An earthquake that struck southeast Asia in late March is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people in Myanmar, a country ruled by a military junta that has blocked humanitarian aid and continued ...

A stakeholders'' consultation meeting was held at the Mini Secretariat in Dharamshala on Monday to seek inputs from various departments for the effective implementation of a Disaster Risk Reduction ...

Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said. The ...

Several KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) projects, including the integration of video systems, were put on hold because of budget constraints. The PDMC, in collaboration with ...