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Asia needs to prepare better for disasters

Asia News Network writers call for improvement in emergency-response systems to help people caught in sudden disasters. Here are excerpts:

Thai Navy officials aiding a tourist aboard a navy vessel during the search for missing tourists after a tragic boat accident in Phuket island, southern Thailand, on July 6, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Heavy traffic coming to a standstill in Manila, on July 13, 2018. Out of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's 68 flood-control projects, only 11 are ongoing while 36 of them have yet to commence. PHOTO: AFP
Members of a police rescue team searching for missing people at a flood hit area in Sakacho, of the Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, on July 13, 2018. PHOTO: AFP
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Editorial The Nation, Thailand

The Thai military is in the global spotlight, thanks to two major rescue operations.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 14, 2018, with the headline Asia needs to prepare better for disasters. Subscribe