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Mexico fuel explosion death toll rises to 107
The disaster occurred as the government wages a huge effort to clamp down on fuel theft
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Of doomsday scenarios!
The latest being a close encounter with Mars spelling disaster to the good Earth
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NDMA conducts three-day training programme
NIDM DG says disaster management is not only a profession but a noble cause
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World Bank provides $1 billion standby facility for Indonesia disaster relief
Indonesian city of Palu was rocked by a 7.5-magnite earthquake and a tsunami on September 28
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More than a million people in India flood relief camps
Floods have killed more than 410 people and destroyed about 50,000 homes
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PDMA, PIR sign MoU on climate change
Shows held on radio from Aug 6 and will continue till Aug 31
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Flash floods kill 27 in south India
US issues travel alert
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Landslides in northern Thailand kill seven; houses, roads damaged
All of the victims lived in the mountainous district of Bo Kluea in Nan province
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Japan braces: Typhoon Jongdari expected to hit early
Prompting local authorities to issue early evacuation orders
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Bodies of 17 recovered after Laos dam disaster: Thai consul official
Over 6,000 people affected from eight villages near the dam
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Dialogue held to assess disaster preparedness in Balochistan
Minister for health and environment appreciates partners for their supportive role towards PDMA, Balochistan
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Lone woman digs for family lost under Guatemalan volcanic rubble
Eufemia Garcia Ixpata, a 48-year-old fruit vendor, lost dozens of family members in the eruption
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Taiwan quake toll rises to 14 as bodies pulled from rubble
Hualien's worst tremor in recent decades was a 7.6-magnitude quake in September 1999 that killed around 2,400 people
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Plan to make Buner a model for disaster management
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation supporting the project
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2017 the costliest year in US history for natural disasters
Losses from these natural disasters cost $306 billion, according to a US government report
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On disaster reduction day — lessons for Pakistan?
On 30th July 2010, as much as 600,000 cusecs of water were released from Tarbela Dam
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The disaster of international arbitration of RPPs
Pakistan, as it did in the Reko Diq case, try to reach a settlement with Karkey to pay less than the arbitral amount
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Disaster risk reduction without fixing disaster liability
Pakistan is a disaster-prone country
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Five London towers evacuated over fire safety fear
Just hours earlier, police said that manslaughter charges could be brought over the Grenfell inferno.
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Around 100 people feared buried in China landslide
Some 40 homes in the village of Xinmo were swallowed by huge boulders after the side of a mountain collapsed.
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62 killed, 62 injured in Portugal forest fire
'The fire has reached a level of human tragedy that we have never known before.'
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Averting disaster
In the 2016 monsoon season, the PMD reported a 25 per cent increase in rains
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A blessing or an unmitigated disaster?
It is of fundamental importance to analyse the causes of the economic backwardness of the tribal area
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From crisis to development: boosting agriculture
If we want to address growing humanitarian needs, we need to move beyond business as usual & manage crises differently
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Life on the margins
Chitral is an area of sublime natural beauty but underdeveloped, poorly invested in and lacks political muscle
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'Rana Plazas everywhere': Danger still haunts Bangladesh
While there have been improvements at some larger factories, many of smaller sub-contractors have yet to be inspected
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Rains leave 28 dead in Balochistan, K-P
During the rainy season last summer, torrential downpours and flooding killed 81 people


























