI started to share information for the communities affected by radio. Members of...
In the past two decades, earthquakes and tsunamis were the deadliest form of disasters accounting for 58% of total disaster deaths, according to the Human Cost of Disasters report, released this year...
James Keasley, Oyinlola Oyebode, Saran Shantikumar, William Proto, Majel McGranahan, Amar Sabouni, Farah Kidy Abstract Introduction Globally, a record number of people are affected by humanitarian...
IOM Vision The South Pacific Islands Crisis Response Plan 2020 - 2022 indicates the total funding requirements for IOM’s programming across the humanitarian, peace and development spectrum for the...
D'ici à 2030, on estime que 50% de la population mondiale vivra dans des zones côtières exposées aux inondations, aux tempêtes et aux tsunamis. Selon l'ONU, la mise en place de stratégies et de...
Nicaragua Hurricane Eta made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on 3 November in Puerto Cabezas, primarily affecting Atlantico Norte department. Some 30,000 people in Nicaragua are displaced across...
1. Situation overview A magnitude 6.61 earthquake struck the Southern Aegean Sea on 30 October at around 14:50 local time (11:50 GMT). In addition to Turkey, the earthquake has affected Bulgaria,...