Naturaldisasterskilled27peopleinChinainJanuary,accordingtotheMinistryofCivilAffairsandtheNationalCommissionforDisasterReductionThursday.Casualtiesandlossescause
Naturaldisasterskilled41andaffectedover12millionpeopleacrossChinainMay,accordingtoofficialstatisticsreleasedonMonday.About46,000peopleweredisplaced,and24weresen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on building elements of disaster risk reduction into all development projects, global risk mapping for all type of disasters and use of social media for disaster risk management, as part his 10-point agenda for renewing efforts for disaster risk reduction.
Natural disasters across China have left at least 1,074 people dead and 270 unaccounted for since the beginning of this year, an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday.
More than 700 people gathered at a school in Shaanxi Province, northwest China, on Tuesday to mourn victims of last week's landslide.
Disaster management officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered here Tuesday to discuss ways to promote regional cooperation in response to disasters, a senior Cambodian official said.
Natural disasters bring vulnerabilities of developing countries into sharper focus. In Asia 2014 has been a whirlwind of typhoons, droughts, floods and the inevitable human devastation they create, leaving behind wrecked economies and lives.
Rainstorm-triggered natural disasters over the past four days have left 28 people dead and 66 more missing across China, according to the latest official count.