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Every week the PreventionWeb team of editors selects the latest news and research, reports and publications on disaster risk reduction – here is their selection of the latest must-read content.

Documents and publications

20 March 2023

2022 Disasters in numbers

This report presents the disaster impacts of 2022.

Documents and publications

17 March 2023

Fiji disaster management reference handbook 2023

This handbook focuses on Fiji's disaster management framework and disaster risk reduction strategies. It provides an overview of the country's government, geography, demographics, socio-cultural practices, and history of disasters.

Update

16 March 2023

Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look

After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling up following a series of atmospheric rivers that brought record rain.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

17 March 2023

Cyclone Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. Is it a harbinger of things to come?

Freddy was the most energetic storm on record. It also went through the most cycles of weakening and re-intensifying, and may have been the longest-lived cyclone in history.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

16 March 2023

As bird flu continues to spread in the US and worldwide, what’s the risk that it could start a human pandemic? 4 questions answered

An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that started in 2021 has become the largest bird flu outbreak in history, both in the U.S. and worldwide.

Conversation Media Group, the

Update

13 March 2023

How a map helps reduce risk in Madagascar

To help community become more resilient to natural hazards, Medair expanded its existing Early Warning System project to this region in 2020, and have been working with 184 communities.

Medair

Update

15 March 2023

Heat waves in India set to intensify, says climate scientist

After its hottest February since 1901, the India Meteorological Department has issued an early heat wave warning and forecasts for higher-than-normal temperatures between March and May.

PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd

Update

16 March 2023

We’re building harder, hotter cities: it’s vital we protect and grow urban green spaces – new report

Recent extreme weather events have provided a foretaste of how supercharged storms might threaten our future. So the release today of a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) is very good timing.

Conversation Media Group, the

Research briefs

14 March 2023

Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Rising global temperatures drove the shift in weather extremes, analysis of satellite data found.

Grist Magazine

Update

14 March 2023

After the fires on Rapa Nui (Chile) UNESCO launches an evaluation and management plan for the island's World Heritage site

UNESCO initiated in March 2023 the response actions to fires on the island of Rapa Nui, Chile, which will include a detailed damage estimation; the development of a comprehensive preparation, coordination and management plan for the World Heritage site

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters

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