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The Pacific Risk Management `Ohana meeting was hosted in American Samoa to remember the American Samoa tsunami in 2009, as delegatesd plan to build resilience based on lessons learned.

New research reveals that major earthquakes can cause land to sink and sea level to rise at a pace greater than the threat of climate-related rise.

New research reveals that the 2009, magnitude 8.1 Samoa earthquake caused tectonic shifting that will likely continue for decades, causing American Samoa's island of Tutuila to sink. This sinking has intensified the island’s already rising sea levels, with the island's surrounding seas now rising at a rate roughly five times quicker than the global average.

Small island states have agreed on the need for stronger engagement of women to build resilience to disasters.

This report follows risk-based valuation approaches to map flood zones at 10-squaremeter resolution along all 3,100+ kilometers of U.S. reef-lined shorelines for different storm probabilities to account for the effect of coral reefs in reducing coastal

New research shows that 4.3 million displacements associated with disasters occurred in 110 countries and territories during the first half of 2018. East Africa was the worst hit, with Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia experiencing nearly a million new displacements due to unprecedented flooding in April and May.

This report provides an overview of the internal displacements caused by conflicts and violence, and disasters. There were about 5.2 million new internal displacements associated with conflict and violence in the first half of 2018, based on the analysis

The American Samoa Hazard Mitigation Plan provides American Samoa with a comprehensive mitigation strategy for prioritizing projects, programs, and activities that will save lives and reduce losses from the impacts of natural disasters.

This plan defines