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ACAPS preliminary Briefing Note on Typhoon Hagupit Category 5 Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as Ruby, made landfall on the evening of 6 December over the town of Dolores in Eastern Samar province (Eastern Philippines). This may be the first of at least six landfalls the typhoon may make between 6 and 8 December. Hagupit’s 600km diameter means that
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Interest story about “Map to help community prepare for flooding in Ayutthaya” Excerpt: ADPC, with support from USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), initiated the Program for Reduction of Vulnerability of Floods in Thailand in 2012 to address the risk management challenges that were identified as a result of the 2011 flood
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Interest story about “Living with a river that rises; Coastal communities in Da Nang are taking measures to respond to flash flooding, but is it enough?” Asian Disaster Preparedness Center – Website: http://www.adpc.net
Interest Story on Community first responders saving lives in the Philippines. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center – Website: http://www.adpc.net
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Le Programme d’Application Universelle est une initiative financée par le Centre Mondial de Préparation à la Catastrophe (GDPC). Il permet aux Sociétés nationales de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge d’avoir accès à une application premiers secours de grande qualité (l’app), pour smartphones et tablettes, à destination du grand public.
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En Diciembre 2011, la Cruz Roja Británica implementó “Primeros Auxilios por la Cruz Roja Británica”. La App gratuita ofrece un consejo simple y sencillo en 18 escenarios cotidianos en primeros auxilios, así como consejos claves en cómo prepararse para las emergencias, desde un clima de invierno severo a accidentes viales.
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Scaling urban and community resilience: A strategy for global action This strategy paper outlines the concept for a collective global initiative on urban and community resilience. The goal is to encourage and enable a much greater number of communities to initiate and sustain climate resilience activities. With the Red Cross Red Crescent (RC/RC) and key
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Experience has shown that effective domestic laws can be indispensable tools for reducing vulnerability to disasters and ensuring an effective response. Weak laws, on the other hand, can hinder progress in making populations safer and stall their recovery. This IFRC brochure presents concerns on legislation for disaster risk reduction at the community level; regulatory barriers to emergency and transitional shelter
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