International pre-arranged financing (PAF) for disasters reached a record US$9.4 billion in 2024, marking a significant ...
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Disaster after disaster

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...
In November 2007, the state of Tabasco suffered its worst flood in the past 50 years. A week of heavy rains and storms inundated the oil-rich state and more than one million people - approximately 50% ...
As Egypt hosts the first “Arab Regional Forum on Early Warning Systems and Disaster Preparedness,” from 17 to 18 December, the region stands at a defining moment.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Thursday introduced the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to create a “disaster database at national and ...
The bill amends the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to empower the National Disaster Management Authority, State Disaster Management Authorities to make disaster plans The bill, that was introduced in ...