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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsBANGKOK, 22 September 2014 - Heavy rains have caused major devastation over the weekend in the Philippines, France and Italy and may be further indications of the “new normal” that the world will have to deal with, if no accelerated action is taken to keep global warming within 2˚C.
These latest events add to the toll which floods are already taking on…
The city of Gazientep, Turkey, in collaboration with the UNISDR Regional Office for Europe is organizing an expert meeting with local and national authorities involved in disaster risk reduction.
Gazientep intends to celebrate its participation in the UNISDR "Making Cities Resilient" Campaign and increase the awareness of its citizens on the actions th…
CLONMEL, 27 March 2014 - The last time a major flood threatened Ireland’s largest inland town, Clonmel Borough Council distributed 7,000 sandbags. Food packs and accommodation were prepared for evacuees. Traffic diversions were agreed. Vulnerable households were contacted by phone.
That was in 2009 when the river level rose two metres. This year, the w…
GENEVA, 28 January 2014 – The French capital, Paris, has been invited to join the “Making Cities Resilient” Campaign by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction as a new OECD analysis reveals the extent of the city’s exposure to a repeat of a major flood disaster.
The OECD Review on Flood Risk Management of the Seine River – commissioned by Etablissem…
By Biljana Markova
BELGRADE/SARAJEVO, 19 May 2014 – The worst flooding since records began 120 years ago hit Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina over the weekend, when three months' worth of rain fell on the region, bursting river banks and revealing areas at risk that need to be addressed.
Dozens of people are now feared dead, and tens of thousands hav…