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A review of key activities in hydro meteorological disaster management

One of the most highlighted issues in the developing world of the 21 st century is the hydrometeorological disasters. Developed and developing nations are all affected by the more prominent climate change. There has been a rise in disaster occurrences over the past decade that this has caused more a...

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Main Authors:	Chuan N.M., Thiruchelvam S., Ghazali A., Mustapha K.N., Muda R.S., Jin N.Y., Norkhairi F.F., Yahya N.
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spelling	my.uniten.dspace-240182023-05-29T14:54:22Z A review of key activities in hydro meteorological disaster management Chuan N.M. Thiruchelvam S. Ghazali A. Mustapha K.N. Muda R.S. Jin N.Y. Norkhairi F.F. Yahya N. 57189245040 55812442400 36441299400 26032672000 55812851400 57314441300 57204332702 57204323509 One of the most highlighted issues in the developing world of the 21 st century is the hydrometeorological disasters. Developed and developing nations are all affected by the more prominent climate change. There has been a rise in disaster occurrences over the past decade that this has caused more attention to be given to the topic of disaster management especially to floods. The scale of these disaster events has also intensified and have broken past records with more destructive disasters. This paper intends to review the activities related to hydrometeorological disaster. Key activities are broken down into three different phases, namely pre-disaster, during disaster and post-disaster. Understanding the activities involved is pertinent to not only the lead agencies and non-governmental organizations but plays a bigger role for the vulnerable communities. In the past, communities were the last group to be participative in disaster risk reduction efforts. Today, communities are being engaged from early stage to empower them to be resilient towards the possibility of facing future flood disaster. Evacuation planning and logistics arrangement are key activities prior to the occurrence of any disaster which will ease the implementation of search and rescue operations. However during disaster, it is important for the early warning system to be functioning to alert the affected communities. People also need to be aware of the outbreak of diseases during flood disaster. Finally, post-disaster efforts focuses more on the restoration of damaged infrastructure as well as the mental state of the affected victims. Understanding these key activities will increase the awareness of stakeholders in reducing loss of life and minimizing damages towards properties. � 2018 Authors. Final 2023-05-29T06:54:22Z 2023-05-29T06:54:22Z 2018 Article 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.35.23118 2-s2.0-85059241655 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059241655&doi=10.14419%2fijet.v7i4.35.23118&partnerID=40&md5=ec0a1e2acec3f5142c5cb5600f450341 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/24018 7 4 839 843 Science Publishing Corporation Inc Scopus
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description	One of the most highlighted issues in the developing world of the 21 st century is the hydrometeorological disasters. Developed and developing nations are all affected by the more prominent climate change. There has been a rise in disaster occurrences over the past decade that this has caused more attention to be given to the topic of disaster management especially to floods. The scale of these disaster events has also intensified and have broken past records with more destructive disasters. This paper intends to review the activities related to hydrometeorological disaster. Key activities are broken down into three different phases, namely pre-disaster, during disaster and post-disaster. Understanding the activities involved is pertinent to not only the lead agencies and non-governmental organizations but plays a bigger role for the vulnerable communities. In the past, communities were the last group to be participative in disaster risk reduction efforts. Today, communities are being engaged from early stage to empower them to be resilient towards the possibility of facing future flood disaster. Evacuation planning and logistics arrangement are key activities prior to the occurrence of any disaster which will ease the implementation of search and rescue operations. However during disaster, it is important for the early warning system to be functioning to alert the affected communities. People also need to be aware of the outbreak of diseases during flood disaster. Finally, post-disaster efforts focuses more on the restoration of damaged infrastructure as well as the mental state of the affected victims. Understanding these key activities will increase the awareness of stakeholders in reducing loss of life and minimizing damages towards properties. � 2018 Authors.
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A review of key activities in hydro meteorological disaster management

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