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Lake in Kachalinskaya, Volgogradskaya oblast Russia.
5 Apr 2018
International Charter activated for Russian Federation flooding
Soil erosion due to droughts
28 Mar 2018
New geospatial dataset helps assess early signs of drought risks worldwide
Western Ghats mountain range
21 Mar 2018
Satellites detect multiple forest fires in India
The salt marsh is a natural buffer to coastal floods and erosion. Photo: unefunge/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
15 Mar 2018
New tool uses Copernicus data to assess coastal flood and erosion risk
14 Mar 2018
International Charter activated for New Caledonia cyclone
14 Mar 2018
European Commission signs Earth observation cooperation arrangements with Colombia, Chile and Brazil
Collapsed building after the Kumamoto earthquake, Japan. Photo: Hyolee2/CC BY-SA 3.0
12 Mar 2018
Study highlights uses of LiDAR for earthquake damage assessments
Hurricane Irma Haiti September 2017
9 Mar 2018
UNOOSA activation privileges for International Charter augmented to include national disaster risk management agencies
Image of Hurricane Joaquin over the Atlantic Ocean north of Bermuda taken by GOES East on October 5, 2015.
8 Mar 2018
Satellite technology improves tracking of hurricane wind speed
8 Mar 2018
Disaster Management Center of Sri Lanka becomes Authorized User of International Charter

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