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Wed, 08/17/2011 - 06:35
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Gov't to introduce training manual against compound disasters
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- The government is working on a new manual for national disaster training to better cope with multiple natural disasters similar to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents in Japan, the home affairs ministry said Wednesday.
The manual on training against compound disasters will be completed in the second half of this year for use in future disaster drills, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said.
Experts have voiced the need to change the content of current disaster drills as climate change has altered stand-alone disasters to large-scale compound disasters because of the increasing intensity and frequency of quakes, tsunamis and heavy rainfall.
The 9.0-magnitude quake, the strongest ever registered in Japan, and the subsequent tsunami left at least 15,500 people dead and thousands more missing. In addition, it caused the leakage of highly radioactive water from a damaged nuclear reactor.
In South Korea, at least 69 people were killed in landslides and flash floods after the heaviest rainfall in nearly a century battered the country late last month.
The ministry said the manual will simulate the country being hit by one of the most likely types of compound disasters such as a massive earthquake causing the explosion of nuclear power reactors, disrupting traffic and destroying homes.
The training plans will contain details on which government offices should be in charge of responding to the disaster, how much manpower should be mobilized and how to handle the crisis, the ministry added.
The manual on training against compound disasters will be completed in the second half of this year for use in future disaster drills, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said.
Experts have voiced the need to change the content of current disaster drills as climate change has altered stand-alone disasters to large-scale compound disasters because of the increasing intensity and frequency of quakes, tsunamis and heavy rainfall.
The 9.0-magnitude quake, the strongest ever registered in Japan, and the subsequent tsunami left at least 15,500 people dead and thousands more missing. In addition, it caused the leakage of highly radioactive water from a damaged nuclear reactor.
In South Korea, at least 69 people were killed in landslides and flash floods after the heaviest rainfall in nearly a century battered the country late last month.
The ministry said the manual will simulate the country being hit by one of the most likely types of compound disasters such as a massive earthquake causing the explosion of nuclear power reactors, disrupting traffic and destroying homes.
The training plans will contain details on which government offices should be in charge of responding to the disaster, how much manpower should be mobilized and how to handle the crisis, the ministry added.
