13. Oct 2025 | Allgemein, Recent Events, Webinar
On 13 October 2025, under the theme “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters”, a webinar titled “Financial incentives as a strategy for promoting disaster resilience” will take place at 12:00 PM. The event is organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction...
7. Oct 2025 | Allgemein, Recent Events, Risk I Resilience I Reaktion
In the second session of the DKKV Lunchtalk series, Prof. Dr.-Ing. James Daniell offers insights into nearly two decades of work analyzing and modeling the socio-economic impacts of natural disasters worldwide. Drawing on experience from research, industry, and...
6. Oct 2025 | Allgemein, Erdbeben, Recent Events
On the evening of September 30, 2025, the northern part of the province of Cebu was struck by a powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale. The tremors were felt across large parts of the region [3]. At least 69 people have been confirmed dead, while the...
30. Sep 2025 | General, Recent Events
Shortly after Super Typhoon Ragasa, Typhoon Bualoi has now caused severe damage in the Philippines and Vietnam. The tropical storm reached the eastern province of Samar in the Philippines on the evening of 25 September with gusts of up to 165 km/h [1, 3]. At least 27...
24. Sep 2025 | General, Recent Events
Super Typhoon Ragasa caused severe damage in several countries in East and Southeast Asia. At least 27 people were killed, and many more were injured or are missing. The storm first hit the Philippines, where at least ten people, including several fishermen, were...
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,...
