MALAWI: STORM SURVIVORS PLACE HOPE IN SOLAR POWER TO SWITCH ON “NEW LIFE”
CHARLES PENSULA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how solar power systems survived the recent devastation of Cyclone Idai in Malawi, sparking new hopes for disaster resilient systems…
Rising heat scorches recovery efforts in cyclone-hit Indian state
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation From the safety of a relative’s house, Mohammed Tazmul Hussein watched coconut trees crashing onto the roof of his home as Cyclone Fani barrelled into eastern India. Two weeks after the cyclone struck Odisha state on India’s east coast, travelling at 200kph and forcing the evacuation of more than one million […]
At disaster forum, storm-hit Mozambique says will seek help to build back better
Geneva, SwitzerlandThomson Reuters Foundation Mozambique, which was battered by two cyclones in March and April, will hold an international conference in two weeks’ time to drum up funding to help it build back stronger, its vice-minister for state administration said Friday. “What we have learned from these cyclones [is] we need to build new infrastructure […]
Mass texting and 50,000 volunteers – how India moved a million people to safety
New Delhi Thomson Reuters Foundation From mass texting to mobilising 50,000 volunteers, the Indian official who masterminded the evacuation of more than a million people revealed on Thursday how they were moved from the path of a deadly cyclone. The state of Odisha on India’s east coast has won global praise for the speed and […]
ESSAY: INDIA’S CYCLONE FANI RECOVERY OFFERS THE WORLD LESSONS IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
MONAJ DORA and ARABINDA KUMAR PADHEE, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the lessons to be learned in the wake of Cyclone Fani…