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Behind the scene: knowing the President of the EGU Natural Hazard Division – Ira Didenkulova!

December 30, 2019
Behind the scene: knowing the President of the EGU Natural Hazard Division – Ira Didenkulova!
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In this last post of 2019, I have the pleasure to ask some questions to Ira Didenkulova, the President of the EGU Natural Hazards division who has been recently elected for a second mandate.   Ira, can you introduce yourself and tell what led you the position of EGU Natural Hazard (NH) Division president? What are the main challenges you had and what’s next for the NH division? It seems this ...[Read More]

A coffee with Mr Fujitsuka: Typhoon Hagibis and the recovery process

December 16, 2019
A coffee with Mr Fujitsuka: Typhoon Hagibis and the recovery process
Typhoon Hagibis. Earthobservatory.nasa.gov

Today I got the chance to grab a coffee with Mr Fujitsuka, an ex-officer of the Ministry of Environment of Japan in charge of disaster preparedness, management and recovery. The reason why I decided to interview Mr Fujitsuka is that he helped in first person to manage the recovery process during Typhoon Hagibis that paralyzed the eastern coast of Japan on the first week of October. But, before exp ...[Read More]