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(UPDATE) THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has taken significant steps to enhance tsunami preparedness in vulnerable regions, particularly in Northern Luzon. NDRRMC ...

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A lead time of two hours was available before the tsunami could potentially ... Investments made in preparedness are far more cost-effective than spending after a disaster especially since climate ...

On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004 ... There was a great openness because these areas had been so closed before.” Though the spiritual ground remains hard in Sumatra, in the aftermath of the ...

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