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Town wants disaster plan
Nadi :: Fiji Islands | 10 days ago
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The town's special administrator, Aisea Tuidraki, said since there was an international airport in Nadi, it was only natural that the town, municipal council and the people be prepared for the worst. Mr Tuidraki said they needed to know how capable they...
Tags: Fiji Islands, Nadi, Disasters, Natural disaster, Earthquake, Tsunami, Emergency management, Technology Internet, Earthquake engineering, Flood, Natural hazards, Disaster Accident, Nadi F.C., Disaster, Sigatoka, Nadroga-Navosa, Nadi Fiji, Environment
Africa: World's Largest Humanitarian Network
Nairobi :: Kenya | 11 days ago
Credibility G20 perceive today’s top challenges in the humanitarian field. It shows that climate change, a lack of humanitarian access, armed conflict, increased poverty and hunger, and ongoing disregard for international humanitarian law (IHL) top the list of their...
Tags: climate change, red cross, Kenya, Nairobi, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Humanitarian principles, International humanitarian law, Battle of Solferino, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, Environment, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Committee of the Red Cross, Disaster, Humanitarianism, International organizations, Disasters, Disaster Accident, Humanitarian crisis, Scientific opinion on climate change, Development, Aid, Social Issues
Floods inundate thousands of homes
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 11 days ago
Credibility A resident of the regency capital Pasir Pengarayan Junianto said floods as high as an adult's waist and incessant rain in a number of areas had disrupted the daily activities of thousands of residents. "In several villages on the outskirts of Pasir Pengarayan,...
Tags: Pasir Pengarayan Junianto, Indonesia, Jakarta, Landslide, Flood, Rokan Hulu, Banyumas Regency, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Environment, Weather, Pekanbaru, Kampar Regency, Subdistricts of Riau, Provinces of Indonesia, Riau
Purex Announces Donation to Tsunami Relief
Apia :: Samoa | 11 days ago
Credibility After such a devastating event recovery efforts and programmes are going to take years not months,” says Anna Fatkina, SCA Marketing Manager Consumer. “The effort from everyday New Zealanders to help those affected by the Samoan tsunami has been overwhelming.”...
Tags: Purex Announces Donation, Samoa, Apia, Disasters, Psychosocial, PUREX, Disaster preparedness, Emergency management, Disaster, Disaster Accident
KC meeting on disaster readiness plan
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Tuesday at the National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial to discuss emergency readiness plans. The event is coordinated by the Mid-America Regional Council. At the event, residents will have the opportunity to review actions the community is taking to lessen...
Tags: readiness plans, Kansas City, Disaster, Disasters, Disaster Accident
Thousands of Banyumas residents demand relocation site
Banyumas :: Indonesia | 12 days ago
Credibility Kartono, one of the residents, said that he feared heavy rainfall might cause a landslide in the village. “Land movement at Gandusari village has caused some parts of my home to crack,” Kartono said. Another resident Tarsiyah said that she could not sleep...
Tags: Banyumas, relocating site, Indonesia, Natural disaster, Emergency management, Banyumas Regency, Landslide, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Environment
Planning for next calamity essential
Tehrān :: Iran | 12 days ago
Credibility Perhaps the end of the world is not around the corner, but officials note that Southern California suffers from enough smaller-scale disasters like earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires and riots to make advance planning a necessity. "We hope with the release...
Tags: small change, Ken Kondo, nuclear attack, Iran, Tehrān, Civil defense, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster, Survival kit, Office of Emergency Management, Survival skills, Emergency management, Disaster preparedness, Disaster Accident, Environment
KL proposes joint action to face disasters
Singapore :: Singapore | 13 days ago
Credibility Malaysia has called for a coordinated effort in the Asia-Pacific region to tackle emergencies and natural disasters, such as the devastating typhoons which struck Vietnam and the Philippines recently...Kohilan Pillay said Apec could leverage the strengths...
Tags: UN Climate Change Conference, Singapore, Global warming, Disaster preparedness, Climate change, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Environment
2 lakh people stay homeless
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 14 days ago
Credibility There are certain issues of paramount importance but instead of addressing those, donors are spending money on researches, the chief guest of the session Farhad said. Citing his visit to the Aila-affected areas, he said repairing embankments is more important...
Tags: climate change, natural disaster, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Adaptation to global warming, Disaster, Global warming, ActionAid, Charities, Disaster Accident, Environment
Major Asian cities face climate disaster: WWF
Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities such as Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are vulnerable to ‘brutal’ damage from climate change without global action, environmental group WWF warned on Thursday.
Tags: Major, Asian, cities, face, climate, disaster, WWF, Pakistan, Islamabad, Jakarta, Climate change, World Wrestling Entertainment, World Wide Fund for Nature, Disaster Accident, Environment, allnews
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