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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 4

At least 140 people have died and 127 remain missing after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines, with the central province of Cebu suffering the worst damage from floods and mudslides. Homes were destroyed and streets were left buried in debris, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. In Cebu, floodwaters rose to roof level in some areas. A state of calamity has been declared in Cebu to speed up emergency response as rescue operations continue.

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US: Multiple Arrested At Pro-Palestine Protest Outside NYU Stern School Of Business

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including students and faculty members, rallied outside the New York University Stern School of Business on Monday, April 22. As the protest intensified, multiple protesters were taken into custody.

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18-nation Indian Ocean tsunami drill held to test warning system

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Participants in a tsunami drill play the role of injured people in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh, on Oct. 14, 2009. The drill, based on the scenario of a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island, was held to test the readiness of warning and rescue agencies in 18 Indian Ocean Rim countries as part of World Disaster Reduction Day.

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18-nation Indian Ocean tsunami drill held to test warning system

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Participants in a tsunami drill evacuate their houses in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's northernmost province Aceh, on Oct. 14, 2009 in a drill under a simulation of a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island. The drill was held to test the readiness of warning and rescue agencies of 18 countries around the Indian Ocean Rim as part of World Disaster Reduction Day.

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(2)Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

KOBE, Japan - Jan Egeland (R), the U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kobe on Jan. 22 after the five-day session of the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction. At left is Yoshitaka Murata, Japan's state minister for disaster management.

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Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

KOBE, Japan - Yoshitaka Murata (L), Japan's state minister for disaster management, chairs the plenary session of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe on Jan. 22, the last day of the five-day meeting, with Salvano Briceno, director of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of the United Nations, sitting next to him.

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Experts discuss Indian Ocean tsunami warning systems

KOBE, Japan - Laura Kong, director of the International Tsunami Information Center, based in Honolulu, makes a keynote speech at a special expert-level session on the second day of the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe on Jan. 19.

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Egeland meets Kobe mayor

KOBE, Japan - U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland (L) talks with Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yata at a Kobe hotel on Jan. 18, while looking at photos of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Egeland is in Kobe to attend the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction which opened earlier in the day. (Pool photo)

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(2)U.N. disaster reduction conference opens in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 18. More than 800 delegates from about 150 countries are taking part in the five-day meeting.

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(1)U.N. disaster reduction conference opens in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - The U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction begins a five-day session in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 18 with more than 800 delegates from about 150 countries taking part to discuss ways to reduce the impact of natural disasters on people and societies.

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World Bank official talks about rebuilding tsunami-hit countries

TOKYO, Japan - Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, director in charge of transport and urban development at the World Bank, speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 17 about reconstruction measures in tsunami-hit countries. Plessis-Fraissard will attend the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe from Jan. 18.

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(1)Emperor and empress in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2n from R) tour the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 16, one day before the 10th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The imperial couple arrived in Kobe earlier in the day to attend a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the quake and an opening session of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction. (Pool photo)

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UN chief seeks universal early-warning coverage for climate disasters

STORY: UN chief seeks universal early-warning coverage for climate disasters DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 3. various of UN headquarters 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he will soon launch a plan for universal early-warning coverage for climate disasters. In a video message for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, Guterres said climate disasters are hurting countries and economies like never before. Ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions are supercharging extreme weather events across the planet. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General "The world is failing to invest in protecting the lives and livelihoods of those on the front line. Those who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are paying the highe

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(1)Emperor and empress in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2n from R) tour the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 16, one day before the 10th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The imperial couple arrived in Kobe earlier in the day to attend a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the quake and an opening session of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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UNDP chief calls for pre-emptive spending to reduce disaster risks

U.N. Development Program Administrator Helen Clark is interviewed by Kyodo News on March 15, 2015 in Sendai, northeastern Japan, where a five-day U.N. world conference on disaster risk reduction is taking place. Clark said the international community needs to invest more in pre-emptive measures to reduce risks from natural disasters, rather than spending a lot after they happen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNDP chief says disaster risks should be considered in development

