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Several emerging markets remain highly vulnerable to a large weather event turning into a natural disaster, according to a new report by the <keyword id="27263" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="risk">risk</keyword> analysis company <a href="%20http://maplecroft.com/about/news/nha_2013.html">Maplecroft</a>.
And given that <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/science/climate_assessment_2012.html">NASA predicts</a> a future of increasingly extreme weather events, countries better get on it.
Maplecroft's 2013 Risk Atlas atlas ranks 197 countries on their physical and economic exposure to 12 different natural hazards (e.g. flooding, tropical cyclones, earthquakes), as well as their resilience to the socio-economic impacts of a destructive natural event.
The countries with high (but not extreme) resilience risk — i.e. those in which a natural hazard can quickly become a costly natural disaster — include several emerging markets in Asia: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China.
The analysis notes that China and the Philippines (followed by India and Indonesia) "have the most globally significant concentrations of economic assets exposed to major natural hazards."
<div class="image-container" style="width:940px"><div class="image"></div><a href="http://maplecroft.com/">Maplecroft</a></div>"These countries are not only exposed to multiple devastating hazards, but lack resilience to the impacts and show a poor capacity to bounce back, which could undermine economic growth; disrupt business operations and supply chains," according to the analysis.
To demonstrate the impact of resilience, Maplecroft compares the effects of Hurricane Sandy hitting America's east coast and Typhoon Bopha hitting the Philippines.
Despite Sandy's strength and size, only 110 people died because the U.S. has a well developed infrastructure and communications networks in addition to sophisticated response protocols.
Typhoon Bopha, on the other hand, resulted in more than 1,000 deaths even though fewer people were exposed to the storm’s path.
Furthermore, the U.S. federal government was able to authorize $51 billion in disaster relief despite Congress being in a deficit showdown.
So even though 2012 was the least deadly year for <keyword id="139159" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="natural-disasters">natural disasters</keyword> in the last decade — less than 10,000 people died worldwide — the analysis recommends that governments, communities, and businesses actively invest in disaster risk reduction as emerging markets become increasingly integral to the <keyword id="23764" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="global">global</keyword> economy.
“With the increasing global economic importance of these nations and their interconnectivity to global markets, a major event in one these financial centers increases the risk of economic contagion,” Helen Hodge, Head of Maps and Indices at Maplecroft, said in a statement. “In particular, a limited resilience capacity to ‘bounce-back’ from disasters will amplify this risk and prolong economic down-time.”

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<ul><li>Following the <keyword id="28504" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kerala">Kerala</keyword> <keyword id="48088" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="floods">floods</keyword> in late August, it was found that the National <keyword id="41418" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Disaster">Disaster</keyword> Relief Fund (NDRF) was insufficiently capitalised to finance relief efforts. </li><li>In light of this, the Indian government has instituted a panel, comprising several state finance ministers, to assess the feasibility of introducing a “natural disaster tax” under the <keyword id="6354679" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="gst">GST</keyword> regime. </li><li>It remains to be seen whether the <keyword id="6386887" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cess">cess</keyword> would be a state-level or national-level <keyword id="45031" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tax">tax</keyword> and whether it would imposed on a specific set of items or all items. A questionnaire will be sent to all states to get their views on the same. </li></ul>In the aftermath of the Kerala floods in late August, in which close to 500 people died and the damages were estimated to be around ₹200 billion, a major criticism was levied at the central government’s slow release of aid funds. It was found that the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) were insufficiently capitalised. In addition, the process of applying for and receiving aid from the corpus fund is extremely <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/flood-ravaged-kerala-s-wait-for-full-central-aid-package-could-be-long-118082700019_1.html">time-consuming</a>. The NDRF is funded by a “National Calamity Contingent Duty” on tobacco products and similar items. However, after the imposition of GST last year, the contributions to the fund have been declining. In light of this, the Indian government has instituted a panel, comprising several state finance ministers, to assess the feasibility of introducing a “natural disaster tax” under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. The panel, which is led by Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, is set to consult India’s attorney general, K. K. Venugopal, on the legal implications of levying a disaster tax to fund the recovery efforts of states that have been struck by natural disasters. Under the GST Act, states are allowed to charge a cess in the event that they suffer losses of revenue due to the implementation of the GST regime. A disaster cess would require the approval of an apex court. The GST Council decided to form the panel <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gst-council-meets-to-consider-new-tax-for-kerala-flood-future-calamities-1923718">at the end of September </a>following a proposal from the government of Kerala to impose an additional 10% cess on specific goods sold in the state so as to fund reconstruction and rehabilitation. At the time, the central government said that the Kerala’s proposal would be difficult to implement given the absence of any tax credits on cesses. It remains to be seen whether the cess would be a state-level or national-level tax and whether it would imposed on a specific set of items or all items. A national-level tax under the GST regime seems more likely after the panel recognised the possibility that residents of Kerala would opt for large purchases outside the state so as to avoid paying the additional cess. A questionnaire will be sent to all states so as to establish a majority consensus on the above issues. The panel’s next meeting will be in November.

