CBi encourages its partners to align with the “Early Warnings For All” initiative by the United Nations and to develop protocols for early or anticipatory action.
On Monday 6 February, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-east Türkiye, close to the town of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border. It was followed several hours later by another 7.5 magnitude quake.
On the night of February 2, the President of the Republic of Chile decreed a State of Emergency as forest fires approached the provinces of Valparaiso and Marga Marga (Valparaiso region).