Remote sensing for natural disasters: Facts and figures
Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.

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Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.
Greg O'Hare explains the what, why, when and how of cyclones, and reviews their effects in South Asia.
Bay of Bengal cyclones are often hugely destructive. India hopes to cut deaths in the region through improved storm prediction and research.
Vietnam is protecting flood prone areas with barriers that make use of innovative technology.
Source: IRIN
India won't halt development to avoid greenhouse gas emissions but is taking steps to adapt to climate change that is already inevitable, reports T. V. Padma.
31 August 2006 | EN