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Artist concept of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite.
27 Dec 2013
Weather Forecasting: USA and Japan to launch Precipitation Satellite in February
Community near Santo Domingo flooded due to Hurricane Sandy in November 2012.
27 Dec 2013
Dominican Republic: New National Plan for Disaster Risk Management
Surface temperatures of the Gulf Stream
27 Dec 2013
NASA: Measuring Sea Surface Temperatures with Satellites
The shaking hazard from the scenario earthquake is limited to Guadeloupe.
26 Dec 2013
Study: High risk for Earthquake and Tsunami in Caribbean
Swiss Re estimates losses from disasters to amount to 130 billion USD in 2013.
25 Dec 2013
Costs of Disasters: Swiss Re estimates an annual Loss of 130 Billion USD
Islamabad, Pakistan seen from Space in 2003
24 Dec 2013
Pakistan: SUPARCO supports city planning using satellites
La Paz, Bolivia seen from Space
23 Dec 2013
Bolivia celebrates Launch of first Satellite
Asian Disaster Reduction Center publishes Natural Disasters Data Book 2012
20 Dec 2013
Asian Disaster Reduction Center publishes Natural Disasters Data Book 2012
ICIMOD became a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office in February 2013.
19 Dec 2013
ICIMOD holds 44th Board Meeting
Fires in Russia seen from NASA's Aqua satellite
19 Dec 2013
Russia and Ukraine cooperate on disaster management

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