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Displaying 90 of about 769 resultsFoodborne diseases are transmitted by consumption of contaminated biological food and drink (WHO, 2012). These diseases are caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances (WHO, no date).
Airborne transmission of infectious agents refers to the transmission of disease caused by dissemination of very small droplets that remain infectious when suspended in air over long distance and time (WHO, 2020).
Viral, mycoplasma and viroid plant disease epidemics are the occurrence of plant diseases caused by viruses, mycoplasma (syn. phytoplasma, mycoplasma-like organisms ) and viroids over large areas with significant impact on crop productivity or natural habitats (adapted from Nakashima and Murata, 1993; Hammond and Owens, 2006; FAO and IPPC, 2016; Rubio e…
A bacterial plant disease is the occurrence of plant diseases caused by bacterial microorganisms over large areas with significant impacts on crop and forest productivity or natural habitat (adapted from FAO, 2018).
In a significant stride towards promoting women's leadership in disaster risk reduction (DRR), the Women International Network on Disaster Risk Reduction Philippines Chapter (WINDRR PH) was officially launched on April 26, 2023. The momentous event took place at Directors Club 2 in Mall of Asia, Pasay City, Philippines, and garnered local and internatio…
Freezing rain is rain where the temperature of the water droplets is below 0°C. Drops of supercooled rain may freeze on impact with the ground, in-flight aircraft or other objects (WMO, 2017).
A freeze is an air temperature equal to or less than the freezing point of water (D °C) (adapted from WMO, 1992).
A snow storm is a meteorological disturbance giving rise to a heavy fall of snow, often accompanied by strong winds (WMO, 1992).
An extra-tropical cyclone is a low-pressure system which develops in latitudes outside the tropics (WMO, 1992).
A depression or cyclone is a region of the atmosphere in which the pressures are lower than those of the surrounding region at the same level (WMO, 1992).
A storm surge reflects the difference between the actual water level under the influence of a meteorological disturbance (storm tide) and the level which would have occurred in the absence of the meteorological disturbance (i.e., astronomical tide) (WMO, 2008, 2011, 2017).
Seiches are sea-level oscillations at the resonant frequency of enclosed bodies of water (WMO, 2011).
Polluted air is air containing dust, smoke, micro-organisms or gases different from those from which it would normally be composed (WMO, 1992).Alternative definition: Polluted air is air which contains gases and particles emitted to the atmosphere by a variety of human activities and natural sources, or formed in the atmosphere, that at critical levels…
A ‘glacial lake outburst flood’ is a phrase used to describe a sudden release of a significant amount of water retained in a glacial lake, irrespective of the cause (Emmer, 2017).
A snowmelt flood is a significant flood rise in a river caused by the melting of snowpack accumulated during the winter (WMO, 2012).