AT A GLANCE Countries Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Risks Tropical Storms, droughts, floods, storm surges, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, sea level rise...
Purpose This document is aimed at national authorities responsible for the organisation of tsunami warning and emergency response. It clarifies the status of the regional tsunami services for the...
Background This Fact Sheet describes the development and main elements of ICG/NEAMTWS. In particular, it highlights the achievements, and contributions of NEAMTWS to disaster risk reduction, UN...
Executive Summary In 2019, 396 natural disasters were recorded in EM-DAT with 11,755 deaths, 95 million people affected and 103 billion US$1 in economic losses across the world. The burden was not...
By Dr Jessica Mercer 1 Introduction Myanmar’s rural population are extremely vulnerable given their low human development and high dependence upon natural resources for their livelihoods (including...
Scope of Work and Background The COVID-19 pandemic has served to reveal the systemic nature of risk and highlights the exposure of these systems to all hazards. Its unprecedented cascading effects...
Background In many areas, the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) has overwhelmed humanitarian organisations and disaster management agencies. A critical question in natural disaster response in the...
This operation update reflects the achievements of the past 20 months (up to 12 June 2020) and informs of the publication of the revised Central Sulawesi emergency plan of action (EPOA). The revision...
Welcome to the INFORM 2020 report. INFORM partners believe that the availability of shared analysis of crises and disasters can lead to better coordination of actors and better outcomes for at-risk...
El sismo magnitud 7.1 que este martes sacudió a varias zonas de México y que luego provocara una alerta de tsunami, de 5 fallecidos, según anunció el gobierno del estado de Oaxaca. El gobernador...