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
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Magnitude 7.0 undersea quake hits near New Caledonia, no tsunami
(Reuters) - A major undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck close to New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which was at a shallow depth of 9.3
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Up to 80 pct of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance
BANGKOK, July 31 (Reuters) - Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a
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Extreme wave events in Ireland: 2012–2016
<p>This paper aims to extend and update the survey of extreme wave events in Ireland that was previously carried out by O'Brien et al. (2013). The original catalogue highlighted the frequency of such
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Atlas of the human planet 2017: Global exposure to natural hazards
The Atlas of the Human Planet 2017: Global Exposure to Natural Hazards summarizes the global multi-temporal analysis of exposure to six major natural hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, floods,
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) Atlas: unveiling global disaster risk
The GAR Risk Atlas contributes to unveiling the hidden risk in national economies and their urban centres. Building on a multi-year effort by a consortium of leading scientific institutions coordinated
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Synthetic tsunami waveform catalogs with kinematic constraints
<p>In this study we present a comprehensive methodology to produce a synthetic tsunami waveform catalogue in the North East Atlantic, east of the Azores islands. The method uses a synthetic earthquake
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits northeast Japan, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shook northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the Meteorological Agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued and nuclear plant operators reported no problems at their facilities.
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Design considerations of artificial mangrove embankments for mitigating coastal floods – Adapting to sea-level rise and long-term subsidence
<p>Mangrove plantation belts are expected to act as natural infrastructural buffers against coastal hazards. However, their performance will not endure over time if the platform is not appropriately designed.
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‘Save earth, adopt primitive way of life’
UDAIPUR: "Mother Earth is pregnant with problems and only the tribal way of life can save it from decay. Global warming, unpredictable climatic changes, melting of glaciers, tsunamis, famines and floods
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Numerical weather prediction for mitigating the fatal loss by the Meteo-tsunami incidence on the west coast of Korean peninsula
<p>The west coast of Korean Peninsula is an area where casualties and property damages by meteo-tsunamis from the Yellow Sea have been reported. A case in point is the event with an estimated maximum amplitude