Global Hazards Weekly Bulletin – 19th to 23rd March 2018 Australia Thousands of homes in Melbourne without power due to high winds Hundreds flee Australian bushfires Australian wildfires raze dozens of homes, kill livestock Croatia Melting snow and heavy rain leave Croatia hit by floods Record flooding in Croatia as storms batter Europe Landslide in Central Croatia Destroys Houses Amid Floods India The death toll in India's forest fire rises to 17 Mumbai man dies of extreme cold in Arunachal Pradesh Indonesia Flash Flood-Hit Bandung Following Non-Stop Heavy Rain Dozens of Cars Damaged After Bandung Flash Floods Madagascar 17 die in Madagascar tropical storm At Least 7 Dead in Madagascar After Tropical Cyclone Eliakim Triggers Flooding, Landslides A tropical storm in Madagascar kills 17, displaces 6 000 United States of America 3 tornadoes leave path of 'unbelievable' destruction in south Fulton, West Georgia Thousands of Californians flee ahead of possible mudslides Over 100 flights canceled at SFO due to storm Other items of interest Turning cities into sponges: how Chinese ancient wisdom is taking on climate change Water shortages could affect 5bn people by 2050, UN report warns Words into Action guideline: an Implementation guide for local disaster risk reduction and resilience strategies - A companion for implementing the Sendai Framework target E First India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction inaugurated Kenya to redesign key road after volcanic fault lines Why drought is a national security issue in Iran DOE Philippines partners with DOST to enhance energy sectors' disaster resilience Experts Advance Work on Capacity Development Strategy to Implement Sendai Framework for DRR Asia-Pacific countries identify priority action to build resilience of agriculture to natural disasters Extreme weather events on the rise, European scientists warn Work starts on a new Global Assessment Report Cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help spare cities worldwide from rising seas Preventing hurricanes using air bubbles USGS authors new report on seismic hazard, risk, and design for South America State of climate in 2017 – Extreme weather and high impacts Forecast-based action in the humanitarian sector: revolution or evolution? New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events; European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation Asia-Pacific countries identify priority action to build resilience of agriculture to natural disasters |
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