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The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1950, the organization has been active in a wide range of civil protection and disaster relief areas – from small daily operations to flood relief and foreign aid to logistical tasks like during a pandemic. Around […]

In the morning of 30 July 2025, a seaquake occurred off the east coast of Russia, with its epicentre in the open sea around 130 km off the coast of Kamchatka. With a measured magnitude of 8.8, the quake was the strongest worldwide since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, according to the US Geological […]

The Portuguese firefighters are currently fighting wildfires in several regions of the country. A total of around 2,700 firefighters with over 1,000 vehicles are involved in the operation [1]. The centre and north of the country are the worst affected. The situation is particularly tense in the centre of the district of Arouca, where efforts […]

Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in the Chinese capital Beijing and the surrounding area. According to state media, at least 38 people were killed, 28 of them in the particularly hard-hit suburb of Miyun alone. Another eight died in a landslide in Luanping County. Several dozen are still missing [1]. Rainfall reached up to 543 […]

The latest edition of Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) Flash News provides information on key challenges in disaster risk management in Europe, including prolonged droughts, increasing desertification and the growing threat of forest fires. To strengthen resilience, new tools and reports have been developed, such as the Disaster Losses and Damages Dashboard in the […]

On 29 July 2025, the DKKV office welcomed a group of bachelor’s students from the Department of Geography at LMU Munich on an excursion. After an introduction to the DKKV, the students played a serious game that highlighted the importance of preventive measures against natural hazards. They also discussed the lessons to be learned from […]

The submission phase for the International Conference on Resilient Systems 2026 (ICRS) at TU Delft (March 23-25, 2026) has begun. Contributions, as abstracts, posters, demos or pitches, on topics such as resilient infrastructure, supply chains or digital systems are welcome. The track “Resilience of Local Authorities”, which addresses interdisciplinary approaches from social, political, computer and […]