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Typhoon Lekima: 28 dead and a million evacuated in China

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2023-04-04

At least 28 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hit China, according to stat...
UNDRR urges disaster management agencies to prioritize biological hazards

biological hazards disaster management agencies

2023-04-04

Introduction GENEVA, 12 March, 2020 - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori...
With one in five learners kept out of school, UNESCO mobilizes education ministers to face the COVID-19 crisis

COVID-19 crisis school

2023-04-04

Introduction In response to a surge in school and university closures to contain the spread of COVID-19, UNESCO on Tuesday conven...
Sendai Framework disaster loss data released to mark 5th anniversary

disaster losses framework

2023-04-04

Introduction GENEVA, 18 March 2020 – A UN effort to improve reporting on disaster losses by UN member States has been made public...
Military rescue operations underway after deadly Sichuan quake

Jiuzhaigou

2023-04-04

"CHENGDU -- Ground and air forces from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command are carrying out relief operatio...
WHO launches new social media campaign against COVID-19

COVID-19 WHO Social Media

2023-04-04

Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that it's launching a new social media campaign called ‘Be...
Alibaba launches AI system for fever screening amid coronavirus outbreak

artificial intelligence (AI) system novel coronavirus fever screening

2023-04-04

Introduction HANGZHOU - China's tech giant Alibaba launched an artificial intelligence (AI) system with functions such as identify...
India’s record-setting heat wave in pictures

India Heat wave

2023-04-04

Abstract Last month was the third-hottest April the country has seen over the past 122 years, from 1901 to 2022, according to go...
Remote sensing research improves hurricane response

Remote sensing technology Hurricane Natural disaster

2023-04-04

Abstract Safe and uninterrupted road travel is crucial in the aftermath of storms so that people can access medical treatment, d...
Maximizing Crop Profits Under Limited Water

Crop Profits Limited Water

2023-04-04

Abstract In a collaborative work between the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Soil and Water Management Research, the Universit...

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