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          PAHO: New Caribbean Basin wind hazard maps

          PAHO/WHO has developed new state-of-the-art wind hazard maps for Caribbean islands and nearby coastal areas of Central and South America...

          Pan American Health Organization
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          Urgent support needed for storm-surge warning

          WMO stresses the urgent need for improving coordinated storm-surge advisory systems in the Gulf of Bengal and other parts of the world that at are risk of tropical cyclones...

          United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
          Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
          World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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          India: managing disaster

          With the number of disasters that take place in India’s neighbouring countries, there is a great need for contingency planning on India’s part...

          Economic Times, the
          photo by Peter Konnecke, Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial-no derivative works 2.0 Generic
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          WWF: Environmental protection vital to reducing natural disaster impact:

          Environmental degradation is a key factor turning extreme weather events into natural disasters, a new WWF report has found....

          World Wide Fund For Nature
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          Intact mangroves could have reduced Nargis damage

          Destruction of mangroves has exposed coastal communities to cyclone....

          Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
          photo thanks to Walter Hays
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          China's quake: why did so many schools collapse?

          Earthquake experts say the collapsed schools may be a sign of poor construction despite adequate building codes....

          Christian Science Monitor
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          China: Schools reopen, admitting students from quake areas

          A Chengdu city government official said schools were allowed to resume classes after building inspections were carried out....

          China Daily
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          Earthquake in China highlights the vulnerability of schools in many countries

          Loss of life could have been significantly reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures...

          New York Times, the

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