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<keyword id="58585" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="NDRF">NDRF</keyword> or the <keyword id="119446" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Disaster-Response-Force">National Disaster Response Force</keyword> is an exclusive body formed for the sake of providing expert and dedicated response to a disaster or a threatening disaster situation. The constitutional provision for forming this body has been made via the Disaster Management Act, 2005 section 44–45. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is the authoritative Apex Body for Disaster Management. The Prime Minister of India is the Chairman of the NDMA. Why NDRF? In the federal system of governance found in India, the responsibility of disaster management lies with the State Government. Ministry of Home affairs is the nodal ministry in the central government for managing natural disasters. When the country faces some severe calamity, the central government has the responsibility to provide the necessary assistance and aid to the affected state. This will also include the deployment of Armed Forces, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Central Paramilitary Forces, and the communication, air and other assets that are required and available. Authority and ranks National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is governed by the National Disaster Management Authority. The office of the head of the NDRF is known as Director General. IPS officers are posted in this position on deputation from Indian police organizations. The Director General of NDRF holds the rank on par with the army’s three star general. In addition to the Director General, there are also many Inspector Generals and Deputy IGs in NDRF. As per their ranks, they are allowed to fly flags and also wear army style badges pertaining to their ranks. <keyword id="8020071" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="What-is-NDRF">What is NDRF</keyword> made of? NDRF is composed of 12 battalions. These battalions are organized in the same fashion like the para military forces. In fact they are also managed by persons drawn from the para military forces on deputation. The total strength of personnel in each of the battalions is 1149. Each of the NDRF battalions is capable of undertaking 18 self-contained specialist service. Their team of 45 rescue personnel consists of engineers, electricians, technicians, paramedics, medical professionals and dog squads. In addition to providing assistance during a natural disaster, the NDRF can also handle the crisis situations like a nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological disaster. Deployment The 12 battalions of NDRF are stationed at 12 different locations across the country on the basis of vulnerability profile of different locations in order to cut down the response time required for their deployment. NDMA will carry out the proactive deployment of these forces during a threatening disaster situation in consultation with the state authorities. This period is also called as the preparedness period. Functional parameters National Disaster Management Authority in India works with the objective of building a safer as well as disaster resilient India by way of developing a comprehensive, proactive and technology oriented disaster management strategy. NDRF has proved its efficiency in terms of its appreciable performance during some grave instances of landslides, floods, cyclones, building collapses and many others. The personnel in NDRF are thoroughly trained, re-trained and subjected to mock drills and joint exercises with other bodies to stay prepared to combat any arising disaster situation.

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Even as aftershocks continue to be felt across <keyword id="12266" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Nepal">Nepal</keyword> and its capital <keyword id="18568" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="kathmandu">Kathmandu</keyword>, reports of the first <keyword id="6379994" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="casualty">casualty</keyword> from the severe 7.9 magnitude has trickled in, of a 15 year old girl, who succumbed to her injuries on the Indian side of the Indo-Nepal border. The casualty, officials both in <keyword id="2823538" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Nepal-and-India">Nepal and India</keyword> fear, could go much higher given the scale of devastation followed by the massive <keyword id="6362774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="earthquake">earthquake</keyword> and its hugely powerful aftershocks. 
 
