Its name, Rotomairewhenua, was given by the Ngāti Apa, a local Māori tribe. The name’s meaning: the lake of peaceful lands. To New Zealanders, and to the Māori, the small body of water is sacred and ...

Local ratepayers dispute the local council's version of flooding and erosion risk along the coast.

Languages: English. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau has revealed which states have the largest populations that are vulnerable to natural disasters. When mapped by Newsweek, the data shows that ...

In a bid to save lives and property during natural calamities, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has pitched for the creation of a national disaster map. Yamsuan's proposal is embodied ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore.- Hundreds of people pack into a town hall hosted by the Josephine County Board of Commissioners to discuss ODF’s new Wildfire hazard map. Earlier this month, some county residents ...

Dr Rebecca Peer, Senior Lecturer, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department ... increasingly severe and devastating climate hazards, transgression of planetary boundaries leading to ...

Know about Wellington International Airport in detail. Find out the location of Wellington International Airport on New Zealand map and also find out airports near to Wellington. This airport locator ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. -- Community members were vocal at a town hall meeting Thursday night to talk about the Oregon Department of Forestry's newly-released wildfire hazard maps. The map places all ...

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WELLINGTON COUNTY – Winter adventures await in Wellington County, and there’s a map to help people find them. “The winter experiences map is designed to make it easy for residents and visitors alike ...