United Nations Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark tells Kyodo News in Sendai in March 2015 that development should be carried out by taking into account disaster risks as a priority, referring to the recent cyclone disaster that hit the South Pacific island country of Vanuatu. She was in the northeastern Japanese city to attend the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that ended on March 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civic groups announce booklet on lessons from Fukushima crisis

Masaaki Ohashi (L), a professor at the University of the Sacred Heart, and Marcus Oxley, executive director of the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction, announce the publication of a booklet on the lessons of the Fukushima nuclear accident at a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2015, on the occasion of the five-day United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster conference reaches final day

Delegates from around the world gather for the last day of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on March 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster conference reaches final day

Delegates from around the world gather for the last day of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on March 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Numerical targets to be dropped in new disaster reduction framework

Representatives from around the world attend a U.N. disaster reduction conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2015. Japanese government sources said the same day that the delegates had given up on setting global numerical targets to reduce the number of victims and other losses resulting from natural calamities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai readies English guidebook, city tour for U.N. disaster confab

Walking tour guide Justin Velgus (R) speaks to travelers in Sendai on March 7, 2015. He was involved in the making of a free Japanese-English guidebook for the northeastern Japanese city ahead of it hosting the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction starting March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai readies English guidebook, city tour for U.N. disaster confab

Undated photo shows a free guidebook for Sendai with English translation to be distributed in the northeastern Japanese city, which hosts the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction starting March 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. chief calls for ambitious plans at Japan antidisaster confab

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks to Japanese reporters during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 11, 2015, prior to the five-day Third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction starting on March 14, in Japan's northeastern city of Sendai. Ban expressed hope that the conference will produce a "strong and ambitious" framework to curb disaster risks, calling it essential for achieving the global organization's sustainable development goals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

KOBE, Japan - Yoshitaka Murata (L), Japan's state minister for disaster management, chairs the plenary session of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe on Jan. 22, the last day of the five-day meeting, with Salvano Briceno, director of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of the United Nations, sitting next to him. (Kyodo)

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(2)Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

KOBE, Japan - Jan Egeland (R), the U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kobe on Jan. 22 after the five-day session of the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction. At left is Yoshitaka Murata, Japan's state minister for disaster management. (Kyodo)

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Experts discuss Indian Ocean tsunami warning systems

KOBE, Japan - Laura Kong, director of the International Tsunami Information Center, based in Honolulu, makes a keynote speech at a special expert-level session on the second day of the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe on Jan. 19. (Kyodo)

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Egeland meets Kobe mayor

KOBE, Japan - U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland (L) talks with Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yata at a Kobe hotel on Jan. 18, while looking at photos of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Egeland is in Kobe to attend the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction which opened earlier in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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World Bank official talks about rebuilding tsunami-hit countries

TOKYO, Japan - Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, director in charge of transport and urban development at the World Bank, speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 17 about reconstruction measures in tsunami-hit countries. Plessis-Fraissard will attend the five-day U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe from Jan. 18. (Kyodo)

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(2)U.N. disaster reduction conference opens in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 18. More than 800 delegates from about 150 countries are taking part in the five-day meeting. (Kyodo)

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(1)U.N. disaster reduction conference opens in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - The U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction begins a five-day session in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 18 with more than 800 delegates from about 150 countries taking part to discuss ways to reduce the impact of natural disasters on people and societies. (Kyodo)

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18-nation Indian Ocean tsunami drill held to test warning system

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Participants in a tsunami drill play the role of injured people in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh, on Oct. 14, 2009. The drill, based on the scenario of a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island, was held to test the readiness of warning and rescue agencies in 18 Indian Ocean Rim countries as part of World Disaster Reduction Day. (Kyodo)

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18-nation Indian Ocean tsunami drill held to test warning system

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Participants in a tsunami drill evacuate their houses in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's northernmost province Aceh, on Oct. 14, 2009 in a drill under a simulation of a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the northwestern coast of Sumatra Island. The drill was held to test the readiness of warning and rescue agencies of 18 countries around the Indian Ocean Rim as part of World Disaster Reduction Day. (Kyodo)