Some extremely moving first pictures and videos amongst other details of the extent of damage have also started filtering in. Several pictures have surfaced showing huge cracks on roads in Kathmandu, several destroyed buildings, including a completely raised to the ground chapel. Reports also suggest that the Kathmandu airport has been shutdown and all flights are now being directed to India. Fear is now mounting that there could be several people stuck or buried under collapsed high-rises and other buildings in Kathmandu alone. 
 
An earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude struck 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu. Tremors have been felt right across the entire northern Indian belt, from Rajasthan to the states in the north east. The quake was 31 km (19 miles) deep. 
 
This is the second largest earthquake to rock the region since 1934, when an earthquake measuring over 8 on the Richter scale, nearly wiped out the entire area. Though slightly lesser in magnitude, today’s earthquake, given it is continental in nature, is expected to create widespread devastation in and around the epicentre. 
 
So strong has been its impact, that several strong after- tremors have been felt even as far as Delhi NCR since then. Several picture from Kathmandu showing damaged and destroyed buildings have already started pouring in. 
 
What is a big cause of concern however is the level of preparedness that one can expect in the national capital region, given it falls in Earthquake Zone 4, or the second most dangerous geographical zone for earthquakes in India, followed only by the entire Himalayan belt, which is the most earthquake prone area in India (Zone 5).

Massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake causes widespread devastation in Nepal, Kathmandu airport reportedly shut down

<ul><li><keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> ranked fifth in the world in terms of absolute losses due to <keyword id="6361617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="climate-change">climate change</keyword>.</li><li>India’s monetary losses stood at a fraction of costs seen by US and China. </li><li>The human costs on climate change on India could be much worse.</li></ul>India saw $79.5 billion in economic losses between 1998 and 2017 due to climate-change disasters, ranking fifth in the world in terms of absolute monetary losses. But the country faces a far greater risk in terms of human costs and impact on development, a major UN study has warned. According to the <a href="https://www.unisdr.org/2016/iddr/IDDR2018_Economic%20Losses.pdf">study</a> by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, as a lower-middle income country, economic losses mean “crippling consequences” for future development. An alarming number of people are now internally displaced every year by extreme weather events and climate-related disasters often losing their homes and their livelihoods, the report has pointed out. Economic disasters and poverty are closely tied. According to <keyword id="6354424" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="world-bank">World Bank</keyword>, the real cost to the global economy is in the tune of $520 billion per annum, with disasters putting 26 million people into poverty every year, the report noted. Floods were the most frequent types of disaster, making up 43% of all recorded events in the past 20 years. India has been seeing an increasing number of extreme weather events such as floods in recent years. According to a study by the <keyword id="6355166" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India-meteorological-department">India Meteorological Department</keyword>, India saw 285 flooding events between 1950-2017 that killed 71,000 and drove 19 million into homelessness. The recent floods in the southern state of <keyword id="28504" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kerala">Kerala</keyword> <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Politics/pkRlIk0b6ycCVFNRTm2MkL/A-third-of-145-million-Kerala-relief-camp-inmates-return-ho.html">displaced</a> nearly 1.5 million people. A global problem High income countries including the the US have fared much worse in terms of absolue economic losses partly due to high asset values and frequency of disaster events. India’s losses in monetary terms seem only a fraction of those seen by the US and China with the US posting the biggest losses ($945 billion), double of that seen by China at $492 billion. Globally, climate-related disasters contributed to $2.2 trillion in losses, more than two-thirds (77%) of all reported losses including other natural geophysical disasters. The study comes in the wake of another major report by the UN earlier this week which warned of <keyword id="6951828" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Runaway-climate-change">runaway climate change</keyword> with disastrous consequences if global temperatures rise beyond 1.5°C. The current targets for cutting greenhouse emissions that contribute towards <keyword id="6366055" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-warming">global warming</keyword> set during the last climate accord falls significantly short and will have to be revised urgently, according to the UN. China, the European Union and the US account for more than half of total global greenhouse emissions as of 2013, <a href="https://www.wri.org/blog/2017/04/interactive-chart-explains-worlds-top-10-emitters-and-how-theyve-changed">according to data </a>from the World Resources Institute. India contributed to 6.67% of global emissions with energy from fossil fuels being the largest source.

