The UNDP’s Early Warning and Disaster Management Systems’ Project was the result of the Flash Appeal made in Seychelles after the 2004 Tsunami. Disaster Risk Management in Seychelles Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Recovery Within the western part of the Indian Ocean lies the Seychelles archipelago comprising 115 islands with a total land area of 455.3 km², scattered across an Exclusive Economy Zone (EEZ) covering an area of 1.374 million km². There is slight seasonal variation with mean temperatures of 26.90 ºC, and average humidity of 80%. October to May is considered cyclone season for the southwest Indian Ocean. Due to its geographical position and geology, the Seychelles is less exposed to major natural disasters than most of its neighbours such as Mauritius, Comoros, Madagascar or the countries on the African mainland. However, there is growing concern that the increasing frequency and severity of disasters, particularly at a time when global experts are ever more linking the current trend of greater severity and occurrence of specifi c disasters to the rise in global mean temperatures, and associated changes in precipitation and wind velocities. These appear to be infl uencing the occurrence of storms,
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