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The UNISDR (United Nation Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) presents the third of five Programmes aimed to improve coherence, focus, depth and efficiency in delivering the results of UNISDR Strategic Framework: Towards 2025. This…

The rescue teams from various groups gathered at Bulacan province to rescue hundreds of residents, who were enforced to stay on their houses' roofs, due to enormous flooding that occurred in last year. The rescue teams from the Armed Forces…

Tripoli (ICRC) – The ICRC condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of its staff member Michael Greub. The 42-year-old Swiss national, head of the organization's Misrata sub-delegation, was killed by armed men around midday today…

The European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) and CRIMEDIM start tonight a full scale disaster simulation for the XII edition of the European Master in Disaster Medicine, that will be held in Pombia (Novara). The live broadcast will be…

COLOMBO - The island’s western and southern regions experienced heavy rains with more than 100 millimetres dumped within about one hour on Sunday, an official at the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. “The weather appears to be getting…

Cassie Majestic, MD Kristi L. Koenig, MDPhoto Credit: Tony Coppolino Fire Chief, Fountain Valley Fire Department University of California, IrvineCenter for Disaster Medical Sciences Wildfires are an annual expected disaster in Southern…

We link here below the new column from David Miliband, president and CEO fo International Rescue Commitee and former foreign secretary of the UK. There will be intensive brainstorming about the future of humanitarian action in the next two…

Red Cross teams working in close cooperation with the emergency management sector and local emergency headquarters have been helping evacuate the population affected by severe floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The region has…

Jessica Andrusaitis MS1Robert Katzer MD MBAUniversity of California, IrvineCenter for Disaster Medical Scienceshttp://www.cdms.uci.edu The University of California, Irvine Department…

Between April 21 and May 2, the Peruvian armed forces orchestrated the “Cooperation III” multinational military exercise, which was carried out in the coastal cities of Lima and Pisco. The goal was to prepare the Peruvian armed…