The supervision of floods and natural disasters.

The bank secured the city from a flood.

Major disasters to which Nepal is vulnerable, in addition to earthquakes, include floods, drought, landslides, epidemics, glacial lake outburst floods, fire and ecological hazards.

Flood Victims apos Programme house repair subprogramme

Floods and mudslides in Central America and earthquake in South Asia

Disaster risk reduction, peace building, and conflict prevention were, therefore, as important before, during and after a disaster.

There was famine in the land caused by cold, drought, fire and flood

In the flood more than one month ago, the dam on one side of the river collapsed, with massive stones and washings rolling into the river.

Disasters as a result of flooding continued to affect the largest number of people worldwide (132 million).

In addition to the gravity of the political situation, it is important for us to recognize the negative impact of natural disasters, in particular the flooding that occurred in southern Haiti in May 2004, as well as the torrential rains in the wake of Tropical Storm Jeanne in September of the same year.

Nevertheless, with the exception of the special circumstances caused by the Fukushima catastrophe, Japan is hardly the only country with a mess to clean up before it can reconstruct. Thailand, which earlier this year suffered prolonged flooding, is also facing the need to dispose of rubble as it works to rebuild.

Likewise, we express our feelings of sorrow to our Central American brethren, who are being hard hit by the floods caused by Hurricane Stan in that region.

It is estimated that there is still a thundershower or shower in Miyun District from the late afternoon to night that day, and mountainous areas and shallow mountainous areas will be at high risks of small and medium sized river floods, mountain torrents, geological disaster and other secondary disasters arising from heavy rainfall.

So the rains come, they go down the rivers, and the flooding happens.

In a study of flood effects in Petra, satellite images and GIS are used to establish a model for flood hazard zoning.

CO The point is, if there's a flood or a fire or a hurricane, you, or somebody like you, are going to step up and start organizing things.

(a) Disasters such as floods, earthquakes, forest fires, oil spills, drought and volcanic eruptions affect large parts of the globe and coordinated international efforts are required to minimize their impacts.

Of course, earthquakes and all the natural phenomena floods, tornadoes, etc. take their toll.

The region will continue to experience shocks from natural hazards, such as floods, droughts and cyclones.

One of the modern plagues causing this disaster are anti personnel landmines.

According to projections, it is hoped that Honduras will manage to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters by 2015.

Imagine if we could have these systems ready to go in a place before a disaster.

The 719 heavy rainfall caused heavy disaster to many cities of Hebei Province and resulted in the flood disaster of some regions in Hebei province. During the period, some people were dead and missing.

Pre disaster uses included risk analysis and mapping disaster warning, such as cyclone tracking, drought monitoring, the extent of damage due to volcanic eruptions, oil spills, forest fires and the spread of desertification and disaster assessment, including flood monitoring and assessment, estimation of crop and forestry damages and monitoring of land use change in the aftermath of a disaster.

26. Following the floods in Somalia, cases of haemorrhagic fever associated with large numbers of livestock deaths were reported in southern Somalia and northern Kenya in December 1997.

The United States Virgin Islands faces recurrent hurricanes and flooding, in addition to being located within an earthquake risk zone.

Earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, tsunamis and other natural disasters are beyond the capacity of any State to prevent.

The host State could make such a declaration subsequent to the disaster and prior to the initiation of the operation.

As a country that has been hit by six consecutive waves of floods within the past year alone, we know only too well what it means to live through such a disaster.

The services are intended to respond to slow onset disasters such as famine and desertification, as well as to sudden emergencies such as tsunamis, earthquakes and floods.

The services were intended to respond to slow onset disasters such as famine and desertification, as well as to sudden emergencies such as tsunamis, earthquakes and floods.

Pre disaster uses include risk analysis and mapping disaster warning, such as cyclone tracking, drought monitoring, the extent of damage due to volcanic eruptions, oil spills, forest fires and the spread of desertification and disaster assessment, including flood monitoring and assessment, estimation of crop and forestry damages and monitoring of land use change in the aftermath of disasters.

Their disastrous effects, however, can be lessened significantly if well conceived disaster response plans and mitigation strategies are in place prior to their occurrence.

Recurring natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes pose a great challenge to the international community with respect to peace and sustainable development in the world.

Not all natural hazards were disasters fires, floods, earthquakes and drought all existed as part of natural cycles.

In the meantime, an operational monitoring and assessment system on major natural disasters has been set up which is able to carry out real time monitoring on an instant basis in case of major natural disasters of floods, contributing to disaster mitigation and relief and minimization of damages by providing relevant data on disasters.

The Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society was founded in 1982 by a group of social workers who came to Chaksu Tehsil, near Jaipur, to join in relief operations in the wake of devastating floods in 1981.

They were often followed by outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue, and flooding could destroy a country's crops, with a severe impact on sources of income and employment.

That was despite the floods and other natural disasters that so frequently visit our country.

The 1981 floods ruined entire crop fields and caused permanent damage to many villages in the area.

Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods have resulted in the loss of countless lives and in untold sorrow and suffering.

6. Flood waters began to recede by late December, by which time the most urgent needs of the population affected had been met.

As more companies do so, laggards will be at a growing competitive disadvantage. They, too, will have to act before the next flood or drought strikes.

Floods in Thailand last year threw 700,000 people out of work and had knock on economic effects around the world. The Economist reports that American bank JP Morgan has estimated that the disaster set back global industrial production by a surprisingly large 2.5 .

Calls on the Member States to assist the Republic of Djibouti in its struggle against the disastrous consequences of the recent flood at both the social and economic levels.