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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Furthermore, traditional telecommunications systems were often severely affected by disasters such as earthquakes, floods or hurricanes.

We, in Bangladesh, have weathered many severe floods and cyclones, and the toll in terms of life and property has been huge.

This change in the amount and pattern of rainfall has serious implications for many economic activities, as well as for countries preparedness to handle emergencies such as large scale coastal flooding or heavy snowfall.

Noting also that the Caribbean region is the second most hazard prone region in the world and is frequently exposed to devastating hazards including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and volcanic eruptions,

In the mid 1990s there were catastrophic food shortages brought about by floods and drought, compounded by power imbalances and inadequate response from the power structure.

And increasing intensity of droughts and floods will severely impact breadbaskets of the world, causing massive famines and economic decline.

Concerned that Malawi continues to face natural catastrophes such as drought, floods and heavy rains, causing serious crop failure, loss of life and extensive damage to property and infrastructure,

China is also a disaster prone developing country. This year, floods alone have affected more than 200 million people and resulted in direct economic losses of 17 billion.

That devotion we show in helping victims of disasters, such as the earthquake in 1985 or this year's floods.

Training sessions on the use of Internet for disaster related activities are ongoing in Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.

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.

Over the years, my country has suffered great loss of life and property, as well as damage to development infrastructure, as a result of earthquakes and floods.

Examples of existing adaptation technologies include air conditioning, flood defence systems, irrigation, monitoring, forecasting and early warning systems for natural hazards.

As already mentioned, in the mid 1990s there were catastrophic food shortages brought about by floods and drought, compounded by power imbalances and an inadequate response from the power structure.

As a direct consequence, this phenomenon may magnify both drought and flood events thus affecting agriculture, industry, water supply and natural ecosystems with corresponding economic damages and human losses.

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.

In addition, the floods, hurricanes, snowstorms, locust infestation and droughts that have occurred across the globe have caused widespread devastation and a loss of livelihood for hundreds of millions of people.