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Last week, in a single one-day rain event, lives were lost, homes destroyed, and livelihoods ruined in several areas of southwestern British Columbia. Critical highways and rail lines were badly damaged, disrupting almost all supply chains between the Pacific coast and the rest of the country. Through it all there have been inspiring stories of people who have gone above and

A vacant property along Riverside Drive is the ideal candidate for a project that could use federal funds to prevent flooding and shoreline erosion, MP Brian…

Torrential rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Thursday that left at least 11 people missing, officials said. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said rivers on the slopes of Mount Arjuno overflowed their banks and inundated five hamlets in Kota Batu, a city in East Java province. The agency chief, Ganip Warsito, said heavy rains are expected to continue and increase until February, partly because of a La Nina weather pattern.

Council voted on Tuesday to apply through the federal Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund

The Surabaya city government has been beautifying the iconic Tunjungan Street, Surabaya, East Java, with murals related to the coronavirus health ...

Forty percent of $2.5-million Withall Dam rehab project could be funded by feds for century-old structure

This JI special seminar will be presented by the members of the international collaborative project “Locally led Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance in Asia,” led by Professor Miwa Hirono, supported by the Asia-Japan Research Institute at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. The international policy community working on disaster management and humanitarian assistance

The group representing more than 2,000 municipalities is asking for billions of dollars from the federal government to help cities and towns protect themselves from climate-related events as wildfires, floods, heat waves and droughts increase in intensity.

The Why and Wherefore of the Increasing Number of Snake Encounters in Residential Areas of Bali.

The fear of villagers about another imminent calamity is not unfounded as a team of experts which conducted a study on the impact of the February flashflood on Raini recently recommended its evacuation at the earliest warning due to its increased vulnerability to natural disasters.