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Bookmark or Share- Natural Disasters - Homeland SecurityNatural disasters include all types of severe weather, which have the potential to pose a significant threat to human health and safety, property, critical infrastructure, and homeland security. Natural disasters occur both seasonally and without warning, subjecting the nation to frequent periods of insecurity, disruption, and economic loss.
- Disaster Risk Management Overview: Development news, research, data ...Disasters hurt the poor and vulnerable the most. More than one-third of the world’s poor live in multi-hazard zones, and low-income countries account for more than 70 percent of the world’s disaster “hotspots.”. Mainstreaming disaster risk management into development planning can help lower the impact of disasters on property and lives.
- Civil Rights in Emergencies and Disasters - Homeland SecurityThe DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) supports individual and community resilience to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other emergencies. Through guidance, planning and coordination, CRCL works to ensure that civil rights and civil liberties are integrated into disaster-related policies and procedures.
- Disaster Assistance - Homeland SecurityHow to Apply for Disaster Assistance. You can register in any language. For Spanish, press 2. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and use 711 or VRS, call 800-621-3362. TTY: call 800-462-7585. Disaster Survivor Assistance team members may be visiting door-to-door in your area. They will have official FEMA photo ...
- Learning from Megadisasters: A Decade of Lessons from the Great East ...Introduction: The Triple Disaster, Response and Recovery. On March 11th, 2011 a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, near the Tohoku region. The force of the earthquake sent a tsunami rushing towards the Tohoku coastline, a black wall of water which wiped away entire towns and villages.
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