Update

Romanian president, Traian Basescu has recently promulgated a law, drafted in October 2008, obliging private individuals and legal entities to insure their homes against against earthquakes, landslides and floods...

The Government of Pakistan has announced new measures to improve the flood forecasting and warning system...

'The exercise would help prepare the country for a possible earthquake, reducing vulnerability and the impact of any other natural disaster,' said OCHA Nepal’s disaster readiness and response adviser Arturo Lopez Portillo...

'Learning about disaster risk reduction in schools can put teachers and children in a better position to play important role in saving lives and protecting members of the community in time of disaster.' said John V. Rogers of the ONS...

Reporting on recent rumours of earthquake, a journalist highlights a call for increased public awareness, and disaster preparedness and early warning initiatives...

Hadramout governorate concluded on Tuesday a workshop on the protection of children and women from natural hazards...

'The strategy is very robust and I think the organization of the DDM is strong enough to back up the strategy and programming,' said Evan Green from Groupe-conseil basstel Itee...

Ensuring the safety of residents and tourists is vital to one of the region's top economic earners - tourism, the Government of Barbados is committed to assisting in the establishment and implementation of a sustainable tourism development programme...

Leslie John Walling, Coordinator of the Fund, described this new regional facility as 'responsive, results-based and community centred'...

The Caribbean islands are highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards and needed to have more in place to be prepared for future disasters, according to Montserrat’s Chief Minister Lowell Lewis...