12-11-2009 On November 1 tropical storm, Typhoon Mirinae, ravaged Manila and the nearby northern provinces in the Philippines, leaving at least 20 people dead and thousands displaced, including women and children. It’s a region that still remains flooded from three earlier back-to-back storms.
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14-09-2009 Thousands of children get drowned in Bangladesh each year. Australian lifeguards are now teaching children to swim so that they can survive during floods.
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02-09-2009 Facing increased threats triggered by climate change, Maldives will soon receive text based early warning alerts for disasters. Cell broadcasting, a technology will enable delivery of information to multiple users simultaneously in a specified area.
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18-06-2009 At the ongoing biennial session on disaster risk reduction, UN representatives have recommended governments to increase investments in sound and sustainable disaster risk reduction measures. Millions of people have lost their lives and property in the past few years due to weather, climate or water-related calamities.
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03-06-2009 Survivors of Cyclone Aila in southern Bangladesh are now faced with shortage of drinking water due to contamination of ponds, wells and tube wells. Relief assistance has yet to reach thousands of people on many of the islands.
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01-06-2009 Fear of epidemic looms large across Bangladesh and India’s eastern coast after Cyclone Aila slammed the region last week. According to international NGO ActionAid, inundation and waterlogging in affected areas pose serious risk to the health of survivors living in cramped shelters.
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13-05-2009 Prone to earthquakes, Kathmandu with its high-population density and unplanned construction faces a grave threat. According to experts thousands of lives are at risk in the Nepalese capital due to rickety structures, ill-equipped authorities and lack of public awareness.
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12-01-2009 Kathmandu – with its high population density, weak structures and poor facilities – is seen as one of the riskiest cities in the world. The UN’s International Search and Rescue Advisory Group is planning to hold an earthquake simulation exercise in the capital of Nepal to assess and improve the country's disaster preparedness.
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21-11-2008 Cyclone Nargis had destroyed hundreds of monasteries that played an important social, cultural, educational and religious role in Myanmar. Many of them are in urgent need of repair to enable resumption of work.
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13-10-2008 Makeshift boats, bamboo stretchers, ropeway slung are some of the innovative means that communities in eastern India are using to prepare against disasters. UNICEF, along with local and international NGOs, conducts joint mock drills to train people in relief and rescue operations.
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