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This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) and

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"To minimize disasters, community leaders have to be trained to implement activities and other measures for disaster reduction..." said Welino Gubuan from the Office of the Civil Defense 7....
Philippine Information Agency
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'People in low-income countries are four times as likely as people in high-income countries to die in a natural disaster' said Vinod Thomas, DG of the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group....
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Recognizing the high disaster risk faced by Metro Manila, various organizations and local stakeholders have initiated the development of a Disaster Risk Management Master Plan (DRMMP) to guide the integration of a risk reduction agenda into ongoing


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