The government has adopted an outline of the envisaged agency, including its organizational structure and operations, ahead ...

Disaster risk reduction is the wider process of planning, preparing for and responding to disasters as well as managing their consequences; UNESCO recognizes that actions are needed before, during and ...

Clockwise from Top Left: Twister, 2012, Sharknado, The Day After Tomorrow, Titanic, Don't Look Up Everett Collection (5); Netflix; Getty Images The 2024 box office has been a disaster, but the release ...

When a hazard event (such as a drought, flood, cyclone, earthquake or tsunami) occurs, triggering a loss of life and damage to infrastructure, it highlights the reality that society and its assets are ...

Living through a disaster, whether natural or man-made, can take a serious toll on one’s mental health, both in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and for months or even years to follow.

Schools should be one of the safest places where children can be. However, that is simply not the case for many children around the world. Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of ...

1998 Bruce Willis And Will Patton In "Armageddon." The genre of Disaster films sometimes gets a bad rap. Yes, they are often predictable. Some are more spectacle than substance. However, spectacle isn ...

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The degradation of ecosystems – such as forests, wetlands, drylands, and coastal and marine systems – is a major driver of disaster risk and a key component of communities’ vulnerability to disasters.

Disasters hurt the poor and vulnerable the most. Over the past decade, the World Bank has emerged as the global leader in disaster risk management, supporting client countries to assess exposure to ...

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC, is replacing food and formula benefits lost during the floods through July 31. WIC participants must ...

The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) is a way through which the Australian Government provides funding to states and territories to share the financial burden of responding to a disaster.