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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsCAIRO, 2 November 2015 - A rare powerful tropical cyclone Chapala in the Indian Ocean is heading towards Arabian Peninsula southern costs of Oman and Yemen. It is expected to make a land fall on eastern provinces of Hadramout and Shabwa in war-torn Yemen early Tuesday. The storm reached category 4 during the weekend.
On Sunday, the cyclone killed at le…
Suva, FIJI, 23 October 2015 – A high level disaster resilience forum in the Pacific next week will have added importance as concerns grow over the potential impact on the region of this year’s El Niño.
The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Ms Margareta Wahlström, will join hundreds of policymakers, partners and various experts…
2 April 2015, GENEVA – The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlström, spoke today of her concerns about the future development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the face of extreme weather events.
Ms. Wahlström said: “It is remarkable that in the two weeks since the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduc…