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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

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

Unpredictability of volcanic eruptions stifles communication - expert

disaster risk reduction – May 15, 2018

via World Bank

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.

As rains lash Sri Lanka, warnings arrive on time

Floods – Jun 6, 2018

A woman stands in front of her flooded house in the Madapme area near Marawila in North Western Sri Lanka, May 22, 2018.

After spring floods, Nairobi moves to cut disaster risks

Disaster risk assessment – Jun 7, 2018

A child walks in his house, which was partly destroyed by flooding water after a dam burst, in Solio town near Nakuru, Kenya May 10, 2018.

Ignoring conflict undercuts disaster protection efforts, researchers warn

Conflict – Jun 8, 2018

A Niger soldier guards with his weapon pointed towards the border with neighbouring Nigeria, near the town of Diffa, Niger, June 21, 2016. Picture taken June 21, 2016.

Opinion-Preparing for disaster pays by saving lives, cutting losses

Disaster prevention – Jun 18, 2018

Residents walk in a village devastated by flash floods in Salvador, Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines, Dec. 24, 2017.

‘Narco-deforestation’ may boost disaster risks in Central America

Deforestation – Jun 20, 2018

The Peten jungle is seen in this aerial picture near the border with Belize November 23, 2007.

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.

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 - Better risk management can reduce disaster displacement

Climate change – Jul 2, 2018

People use a makeshift raft to transport goats as they wade through a flooded road in Jakhalabandha area in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, August 13, 2017.

Focus on resilience in Somalia to boost stability and save money - U.N. expert

Resilience integration – Jul 17, 2018

via OCHA

Storm spurs Caribbean island resort to recover lost paradise

Islands – Jul 24, 2018

Buildings destroyed when Hurricane Irma hit in September 2017 are seen in the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, June 2, 2018.

Asia Risk and Resilience Conference

Event

Feb 18, 2019

22:15 UTC

Singapore

Understanding Risk Finance Pacific Forum

Event

Feb 18, 2019

22:15 UTC

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Floods in Nepal expose resilience benefits of economic development

Research – Aug 20, 2018

Laxmi Kumari Magar sits in the doorway of her home in Bhajami Municipality, Nepal, nearly a year after severe flooding ravaged the area

'Catastrophic' floods rising on Amazon River, say scientists

Floods – Sep 19, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: Residents are pictured in their canoe in a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil June 3, 2015.

Sleeping giants: Hawaii eruption reverberates in U.S. Northwest

Emergency preparedness – Oct 2, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: Steam vents from of the lava dome inside the crater of Mount St. Helens, October 2004.

Fast-growing African cities at 'extreme risk' from climate change

Climate change – Nov 14, 2018

Moses Udoh, an employee of online retailer Jumia, makes a delivery by motorcycle in Lagos February 16, 2015.