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...
Category : World
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......
Koppu hits Philippines north, destroys houses, displaces 10,000 people
Koppu dumped heavy rain, causing flooding and damaging roads and bridges, and toppled power and communication lines....
Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home
In the worst-hit city of Joso, northern Japan, there were still 15 people missing, Kyodo reported. About 4,800 residents of the city were still waiting...
Japan rivers burst their banks triggering further floods, 25 missing
One 63-year-old woman was killed after her house was crushed by a landslide and another when her car was swept away....
Myanmar evacuates thousands as worst floods in decades hit
Myanmar evacuates thousands as worst floods in decades hit...
Climate Change Migration A Cultural Genocide
Displacement of populations and destruction of cultural language and tradition is equivalent in our minds to genocide....
Some relieved to find bodies as hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide
Rescue teams have found more than 120 bodies and up to 300 others are missing and feared dead....
Feature: The Changing Role of the Public Broadcaster in Disasters
The public broadcaster?s role has shifted from being merely an observer to being an integral part of disaster prevention and management....
Death tollrise in Indonesia’s landslide disaster
Death toll rises in Indonesia's landslide disaster...