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Drills took place all across the nation today to mark 'National Disaster Prevention Day' which envisioned earthquakes in the Tonankai and Nankai regions...

The last day of the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2008 in Davos was dedicated to the Wenchuan earthquake in China....

All aspects of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief have to be combined into a holistic approach of an integral risk management according to experts participating in day 4 of the conference....

Day 3 of the conference covered the issue of pandemics and diseases - a constant threat in a globalized world...

"Disasters in any form bring so much suffering and disorder to our people" said Abdul Jalil Basiri, Afghanistan Red Crescent, "we have to come together to reduce their impact on human lives"....

Extreme weather including storms that arrive earlier and last longer are having increasingly deadly effects, according to Vietnamese disaster preparedness officials....

“Extreme climate events such as floods and droughts that have far reaching socio-economic impacts, are common in the Horn of Africa” said Professor James Kiyiapi of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources....

During a workshop held yesterday in Dhaka, participants reviewed the implementation status of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Bangladesh and made recommendations for better coordination and strengthening of the monitoring mechanism in the implementation of risk reduction initiatives across the country....

Peter Forstmoser of Swiss Re presented the benefits of a risk management approach to climate adaptation at the IDRC Conference....

The second day of the conference continued with discussion on how to cope with emerging threats in an international context....