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Practical Action involved three of these communities in mapping flood risk and helped set up community flooding brigades which alert people via word of mouth. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety , Communication

Simplified: Practical Action involved three communities in mapping flood risk and helped set up community flooding brigades

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3 months ago
In flood-prone regions community participation has been lifesaving. 0.900

👤 Miluska Ordoñez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety , Communication

Simplified: Community participation has been lifesaving in flood-prone regions

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3 months ago
In Peru, climate change is worsening flood risk including due to glacial retreat and in 2023, devastating floods left over 800,000 people in need of assistance. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environment , Safety

Simplified: Climate change is worsening flood risk in Peru and in 2023 devastating floods left over 800000 people in need of assistance

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3 months ago
Bangladesh also has a large number of volunteers – half of them women – who patrol streets with megaphones to disseminate the warnings and go door-to-door to help and encourage people to evacuate. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Bangladesh has volunteers who patrol streets with megaphones to disseminate warnings and encourage evacuation

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3 months ago
Its approach includes text messages, radio announcements and thousands of formal shelters which double up as schools and community centres. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Bangladesh's approach includes text messages radio announcements and shelters

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3 months ago
Bangladesh has been especially praised for developing an advanced early warning system with relatively few resources. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety , Communication

Simplified: Bangladesh has been praised for developing advanced early warning system with few resources

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3 months ago
Speech-based warnings were more effective than sirens, text alerts, websites and social media. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Speech-based warnings were more effective than sirens text alerts websites and social media

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3 months ago
Word of mouth warnings transmitted a greater sense of urgency and authority and made recipients more likely to follow recommended actions. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Word of mouth warnings transmitted greater sense of urgency and authority and made recipients more likely to follow recommended actions

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3 months ago
Community connections have proven crucial in ensuring people act appropriately when floods and other disasters hit. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Community connections have proven crucial in ensuring people act appropriately when floods and other disasters hit

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3 months ago
Multilingual flood warnings can "be the difference between life and death" in a state like Texas. 0.900

👤 Trujillo-Falcón 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety , Communication

Simplified: Multilingual flood warnings can be difference between life and death in Texas

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3 months ago
In many parts of the US, multilingual warnings are also crucial. 0.900

👤 Trujillo-Falcón 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Multilingual warnings are crucial in many parts of US

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3 months ago
The warning "Keep your car high and dry" does seem to appeal to young men. 0.900

👤 Stephens 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Warning "Keep your car high and dry" appeals to young men

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3 months ago
Men are more likely to drive through floodwater and more likely to exhibit risk-taking behaviour, the analysis found. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety , Social Science

Simplified: Men are more likely to drive through floodwater and exhibit risk-taking behavior

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3 months ago
Men are much more likely to die in floods than women in the US, according to a 60-year national analysis of flood fatalities. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Safety , Statistical

Simplified: Men are more likely to die in floods than women in US according to 60-year national analysis of flood fatalities

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3 months ago
The NWS warning phrase, "Turn around don't drown" doesn't tend to resonate with young men. 0.900

👤 Stephens 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: NWS warning phrase "Turn around don't drown" does not resonate with young men

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3 months ago
It's important that the type of communication is tailored to different users. 0.900

👤 Liz Saccoccia 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: The type of communication should be tailored to different users

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3 months ago
People in the second group did a better job of planning for the storms, the researchers said. 0.900

👤 The researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Behavior , Safety

Simplified: People in the second group did a better job of planning for the storms the researchers said

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3 months ago
Globally, roughly 5,000 people are killed each year in flooding events, and in the US, the yearly average is 127 people. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistics , Safety

Simplified: Globally roughly 5000 people are killed each year in flooding events and in the US the yearly average is 127 people

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3 months ago
The key thing, Stephens adds, is for warnings to tell people whether they should evacuate or stay where they are. 0.900

👤 Keri Stephens 📋 News Article 🏷️ Safety , Communication

Simplified: Warnings should tell people whether they should evacuate or stay where they are

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3 months ago
Messages should also make it clear that they are only being sent to communities at risk, rather than the entire region. 0.900

👤 Keri Stephens 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Safety

Simplified: Messages should make it clear that they are only being sent to communities at risk rather than the entire region

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3 months ago