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New Delhi, Jul 15 () Twitter India on Wednesday launched a dedicated search prompt to help people stay updated with the latest information from authoritative sources around disaster relief and preparedness efforts. Twitter has partnered with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in India to expand its efforts towards handling disaster situations, according to a statement. The search prompt will be available on iOS, Android, and on www.mobile.twitter.com in India, in both English and Hindi languages, it added. "Every time someone searches for certain keywords associated with disaster relief, a prompt will direct them to the relevant information and sources of help available on Twitter. This is an expansion of Twitter's #ThereIsHelp prompt, which was specifically put in place for the public to find clear, credible information focusing on disaster preparedness and emergencies," it said. The search prompt will also generate a list of government agencies working towards disaster response and relief in India, so people looking for support can easily identify and establish contact with credible authorities, it added. Twitter India and South Asia Director (Public Policy) Mahima Kaul said, "With the launch of this initiative, we are furthering our commitment to partner the citizens, civil society as well as the government." Kaul said the dedicated search prompt will ensure there is an uninterrupted access to relevant and authoritative information, such as important updates on critical transit and utility outages, efforts to oversee crowd management, and establish direct access between the affected areas and the rescue teams. NDRF Director General S N Pradhan said, "While disasters, both natural and manmade, can undoubtedly cause widespread humanitarian havoc, open internet and social media can immensely benefit the ecosystem by enabling people to connect with each other and with government agencies." Timely and reliable updates through Twitter can support the government in communicating to the people on rescue and relief services available to them and what they can do to receive it, he added. "Through the launch of this search prompt and our collaboration with Twitter, we are optimistic about bringing authentic and credible information to the fore to promote open public communication, in times when it is needed the most," he said. SR HRS

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>Geneva (AFP) - Natural disasters claimed over 22,000 lives last year, with Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines the deadliest of all, the Red Cross said Thursday.
In its annual report on disasters, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that the outlook was bleak.
"Climate change is leading to damaged livelihoods and increased vulnerabilities. Natural hazards are also becoming more frequent and extreme," said IFRC head Elhadj As Sy.
"The resulting stresses on social, physical and economic systems are shifting the world into a new era of risk," he added.
Haiyan, which struck in November 2013, slammed a massive storm surge into the city of Tacloban and surrounding communities in the eastern province of Leyte.
At least 7,986 perished, the IFRC said.
The next-deadliest disaster was the June 2013 monsoon flooding in India, which killed 6,054 people.
Last year's overall natural disaster death toll was 22,452, the IFRC said.
That was well under the 2004-2013 average of 97,954 per year.
It was also far below the decade's peak year, 2004, when 242,829 people perished, mostly in the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
The number of people affected by disasters in 2013 -- almost 100 million, overwhelmingly in Asia -- was also the lowest in a decade.
But the report's lead editor Terry Cannon said tolls were only part of the story.
"Major hazards and disasters are distributed randomly. So comparing year-on-year in a data set like this is not very useful," he said.
What tolls can reveal, however, is a country's ability to head off catastrophe.
For example, 36 people died when Cyclone Phailin hit India in October 2013.
Thousands of lives were saved thanks to a widely-praised risk reduction programme which included pre-planned evacuation, repeated this week when Cyclone Hudhud struck.
More people in harm's way
Rapid economic shifts, population growth and urbanization in developing nations are putting more people in harm's way, while experts warn that climate change driven by emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases is causing more frequent extreme weather events.
Besides thinking up risk reduction plans, governments and aid agencies need to make more effort to understand the lives of people in danger zones, said Cannon.
"The vast majority of people do not die or suffer in disasters. They suffer because of the problems of everyday life, whether it's bad water, poor nutrition, or bad health," he said.
"People don't give priority to severe hazards. They will highlight their day-to-day problems, health, malaria, water supply, not enough food, not enough jobs," he added.
The report said that estimated economic damage in 2013, at $119 billion, was the fourth-lowest in a decade.
However, financial totals do not show the full picture either.
Developed countries traditionally see the most expensive single disasters in terms of losses and insurance claims, given their wealthier economies and extensive insurance penetration.
In 2011, for example, when Japan was battered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, estimated global disaster losses rocketed to $391 billion.
The situation in poorer countries is less clear, notably if a disaster does not strike industrial areas, and because insurance coverage is far less widespread.
"The damage to things that are valued in dollars can be very small. What you have to measure is the loss of livelihoods, of millions of people's livelihoods, fishing boats, their nets, their villages, their houses," said Cannon.
"They are not measured in dollar terms, they're not insured, they're not even counted in the international statistics," he said.

