Wheelchair users face various challenges in an earthquake
It is essential to prepare systems to help such people evade danger, evacuate quickly and reach accommodation shelters smoothly.
It is essential to prepare systems to help such people evade danger, evacuate quickly and reach accommodation shelters smoothly.
Recent assessments have presented how extreme weather events could inflict a heavy toll on the Philippines, which has been considered the “most disaster-prone country” in the…
The landslide on Serasan Island, 80 kmoff the coast of Kalimantan and part of the Natuna Islands chain, occurred on March 6 following six days of heavy rain.
Merapi’s latest volcanic activity started with an eruption at around 12 pm on March 11 that spewed out hot ash clouds as far as 4 km from its crater.
The landslide on Serasan Island, 80 km off the coast of Kalimantan and part of the Natuna Islands chain, occurred on March 6, following six days of heavy rain.
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Pictures provided by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency showed mud and debris from the landslides had inundated houses near a cliff on the remote Serasan island.
Disaster agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said the landslide was estimated to have been 100-200 metres long, and there were just 42 people involved in a rescue mission complicated…
Kota Tinggi district officer Datin Paduka Hazlina Jalil also reminded parents to closely monitor their children's activities and prevent them from playing or swimming in…
The floodwater depths ranged from 20 centimetres to over 1 meter in a few neighbourhoods of East Jakarta.