2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Tsunami
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‘India among 5 economies worst hit by climate change’
Climate change is causing more havoc than geophysical events like earthquakes and tsunamis. A study by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows how climate change has affected us in the
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding rehabilitation of farmers from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 04/10/2018
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/10/2018 regarding rehabilitation of farmers from Andaman and Nicobar
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Natural hazards 2017
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Old CZMP expires; ‘incomplete’ plan submitted
The Union Environment Ministry has extended the 1996 CZMP at least five times in the past although the State government made vain attempts to bring new CZMP in 2013. CHENNAI:The 22-year-old Tamil Nadu
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Why have record Japan rains been so deadly?
TOKYO: Japan is famously prone to natural disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis, and is generally considered well-prepared to cope. So why has record rainfall caused at least 100 deaths? Here
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Disaster management research roadmap for the ASEAN region
This disaster management research roadmap for the ASEAN region was created in the hopes that it will guide the process of achieving the goal of becoming a global leader on disaster risk management (DRM)
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Reanalysis of the 1761 transatlantic tsunami
<p>The tsunami catalogues of the Atlantic include two transatlantic tsunamis in the 18th century the extensively studied 1st November 1755, and 31st March 1761. The latest event struck Portugal, Spain,
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For remote Vanuatu islanders, fleeing climate disasters is an uphill battle
Villagers in South River, a palm-fringed coastal community in the low-lying South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, are used to battling cyclones, floods and tsunamis but are now facing a new threat -
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Māori oral histories and the recurring impact of tsunamis in Aotearoa – New Zealand
<p>Māori oral histories from the northern South Island of Aotearoa – New Zealand provide details of ancestral experience with tsunamis. Exchanges with key informants from the Māori kin groups of
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A global assessment of historical and future tsunami hazards based on seismic records over the last 400 years and estimated seismic gaps
This report shares the findings of a global tsunami hazard assessment for local regions, including low tsunami risk areas, based on a 400-year database. This assessment provides insight on past and potential