It has been identified as one of the top nations already vulnerable to natural hazards like drought and storms.
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In other parts of the world some of the busiest manufacturing areas are subject to flooding and other natural hazards.
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Often on the outskirts of cities, such settlements occupy wasteland, which is susceptible to landslides, flooding and other natural hazards.
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Nonetheless, the verdicts will come as a shock to all researchers in Italy whose expertise lies in the field of assessing natural hazards.
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Mountain people are also particularly vulnerable to other natural hazards, such as volcanic eruptions, avalanches, floods and earthquakes, even without the risk from GLOFs.
They show that it is still possible to get an education despite the obstacles of poverty, gender inequality, social exclusion, urban insecurity, natural hazards or conflict.
Furthermore, millions of children and youth have their education disrupted by natural hazards and disasters as a result of a lack of pre-emergency planning and prevention policies.
Science plays an important role in our response to global issues such as climate change, the hydrological cycle, biodiversity loss, natural hazards and human-induced disasters, population growth, land-use change, migration and urbanisation.
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The Organization is engaged in the conceptual shift in thinking away from post-disaster reaction to pre-disaster action and helping countries to reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and develop their capacity to cope with disasters.
Natural hazards killed 21, 491 people in the U.S. between 1979 and 2004, according to a study by epidemiologists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released earlier this year in the journal Disasters.
She highlighted the importance of expanding the reach of early warning and prevention mechanisms around the world in order to protect people as well as natural and cultural heritage from tsunamis, landslides, floods and other hazards.
Disasters are not natural, they only occur when people lack preparedness or the ability to cope with hazards: it is the combination of an exposed and ill-prepared population or community with a hazard event that results in a disaster.
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