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Tomorrow, Thursday, 11 September 2025, is this year’s National Warning Day. At 11:00 a.m., a test warning will be sent via the federal government’s Modular Warning System (MoWaS) to warning multipliers such as radio stations and app servers, which will relay it with a time delay via various channels such as apps, television, radio or […]

The third issue of the DKKV magazine has been published – the September 2025 issue is dedicated to the extreme weather event of hail. Hail is one of the most damaging weather events in Germany and poses major challenges for research, prevention and civil protection. The magazine highlights causes, prediction possibilities and damage potential, as […]

The draft bill for the KRITIS umbrella law is entering the next round. With the status of 27 August 2025, comments were once again requested from professional associations. The German Committee for Disaster Prevention (DKKV) published its statement on 4 September 2025. It addresses key aspects such as the minimum obligations of critical facilities, the […]

In view of today’s complex threats – from military and hybrid challenges to civil defence, pandemic risks and new technological risks to the consequences of the climate crisis and extreme weather events – a fundamental rethinking of security policy is urgently needed – away from purely reactive disaster and crisis management towards integrated, sustainable and […]

In 2025, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) is offering several training programmes to support cities in disaster preparedness, climate adaptation and inclusive development. Topics include risk-informed urban planning, multi-hazard early warning systems and the integration of disaster risk reduction into local development processes. One highlight is the 2nd Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecast and Warning System […]

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 available online. The publication shows that disasters are not caused solely by natural […]

The latest edition of the newsletter published by the German Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (UFZ) focuses on the results of the UN negotiations on the plastics agreement in Geneva, new findings on nanoplastics in the North Atlantic and five steps for successful renaturation. It also covers climate protection through healthy ecosystems, the consequences of […]

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, according to the USGS. The epicentre was near the city of Jalalabad […]

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 advised in advance to seek safety. In addition, several coastal provinces, […]