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Landslides kill six, more flooding forecast

0:0:0, 10/09/2011

Hurricane Irene, a sign of things to come for growing urban centres and local governments – Political leadership needed to reduce risks
0:0:0, 09/09/2011
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene that hit the east coast of the United States just over a week ago, it is a reminder that disasters caused by extreme weather events are becoming common place even for countries and cities that are considered to be at the pinnacle of development.
Hurricane Irene lashed North Carolina with heavy winds, rain and surf Saturday as it neared land on a path threatening the densely populated U.S. east coast with flooding and power outages.
0:0:0, 27/08/2011
New York City ordered unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns as states from the Carolinas to Maine declared emergencies due to Irene, whose nearly 600 mile width guaranteed a stormy weekend for tens of millions of people.
Hurricane Irene closed in on the east coast on Friday, lashing North Carolina with ferocious winds and triggering emergency steps including unprecedented evacuations and transit shutdowns in New York.
0:0:0, 27/08/2011
"Tonight's the hard night. We're just waiting for it to hit," North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue told CNN. Washington, D.C. and states from the Carolinas through Maine declared emergencies due to Irene, a nearly 600 mile-wide hurricane that put 55 million Americans on alert and threatened to cause billions of dollars in damage.
(Reuters) - The U.S. put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend.
9:4:0, 24/08/2011
(Reuters) - The U.S. put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend.
A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation's capital and sending scared office workers into the streets.
8:50:0, 24/08/2011
There were no reports of major damage or serious injuries from the 5.8 magnitude quake, which was centered in Mineral, Virginia.
Seminar-Forum on Disaster Risk Financing in ASEAN
15:10:0, 22/08/2011
The Seminar-Forum on Disaster Risk Financing in ASEAN will be held on the afternoon of 31 March 2011, in Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. The forum is a post-event to the International Strategy on Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Asia Partnership (IAP) Meeting to be held concurrently on 28-31 March 2011 at the same venue. The ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP), is an informal multi-stakeholder forum with the role to facilitate implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in the Asia region.
Philippines Govt. & UNISDR to Launch 2011 Global Assessment Report on DRR
15:5:0, 22/08/2011
The Government of the Philippines and the United Nations secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) will launch the latest United Nation’s Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR11) this Tuesday, 26 July, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., at the Sen. Padilla Room, the Senate of the Philippines, Manila.
Singapore launch of the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
14:51:0, 22/08/2011
The 2011 Global Assesment Report, entitled 'Revealing Risk, Redefining Development', is the leading UN publication on the status of global disaster risk today. The relevance of the Global Assessment Report has become painfully clear, against the backdrop of a number of major disasters, it provides an innovative analysis of the economic cost of such disasters, as well as guidance on how to reduce the significant costs and protect societies. The report was launched globally by the UN Secretary-General during the Global Platform event in May this year and has generated much interest from policy makers and practitioners across the globe. The report has been developed in partnership with a large number of actors, not least national governments and UN agencies, including UNDP, and UNISDR looks forward to a continued close cooperation with them.