Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "damage prevention"
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Rapid Environmental Assessment Republic of Maldives
(Joint United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/ The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Environment Unit, 2005)On 26 December 2004, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale caused powerful tsunamis that reached the Maldives around 9:30 in the morning. A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team was ... -
Seychelles Post-Tsunami Environmental Assessment : 2005
(UNEP, 2005)The Seychelles island group was struck by a series of powerful tidal surges, resulting from the tsunami, generated by the earthquake off Indonesia on 26 December 2004. As a direct consequence of these tidal surges two ...