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Pakistan flood data wasted, say critics by , 2010-09-06 09:21

Source: SciDev.Net [ISLAMABAD/KATHMANDU] A huge effort to collect and analyse data on the devastating floods wreaking havoc in northern Pakistan has been severely undermined by a lack of strategies for disaster ...

INDONESIA: Eruption spotlights "severe" volcano threat by , 2010-09-03 09:42

Source: IRIN The eruption of Mount Sinabung for the first time in 400 years has highlighted the urgent need for Indonesian authorities to boost disaster preparedness, experts warn.

Indonesian villagers go home after volcano eruption by , 2010-08-31 09:10

Source: Reuters By Heru Asprihanto BRASTAGI, Indonesia, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Thousands of Indonesian villagers evacuated when a volcano erupted for the first time in four centuries returned home on Tuesday, but ...

What is Climate Risk Management? by , 2010-08-30 16:01

Source: IRI In this second installment of a three-part series, IRI Director-General, Stephen Zebiak, elaborates on what we mean by climate-risk management and discusses current obstacles to its implementation.

INDONESIA: Health concerns in volcano evacuation centres by , 2010-08-30 14:37

Source: IRIN Many of the 30,000 people evacuated after the eruption of Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to government emergency centres need urgent medical care, aid workers say.

ASIA: Making the most of disaster experience by , 2010-08-30 14:37

Source: IRIN Greater regional cooperation and decentralization are key to meeting the challenges of disasters in Asia, specialists say.

UNEP Head Donates International Tallberg Prize Money to the Pakistani Flood Victims by , 2010-08-30 11:29

Source: UNEP Says Natural Disaster Underlines the Serious Environmental Change Challenge Emerging Across the Planet Nairobi, 30 August 2010 - Achim Steiner, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has ...

Indonesian volcano erupts again, many evacuated by , 2010-08-30 11:28

Source: Reuters * Volcano erupts again on Monday * About 21,000 people evacuated * Disaster agency setting up emergency posts, refugee camps (Adds quotes from resident, presidential spokesman) By Tarmizy Harva ...

ASIA: When hospitals become casualties by , 2010-08-26 10:40

Source: IRIN Governments and donors have responded to increasingly frequent and more deadly disasters by boosting funding for response, but investing in preparation, especially in the health sector, is inadequate, say specialists.

ASIA: 10 deadliest quakes by , 2010-08-25 11:43

Source: IRIN In Asia, the most disaster-prone part of the world, earthquakes are the deadliest natural hazard. Seven of the 10 most earthquake-vulnerable countries in terms of human exposure - China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran - are in the region, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).