Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them to do that are not available to most countries.

The Karnataka government will soon issue a notification on the formation of a dedicated Urban Disaster Management Authority (UDMA) for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits ...

On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested an extension from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a request for a major disaster declaration following a historic ice storm that ...

Mumbai: As the indefinite water tanker strike entered its fourth day on Sunday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) invoked provisions of the Disaster Management Act to requisition ...

While they acknowledge that disaster ... design projects. It also changed its scoring for grant applications to privilege rural and disadvantaged communities more. (The direct technical assistance ...

Special Chief Secretary, Revenue Department (Disaster Management, Land Administration, Stamps and Registrations, Survey and Settlement), R.P. Sisodia has emphasised the need for use of advanced ...

"The recent disasters in KZN and other parts of the country have exposed critical weaknesses in the country's disaster management system, with inadequate funding for municipalities to implement ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Presidential Climate Commission has flagged its concerns about the poor disaster management at local government level as floods continue to leave a trail of destruction in some ...

Heavy weather conditions have caused widespread flooding across the South Coast, leading to an immediate response from disaster management teams. ALSO READ: FLOODING: Weather warning as heavy ...

AC Milan were dumped out of the Champions League at the play-off stage last night as they drew with Feyenoord, and the inquest from the Italian media has begun. Milan could not have started the ...

WASHINGTON — Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Management ... s Rebuild By Design, a nonprofit that focuses ...

Under climate change projections, natural disasters are expected to impose a worsening burden on emergency responders and communities, and to further challenge the management capabilities ... its logo ...