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1.Sierra Leone floods and landslides On Aug. 14, landslides struck Sierra Leone. More than 1,000 people were killed and thousands ...

Introduction On May 11, 2019, The two working papers written by the team of Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service System of I...

Abstract Our ability to collect data far outpaces our ability to fully utilize it—yet those data may hold the key to solving some ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone-Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and floo...

Abstract UNESCO has launched a number of activities to revive traditional weaving and local museums in Indonesia following a seri...

Abstract Global climate catastrophes have been growing dramatically in number and severity this century, as 2021 saw natural disa...

On 24 May, 2018, IBM, together with its partners, has formally launched a global initiative called “Call for Code Global Initiativ...

Efforts to eradicate poverty in the Asia-Pacific region are being impeded by the high volume of disaster events across the regio...

Abstract In a new study, Weyn et al. set out to improve this sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting, as it is known, using a novel ...