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Actu Natural Disasters for April 2016

04/21/2016

CCR proposes a report on Sequana, an exercise simulating a major Seine flood in the Ile-de-France region and a focus on the last National Conference on Natural Hazards held in Marseilles.

 

Report: How to respond to a major Seine flood?

Are we prepared to cope with a major Seine flood like the flood of 1910? A flood simulation exercise was held in March to heighten awareness among citizens and to test the capacity of civil protection services to respond to such a disaster. Are we prepared to cope with a major Seine flood like the flood of 1910? A flood simulation exercise was held in March to heighten awareness among citizens and to test the capacity of civil protection services to respond to such a disaster.

Report: The National Conference on Natural Hazards held in Marseille.

The insurance sector was in full attendance at the National Conference on Natural Hazards in Marseille. With more and more concern, insurers expect to play a major role regarding prevention alongside long-time stakeholders such as the public authorities, disaster relief associations and experts in natural risks..

 

In pictures: Natural disaster news in pictures.

This time, "In pictures" brings us all the way to Japan, on the occasion of the sad anniversary of Fukushima, and also to Normandy and to Texas, two regions struck by violent storms.