Disaster News

To build on experience learned after 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April 2015, the workshop was led by Deutsche Post DHL Group... Read More

The ‘2016 Annual Global Climate & Catastrophe Report’, published by Aon Benfield – the world’s leading reinsurance broker, claims a 7 %... Read More

Dr Sunil Peshin, who heads the Satellite Meteorological Division of India Meteorological Department (IMD), declared that within a few months, India will... Read More

  An article by the editorial staff of BRINK (a digital platform by Asia Pacific Risk Center, Singapore providing risk insight and... Read More

  With the increasing number of disasters whether man-made or natural, it is impossible to fully mitigate the risks posed by.Given the... Read More

Effective communication and information management are critical to the overall process of managing and reducing the risks of disaster. Additionally, disaster response... Read More

Fire on board the Indonesian ferry ‘Zahro Express’; on way from Jakarta to Tidung Island Resort 30 miles away  with over 230... Read More

Part 3 –Awareness Central to Disaster Risk Management Robert Glasser, special representative of secretary general for disaster risk reduction, said that the... Read More

Part 2 –Importance of Disaster Risk Reduction at Core Planning Stage   Mr Glasser, the head of UN Disaster Risk Reduction,asked for... Read More

Part 1 –Inadequate Resources for Disaster Mitigation The world’s failure to prepare for natural disasters will have “inconceivably bad consequences”, the UN’s... Read More