Carcasses of cattle litter the landscape in northeastern Ethiopia. More than 80 percent of Ethiopia’s population works in agriculture, making the country especially vulnerable to drought. Credit Jacey Fortin for The […]
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California residents urged to buy flood insurance ahead of El Nino
By Adrienne Bankert Friday, October 23, 2015 05:11PM LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Californians in flood-prone areas are being warned to buy their insurance now. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, […]
Lessons Learned: The Expert Forum
Expert Forum on Lessons Learned about Lessons Learned About Disaster Risk Reduction in a Changing Climate Michael Glantz, et al. The reason for convening the Expert Forum is that many “lessons learned” […]
El Niño Strikes Ethiopia
Ethiopia is suffering its worst drought in more than a decade, a condition exacerbated by El Niño, the water-warming phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that has affected weather patterns and reduced rainfall […]
Federal Forecasters Say El Niño Will Mean a Wet Winter for the Southern U.S.
Federal forecasters say El Niño will mean a wet winter for the southern U.S. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY 12:57 p.m. EDT October 16, 2015 A wet winter is forecast for the southern […]
City bracing for El Niño winter rains
Sandbags, hotlines, clearing drainage channels among efforts By David Garrick | 4:23 p.m. Oct. 13, 2015 | Updated, 10:40 a.m. | Oct. 14, 2015 SAN DIEGO — From extra sandbags at all fire […]