1. Recent Water-related News

1-1 Hurricane Florence (USA - North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia)

- October 3, 2018 Vox, "Hurricane Florence caused up to $22 billion in damages" (Link)

1-2 Floods in North Korea

- September 6, 2018 Reuters, "Flooding kills dozens in North Korea, thousands left homeless: Red Cross" (Link)

1-3 Typhoon Mangkhut (China and Philippines)

- September 16, 2018 Channel News Asia, "Super typhoon slams into China after pummeling Philippines" (Link)

1-4 Hurricane Michael (USA - Florida, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina)

- October 11, 2018 CNN, "Why Hurricane Michael is monster unlike any other" (Link)

1-5 Floods in Europe (France, Spain, Italy and UK)

- October 14, 2018 The Watchers, "4 months' worth of rain in 6 hours floods southern France, death toll in Europe rises to 31" (Link)

1-6 Cyclone Titli (India - Odisha and Andhra Pradesh)

- October 21, 2018 Hindustan Times, "Death toll in cyclone Titli mounts to 62 in Odisha" (Link)

1-7 Floods in West Africa (Niger and Nigeria)

- October 17, 2018 The Watchers, "45 people and 33,000 livestock killed, 17,400 homes destroyed in Niger floods" (Link)

1-8 A Landslide in Uganda

- October 17, 2018 Today Online, "Uganda says landslide death toll rises to 43, begins relocations" (Link)

1-9 Floods in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua)

- October 21, 2018 Earth-Chronicles, "Floods in Central America" (Link)

2. International Conferences, Forums, and Programs

7th Meeting of Typhoon Committee* Working Group on Hydrology

The 7th annual meeting of Typhoon Committee's Working Group on Hydrology (WGH) was held in Tokyo this year from October 9th to 12th.
The government authorities and the experts from 9 countries (Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Lao PDR, Korea, the United States and Japan) participated to share information on water-related disaster risk reduction. During the meeting, WGH activities including Annual Operation Plans were discussed.
The participants also visited Sekiyado-jo Museum in Chiba Prefecture and Sakai Town in Ibaraki Prefecture.

*Typhoon Committee is an international organization jointly operated by ESCAP and WMO which intends to minimize damage from typhoons in the Asia Pacific Region.

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