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Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors ...
Mitigation requires collaboration While scientists continue to investigate tectonic motions, accurately predicting earthquakes and tsunamis remains impossible. Therefore, mitigation and risk ...
Resilient regions and organizations require well thought out disaster plans addressing recovery and mitigation. In creating ...
TOKYO: Japan has warned of a 70–80% chance of a magnitude 8–9 earthquake along the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years, ...
The hidden earthquake danger lurking inside California homes and ... the California Residential Mitigation Program opened up applications for homeowners for grants of up to $13,000 to address a ...
The 2004 Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami was one of the biggest natural disasters in history. This tragedy provided important lessons for improving disaster risk mitigation.
BERKELEY — Earthquakes, flooding, wildfires and extreme heat are among the list of about a dozen hazards Berkeley is preparing for in its updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
However, many buildings in earthquake-prone regions of the United States are also at risk of coastal flooding due to storm surge, high tide and rising sea levels--all factors that are exacerbated by ...
Mitigation efforts With the rise of earthquakes in West Texas — nearly 2,000 hit the area in 2021 , a record high — understanding what triggers a tremor and mitigating its effects has become ...