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UN/ISDR
Platform for the Promotion
of Early Warning
Hermann-Ehlers-Strasse 10
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: 0049 228 815 0300
Fax: 0049 228 815 0399
email isdr-ppew@un.org
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United Nations
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| Early Warning Systems can Save lives |
After a Category 3 storm ripped through Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta region on 3 May 2008, the United Nations secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction stressed the importance of having life-saving early warning systems and preparedness programmes in place when cyclones strike.
Read Press Release. |
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| Tsunami Flash Appeal Report |
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The report of the United Nations Tsumani Flash Appeal Project "Evaluation and Strengthening of Early Warning Systems in Countries Affected by the 26 December 2004 Tsunami" was compiled by the UN/ISDR Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning based on the final reports of the 16 direct implementing partners. |
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Third
International Conference
on Early Warning
27-29 March 2006
Bonn, Germany |
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The checklist is an outcome document of the EWC III. It
was generated in order to help governments and communities
implement people-centred early warning systems.
The checklist was translated into 19 Indian Ocean languages.
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more information visit www.ewc3.org |
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| Megaphones save thousands in Banglades |
| A simple early warning system that used local volunteers shouting through megaphones to warn people about the impending cyclone saved thousands of lives when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh last week, and the system proved so effective that it might even become a model for other countries. Read more. |
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| Final Version
of the Global Survey of Early Warning Systems |
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| An assessment of capacities, gaps and opportunities toward building
a comprehensive global early warning system for all natural hazards,
is now on-line available. |
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