4. Sep 2025 | General, Publications
For many years, the DKKV has been publishing its own series of publications dealing with key topics in disaster prevention and management. Publication No. 48, ‘Detecting Disaster Root Causes – A Framework and an Analytic Tool for Practitioners’ from 2013, is now...
1. Sep 2025 | Allgemein, Earthquakes, Recent Events
During the night of 31 August to 1 September, an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook north-eastern Afghanistan. The quake, which occurred at a depth of around eight kilometres, was followed by several aftershocks that reached magnitudes of up to 5.2,...
29. Aug 2025 | Allgemein, Recent Events
In Vietnam, Typhoon Kajiki caused flooding and landslides with heavy rain and strong gusts. The tropical storm reached the country on Monday afternoon (local time) with wind speeds of up to 133 kilometres per hour [1]. Around 300,000 people in coastal regions had been...
