Rappler's latest stories on disaster prevention
Should disaster training be mandatory for mayors, candidates?
As decision makers it is important that mayors are knowledgeable about disaster management and the vulnerabilities in their communities

Conversation: How do we solve the flooding problem?
Join our simultaneous Facebook and Twitter PHVote conversation on Friday August 28 at 12 noon Manila time

Why gender matters in natural disasters
Even though the disaster itself doesn’t discriminate society does and certain practices within a society can leave women or other groups susceptible to harm

Indian Ocean nations in tsunami test next week: UN
The test is designed to examine an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system put in place after the December 24 2004 disaster

More than 1M Japanese take part in disaster drill
This year s drill saw the government simulate its response to a powerful earthquake in central to western Japan