Uttarakhand showcased its innovative disaster management strategies at the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction meeting, highlighting the Silkyara Tunnel Rescue as a best practice. This gathering emphasized ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

One of the sustainable development goals (target 11.5) is to significantly reduce, by 2030, the number of deaths and people affected by disasters. Although evidence suggests that disaster-related ...

Highly vulnerable to natural disasters and rainfall-induced crises, Uttarakhand has once again established a strong identity ...

Infectious disease outbreaks are increasingly recognised as events that exacerbate impacts or prolong recovery following disasters. Yet, our understanding of the frequency, geography, characteristics ...

MANILA, Philippines—As the southwest monsoon, or habagat, begins to bring more rain across the country, many Filipinos ...