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  1. Mobile apps now tie social media as the fourth-most popular way to get information in an emergency, following TV, radio and online news, according to a new survey conducted by the American Red Cross.
  2. A framework for analysis and action to reduce vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of individuals, households and communities.
  3. Effort to develop open source version of Individual Household Model, which is an adaptation of the Household Economy Approach for local level economic impact analysis.
  4. A tool which uses Google Earth and a wide range of satellite imagery to monitor aspect's of the Earth's environment, e.g. changes in vegetation, forestation, and water surface area.
  5. Summary of hazard profiles and ongoing disaster risk management programs in 20 high-risk countries around the world.
  6. Article on a citizen science project called Send Us Your Dirt From Sandy (SUDS) that is soliciting samples from areas affected by Sandy to check for soil contamination as a result of the storm surge and flooding.
  7. Film produced by UNDP that shows the reality of climate change in the Pacific island of Kiribati and how people's lives are already being affected by sea level rise.

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