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<ul><li>The Indian Meteorlogical department just classified the threat from Cyclone Fani as 'very severe'.</li><li>The storm is expected to hit the country's eastern coast in the state of Odisha. </li><li>The Navy is deploying ships, manpower, food, clothes among others to limit the damage from the natural disaster.</li><li>A similar cyclone in 1999, only much more destructive, killed over 9,800 people in Odisha. </li></ul>Fani, a cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal, is set to hit India's eastern coast in the state of Odisha. In its latest update, the Indian Meteorological Department just issued a warning saying that the storm has turned 'very severe'. Fani can even worsen into an "extremely severe cyclone" by tomorrow, prompting the government to put the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Coast Guard on high alert, <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cyclone-fani-live-updates-navy-prepares-ships-aircraft-for-assistance-2030529" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">a report said citing officials</a>. 
	
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 Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered to release financial assistance, in advance, of ₹10.8 billion to four states that stand threatened by the natural disaster. <table style="width: 223pt;"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="xl64" style="height:15.0pt;width:80pt">State</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none; width: 143pt;">Advance Financial Assistance</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Andhra Pradesh</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹2 billion</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Odisha</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹3.4 billion</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">Tamil Nadu</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹3.1 billion</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xl64" style="height: 15pt; border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none;">West Bengal</td> <td class="xl64" style="border-top-width: initial; border-top-style: none; border-left-width: initial; border-left-style: none;">₹2.3 billion</td> </tr></tbody></table><a href="http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571312" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Source: Ministry of Home Affairs</a> A cyclone is a massive storm caused by low atmospheric pressure. It's a spiraling wind that rotates around a low pressure zone. 
 
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 Every year, states on India's eastern coast, especially Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, witness similar storms and often, they end up being devastating. A similar cyclone, but much more destructive, with a wind speed of 300 miles per hour had struck Odisha. It was the worst cyclonic disaster ever recorded in the last century <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/revisiting-the-super-cyclone-that-hit-odisha-in-1999/story-S0lDY1STwdrVdMravThCZK.html" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">that killed over 9,800 people</a>. 
 
 
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 The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) is on high alert to render necessary humanitarian assistance, a Navy spokesperson said on Tuesday. Indian Naval ships at Visakhapatnam and Chennai are on stand-by to proceed to the most affected areas to undertake Humanitarian Aid Distress Relief (HADR), evacuation, logistic support including providing medical aid. These ships are embarked with additional divers, doctors, inflatable rubber boats and relief material that include food, tents, clothes, medicines and blankets. Naval aircraft are also on stand-by at the Naval Air Stations INS Rajali at Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu and INS Dega at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to undertake reconnaissance, rescue, casualty evacuation and air drop of relief material to the stranded if required, the spokesperson added. The ENC is closely monitoring the developments in the Bay of Bengal and Flag Officer Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Naval Area (FOTNA) and Naval Officers-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh) and (Odisha) are in constant communication with respective state administrations. With inputs from IANS SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/space-power-china-signs-exploration-agreement-with-smaller-ally-pakistan/articleshow/69108197.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">China is taking its ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan to space</a>

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