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disaster-preparedness

Technology and tectonics

What recent earthquakes in Burma and Nepal reveal about our fragile humanitarian systems, and how to fix them

Structural problems

Strict building codes, emergency preparedness and proper land use to make public buildings safer

Sonia Awale

Alarm in Nepal after Tibet quake

The Xigatse earthquake coincided with anniversaries of 1934 and 2015, and were reminders to be better prepared

Sonia Awale

When it rains it pours

It was a natural disaster but the high death toll was a testament to criminal state negligence.

Soon, monsoon

Still reeling from last year’s flood, Kagbeni braces for another rainy season

Remembering the Seti disaster

12 years after the tragedy that killed 72 people, warnings that Pokhara is not prepared for another flood

Disastrous preparedness

Nine years after the 2015 earthquake is a good time to begin preparing to be prepared for multi-hazards

The rise of high-rises

Nine years after the 2015 earthquake, Kathmandu has to ask: how safe are the new tall structures

Sonia Awale

90 years after ’90

The Great Earthquake of 1934 is known by the Nepali year it happened: Nabbe Sal

Sonia Awale

Learning from Jajarkot what we didn't after 2015

Every earthquake throws up lessons so we can be better prepared next time. This month's quake is another chance.

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