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The French Red Cross has released a virtual catalogue indexing all the natural disaster prevention tools developed by the different Caribbean structures over the last ten years.

The ‘Tashkent Disaster Risk Reduction Project’ will train 70,000 people from 11 different urban neighbourhoods in disaster awareness, support preparedness and mitigation activities by the end of the project....

For small developing countries like Jamaica and most other Caribbean islands the cost of repairs after natural disasters, which have been compounded by climate change, can negatively impact development....

Without concerted action, we could see natural catastrophes on an unprecedented scale, which could even become threats to international security and inter-State relations warned UN Secretary-General Bang Ki-moon....

The development of an early warning system for natural hazards has been re-launched by the Finnish Meteorological Institute....

"Essentially, the purpose of the study is to reduce the vulnerability of Portmore to natural hazards" said Norman Harris, at the Mines and Geology Division.

'This year California has already faced a destructive fire season, underscoring the importance of legislation signed today that will help us do even more to prevent these fires from starting in the first place' said California's Governor....

United Nations Secretary-General, Bang Ki-moon, discusses the importance of International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, to be observed next week....

'The impact of climate change is clearly felt. It is a fact that it is only going to get drier' said Jennifer Moetie, a meteorologist at the Namibian Meteorological Service...

An NGO-run project to help alleviate vulnerabilities caused by natural calamities has been judged as the most effective of its kind in the storm-prone coastal province of Quang Ngai after three years of operation....