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UNDRR to Assess DRR Strategies to Support Implementation of the Sendai Framework and SDG's

Belarus Moldova Country & Region

2023-04-04

Introduction Belarus and Moldova are the first countries to undergo an independent multi-stakeholder assessment coordinated by th...
Knowledge application released for Public Opinion Analysis for COVID-19

COVID-19 public opinion Wuhan China

2023-04-04

Introduction In December, 2019, there was an outbreak of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan...
Social Media Disaster Maps data plays a part in tackling Australia’s bushfires

Disaster map Real-time Smart city Social Media

2023-04-04

Introduction Facebook has opened up real-time map data and has also pledged to donate to those fighting the blaze. Content Austra...
Neural network model helps predict site-specific impacts of earthquakes

Neural network model earthquakes early warning systems microtremors data soil conditions amplification factor Hiroshima University

2023-04-04

Abstract In disaster mitigation planning for future large earthquakes, seismic ground motion predictions are a crucial part of ea...
How this expert works ahead of the storm

Natural disaster Remote sensing technology

2023-04-04

Abstract Emergency specialist Rohini Sampoornam Swaminathan uses evolving mapping and remote-sensing technology to see risks like ...
‘Flash Droughts’Coming on Faster, Global Study Shows

Flash Droughts study

2023-04-04

Abstract AUSTIN, Texas — Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast — drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. The...
Shrinking lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

Mongolian Plateau Landsat Lakes

2023-04-04

Abstract Lakes on the Mongolian Plateau are shrinking rapidly, according to researchers from Peking University and the Chinese Ac...
Tsunami Center for South China Sea becomes fully operational on World Tsunami Awareness Day

Tsunami South China Sea

2023-04-04

Introduction 6 November 2019 – The South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) became fully operational on 5 November, the W...
Modelling inundation to respond to tsunami threats: First training for the Pacific Islands takes place on the 10th anniversary of the 2009 Samoa tsunami

Modelling Inundation tsunami

2023-04-04

Introduction Nadi, Fiji, 30 September 2019 – The first training of the Tsunami Evacuation Maps, Plans and Procedures Programme (T...
European civil protection aligns with Sendai

European countries Sendai Framework Disaster Risk Reduction

2023-04-04

Introduction Brussels, 17 October 2019 - European countries have moved a step closer to aligning their civil protection agendas w...

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