El Salvador

En Centroamérica suceden muchos desastres que combinan la fuerza de la naturaleza y la acción de las personas. La idea de desarrollo de estos países no está asociada a los desastres, es decir que no se toman en cuenta los peligros, y esa es una causa de

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

This collection of papers was written by different experts following the impact of Hurricane Mitch in Central America in October 1998. From regional and community perspectives, the authors describe how communities were organized, how they dealt with

This publication seeks to highlight initiatives that have successfully linked poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in various parts of the world. It features several projects and initiatives that show how DRR can be integrated into poverty

Irregular rains from 1998 until winter 2001 - particularly in the east of El Salvador - seriously damaged the crops of families on subsistence incomes. Other natural disasters and an economic crisis further aggravated the situation. To reverse the effects

As part of the U.S. Government’s program to assist Central America in the recovery from Hurricane Mitch, the USGS conducted a $14.15 million program of activities in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. This effort was designed to strengthen

On October 25, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, the fourth most intense Atlantic Ocean hurricane on record, slammed into the Central American coastline. This report compiled by the USGS compiles a wide variety of data and information in El Salvador including

On February 13, 2001, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred about 40 km East-Southeast of the capital city of San Salvador. It was the second major damaging earthquake to strike El Salvador in 1 month. On January 13, 2001, a moment magnitude (Mw) 7.6