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How Converging Climate Hazards in Asia Could Create $1.43 Billion in Losses for the Region

DRI Drive

In Asia and the Pacific, natural and biological hazards are converging, creating cascading risks on populations and infrastructures, according to a new report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The post How Converging Climate Hazards in Asia Could Create $1.43

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Increase in Hazard Mitigation Funds

Recovery Diva

From the CRS: Recent Funding Increases for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance. billion in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding will be made available to states, territories, and tribes (STTs) with major disaster declarations for the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently announced that $3.46

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Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder

Disaster Zone Podcast

Lori Peek, a professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder is the guest for this podcast. She points to some of the excellent resources that the Natural Hazards Center has to offer.

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What is Hazardous Material?

National Fire Protection Association

Which code or standard applies to hazardous materials? How much of a particular hazardous material can be stored or used? What floor of the building can that hazardous material be stored or used on? These are all questions some are faced with daily.

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Hazardous Materials Identification

National Fire Protection Association

The risks, or hazards, associated with these materials are even more varied and must be assessed for a particular material in the state and manner in. [[ This is a content summary only. These materials vary greatly in their composition and physical states. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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Major Hazard – the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost.com: Scientists map one of Earth’s top hazards in the Pacific Northwest. “Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast.

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New CRS Report on Hazard Mitigation

Recovery Diva

New Congressional Research Service report: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance. (4

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