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Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.

Climate change is a reality in developing regions, who say the international community must not neglect better adaptation strategies.

Greg O'Hare explains the what, why, when and how of cyclones, and reviews their effects in South Asia.

Vietnam is protecting flood prone areas with barriers that make use of innovative technology.

Scientists are battling to stop damage and death caused by lightning strikes in the developing world, reports Anuradha Alahakoon.

Nepal is using plants and modern engineering to combat the landslides that regularly plague the nation. Badri Paudyal reports.

Dust storms in China have been increasing, but a project in Bayinhushu shows how to reduce them, reports Dennis Normile.

Today's maps are sophisticated tools, helping developing countries track everything from drought to disease, reports TV Padma.

Indonesia's mud volcano has so far been both a defeat and an opportunity for scientific understanding, reports David Cyranoski.

Protecting against the risk of shifting ground and replanting mangrove forests are some of the tasks ahead for tsunami-hit areas, reports Richard Stone.

In the aftermath of the October earthquake, Pakistan is struggling to ready itself for the next big one, reports Geoff Brumfiel.

Nizamuddin Siddiqui reports on efforts to improve Pakistan's ability to detect and study earthquakes.

Efforts to restore the mangrove ‘bioshield’ around Indian Ocean coasts are facing challenges from shrimp farming and a lack of local support, writes Erika Check.

Quinrin Schiermeier writes about the world's growing vulnerability to natural disasters like the 2004 tsunami and the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.

Richard Stone and Richard A. Kerr report on how the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system is gradually taking shape.

Flood-prone Asian nations are starting to share information that could help save lives but this exchange needs to be more open to be effective, reports Navin Singh Khadka.

Plans to collate data from the planet's Earth-monitoring instruments could run out of funding, and not every country is keen to participate, reports Naomi Lubick.

A special section in Science magazine provides a scientific overview of last year's massive earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean.