Assessing PNGs Early-Warning Systems to Fight Flood
The report elaborates on the current status of early warning systems in PNG and what needs to be done to set up an effective system...
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Japan quake rattles markets as factories shut; survivors line up for food
The Japanese share market plunged 3 percent on Monday after a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.3 magnitude struck a southern manufacturing hub....
Search for Japan quake survivors intensifies as thousands evacuated from homes
The desperate search for survivors intensified on Sunday in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan's deadly earthquake....
Second deadly quake hits Japan, ‘race against time’ to find survivors
NHK said about 150,000 people in total across the affected region had received evacuation orders amid fears that heavy rain could trigger more landslides as...
Rescuers search for 23 in Pakistani landslide; flood toll at 92
Twelve people were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and 15 were killed in the far northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan......
At least 55 killed in flash floods in northern Pakistan
There are 30 people stranded by a landslide in the Kohistan Valley where we have sent a helicopter to rescue them, Zia said......
Typhoon threatens central Philippines, 750,000 evacuated
About 40 domestic flights were grounded, while 73 ferries and hundreds of fishing boats were ordered to remain in port as typhoon Melor hit the...
Natural Disasters: A Challenge For Developing Nations
The German watch Climate Risk Index which lists countries according to the severity of weather risks, shows that the first top 10 countries are all...
UN Report: Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters
In the long term, an agreement in Paris at COP21 on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be a significant contribution to reducing damage and loss...
Rescuers race to reach quake zones in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Thousands spent the night outdoors in near-freezing temperatures reluctant to go back inside for fear of aftershocks, Pakistani media reported......