Emergency
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Mudslide at Guinea rubbish dump kills at least eight
The disaster followed landslides in Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo in which hundreds of people have been killed…
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Workshops to Strengthen Disaster Risk Management in PNG
These workshops aim to improve disaster management systems in a country that is prone to natural disasters such as floods,…
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Quake hits Italian island, one dead, 25 injured
Image: A woman is helped out of debris and rubble after an earthquake hit the island of Ischia, off the…
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Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide – coroner
One of Africa's worst flooding-related disasters in years occurred when the side of Mount Sugar Loaf collapsed on Monday after…
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Elephants help rescue hundreds from flooded Nepali safari park
Nearly 90 percent of Assam's Kaziranga national park, home to the world's largest population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, was…
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Oro Village Launches Disaster Plan
The people of Ononda Village in the Ijivitari District of Oro today launched their Community Based Disaster Risk Management plan,…
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Plans to Develop a National Adaptation Plan for PNG Underway
The Plan aims to reduce Papua New Guinea’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, by building capacity and resilience.…
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At least one dead, nine hurt in Minneapolis school explosion
Image: Emergency personnel work at the scene of school building collapse at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., August 2,…
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Home sweet home: islanders stay put even when the sea invades
"Small island communities in the Philippines prefer local measures to relocation in response to sea-level rise," according to the study…
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5.7 Magnitude Earthquake shakes Finschhafen
According to the US Geological Survey, the quake occurred 17Km South South-west of Finschhafen at a depth of 41.4Km...
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