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With warning drums and river clean-ups, Indonesian women head off disasters

Disaster prevention – Apr 30, 2018

Farida Estiningrum bangs on a bamboo drum, used as an early warning system when flooding risks are high in Pedak Baru, Yogyakarta, April 22, 2018

Red Cross plans to fight disasters with fast funding

Disaster mitigation – May 8, 2018

A man with a child walks in a flooded area as he returns home from a market in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, August 19, 2017

Ten years after Sichuan, China transforms quake preparedness, but Asia lags

Disaster mitigation – May 11, 2018

Members of a rescue team take part in a rescue skills competition ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in Mianyang, Sichuan province, China, May 10, 2018

Solar microgrids bolster Puerto Rico resilience ahead of hurricane season

Solar – May 22, 2018

via PV Magazine

Dominican Republic city prepares for hurricane season after 2017 devastation

Hurricanes – May 23, 2018

Locals stand along a street affected by the overflow of the Soco River in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in El Seibo, Dominican Republic, September 22, 2017.

Hurricanes threaten Caribbean countries still recovering from 2017 storms - officials

Hurricanes – May 31, 2018

Samuel Vasquez rebuilds his house, partially destroyed by Hurricane Maria, as his wife Ysamar Figueroa looks on, carrying their son Saniel, at the squatter community of Villa Hugo in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Dec. 11, 2017.

In Japanese tsunami city, people power turns disaster into opportunity

Disaster recovery – Feb 9, 2017

Ko Kimura prays towards the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Higashi-matsushima, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, five years on

Caribbean set to ride "blue economy" wave, say economists

Economic development – Jun 1, 2018

A boy walks into the sea with his surfboard in Patillas, Puerto Rico, August 28, 2015.

Tackling heavy Caribbean debt is key to future disaster protection, leaders say

Disaster prevention – May 31, 2018

Workers of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority repair part of the electrical grid as the island's fragile power system is still reeling from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria eight months ago, in Utuado, Puerto Rico, May 17, 2018.

Climate disasters will hit women hardest, says 'Handmaid's Tale' author

Women – Jun 1, 2018

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood speaks during an interview at a hotel in Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2017

U.N. launches $291m programme to save lives, build resilience in Haiti

Aid – Feb 9, 2017

via Jamaica Observer

Opinion-Hurricanes, floods and volcanoes bring Americas together to tackle risk

Disaster prevention – Jun 20, 2018

Eva Ascon, is embraced by a family member as rescue workers search for her relatives after the Fuego volcano erupted at San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 15, 2018.

Venezuelans survive by smuggling over the waves to Trinidad

Migration – Jun 20, 2018

A fishing village where boats from Venezuela arrive pictured in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, May 24, 2018.

Puerto Rico land ownership system hampering rebuilding - resilience commission

Land rights – Jun 20, 2018

A contractor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carries cables as the island's fragile power system is still reeling from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, in Utuado, Puerto Rico, May 17, 2018

Rising disaster risk but little insurance interest in Pacific islands

Disaster risk assessment – Jun 29, 2018

Local resident Adrian Banga stands on his home destroyed by Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu March 16, 2015.

Opinion - Let’s talk: Involving women in decisions boosts resilience

Women – Jul 4, 2018

Participants of Mercy Corps’ Household Dialogue activity in Nepal.

After devastating 2017 hurricanes, British Virgin Islands race to 'build back better'

Hurricanes – Jul 7, 2018

Albert Wheatley, 55, inspects the ruins of his home devastated by Hurricane Irma, in Parham Town, in the Caribbean British overseas territory of the British Virgin Islands

From stinky seaweed to sick fish, world's warming oceans threaten livelihoods

Climate change – Jul 11, 2018

A man walks past a dead fish as sea water rises during high tide at Kali Adem port in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 3, 2018.

Are the Caribbean's wealthy new citizens a lifeline or a liability?

Caribbean – Jul 19, 2018

People lounge at Mount Cinnamon Resort's beach club on Grand Anse beach in St. George's, the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, June 1, 2018.

Venezuelans fleeing to Trinidad expose cracks in island refugee policy

Islands – Jul 23, 2018

Venezuelan migrant Miguel Vegas (R) and his family pose for a portrait while they wait outside Living Waters Community, a processing centre for refugee and asylum applicants, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 23, 2018.