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Italian Village Gets 8 Feet Of Snow In 24 Hours, May Break Global Record Snow news is good news, unless you live in Capracotta. The Italian village may have just … Continue reading
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Chile chaos after heavy rains cause floods These were the chaotic scenes in Chile after rains hit the north of the country, causing flooding. Seven people have died and 19 … Continue reading
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Feds Prepared To Reopen All Superstorm Sandy Insurance Claims The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is prepared to reopen all 144,000 insurance claims that resulted from Superstorm Sandy in … Continue reading
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10 Steps to Building Your Resilience It can be easy to feel like throwing in the towel when you’re faced with adversity, tragedy, or even just plain old stress. But … Continue reading
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Damage bill for Cyclone Marcia reaches $750 million CYCLONE Marcia caused almost a billion dollars worth of damage when it raged through Queensland last month. That is according to the … Continue reading
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Seven Secrets to Resilience As the economy improves in fits and starts, selling your products and services remains unusually tough. Never has resilience been more critical for small-business owners. The … Continue reading
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Natural Disasters Could Cost $750 Billion Annually in 15 Years: AIR Study Economic losses from global natural catastrophes likely will triple over the next 15 years, unless steps are taken … Continue reading
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A European ‘Supertide’ Part of France’s North Atlantic coast and southwestern England braced for their first giant tide of the millennium on Saturday as the alignment of the Sun and … Continue reading
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Rebuilding and resilience is Ruth’s focus for autumn BUILDING resilience and helping each other bounce back when things get tough is the focus of the autumn edition of Ruth magazine, … Continue reading
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Drones’ newest mission? Disaster relief When aid workers arrived after Typhoon Haiyan hit Southeast Asia in 2013, they brought something new to help the areas battered by rain and gale … Continue reading
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5 Ways Resilient People Use Failure to Their Advantage While some people go to great lengths to avoid uncomfortable emotions, resilient people have a remarkable ability to tolerate distress. They … Continue reading
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Getting disaster resilience right World leaders and decision-makers from more than 100 countries will gather later this month in Sendai, Japan, to finalize a new global framework for disaster risk … Continue reading
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Cyclone Pam: Aid agencies report widespread devastation in Vanuatu <iframe src=”https://embed.theguardian.com/embed/video/world/video/2015/mar/15/vanuatu-cyclone-pam-video” width=”560″ height=”315″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> The first aid agencies to reach Vanuatu reported a scene of widespread devastation on Sunday … Continue reading
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Extreme weather the new normal in Australia’s disaster-prone neighbourhood If it seems to you that major humanitarian emergencies are happening more often, you’re right. Extreme weather events like the one … Continue reading
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In Japan, UN chief urges global solidarity to strengthen disaster resilience, boost development With global leaders gathered in Sendai, Japan, to agree a new framework for managing disaster risk which … Continue reading
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Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu a scene of destruction in giant storm’s wake Screaming winds and heavy rain from an extremely powerful cyclone that blew through Vanuatu have left widespread destruction, with … Continue reading
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Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Opens Today!! On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to hold the 3rd World Conference on Disaster … Continue reading
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Are you prepared for a natural disaster? The Issaquah Citizen Corps is preparing to get citizens ready for emergencies in the community. The nine-class spring Citizen Emergency Response Training series … Continue reading
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The South Asia Women’s Resilience Index South Asian countries largely fail to consider the rights of women to be included in their disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience-building efforts, finds … Continue reading
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Getting Disaster Resilience Right World leaders and decision-makers from more than 100 countries will gather later this month in Sendai, Japan, to finalize a new global framework for disaster risk … Continue reading
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A Navy SEAL’s Guide to Building Resilience As Navy SEALs, we understood the word “frontline” to mean the place where we met the enemy. The frontline was where battles were … Continue reading
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Recovering Resilience: 7 Methods For Becoming Mentally Stronger Stress affects people in all different ways – or at least, different people respond to it very differently. For some, it rolls … Continue reading
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Tornado in Southern Germany Leaves 27 People Injured BERLIN — Authorities said 27 people were injured on Monday afternoon when a tornado touched down and tore through a campsite in … Continue reading
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Businesses ‘failing to prepare for climate change’ Companies are failing to develop the resilience they will need to cope with climate change, say two business experts from The University of … Continue reading
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Aboriginal legends an untapped record of natural history written in the stars Aboriginal legends could offer a vast untapped record of natural history, including meteorite strikes, stretching back thousands of … Continue reading
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Watch a giant storm explosively intensify in the North Atlantic The North Atlantic Ocean plays host to some of the strongest winter storms on Earth during the Northern Hemisphere’s cold … Continue reading
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The Resilient Cities 2015 congress The congress offers a number of sessions and events on a wide variety of topics among which were urban risk data and indicators, ecosystem-based approach, … Continue reading
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NDRF mulling to set up specialised teams to tackle disasters Vijayawada: National Disaster Response Force is contemplating to set up specialised multi skilled teams to meet the challenges arising out … Continue reading
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Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Queensland Government gives $1 million to charities helping in recovery effort The Queensland Government has donated $1 million to four charities helping with the Tropical Cyclone Marcia … Continue reading
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That’s me in the picture: Greg Cook, 59, hugs his dog Coco after a tornado destroys his home in Alabama, 2012 I was sitting on the front porch one day, … Continue reading
