Mozambique is one of the ten countries most vulnerable to extreme climatic impacts, declared Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Monday. “This reality requires coordinated, intelligent and solidarity ...

The president of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, called on Monday for "coordinated, intelligent and united action" from politicians ...

Johannesburg - Floods have killed or left missing at least 40 people in South Africa and wrecked thousands of homes in neighbouring Mozambique ... declared disaster zones. The army has been ...

The German Aerospace Center isn’t just exploring space. When disasters like earthquakes or floods strike, its ...

Globally, 50% of the therapeutic foods for treating malnutrition in children were funded by USAID, and 40% of the supplies were produced in the U.S ., according to Shawn Baker, chief program officer ...

The National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC), established in 1999, coordinates disaster risk management activities in Mozambique. INGC operates under ... awareness and re-utilize arid and ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

It's all about the risk. When people say "flood zone" what they usually mean is a Special Flood Hazard Area. Those are the flood zones where federally-backed mortgages, and most other mortgage ...

The City and Borough of Juneau released updated flood inundation maps on Thursday that show barriers being installed along the Mendenhall River should protect neighborhoods even at an 18-foot ...

One of the standards approved Friday would expand local flood zones so that more structures are subject to elevation requirements. Flannery said the requirement would discourage health care ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will ...

If you're on top of Mount magazine, you can buy flood insurance." "We are all in a flood zone. Most people are in Flood Zone X, which means the likelihood of it flooding is very little.