DisasterAWARE®
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The #1 award-winning early warning and risk intelligence technology trusted by disaster managers worldwide
Providing near real-time, AI-enhanced hazard information for 28 natural, man-made, and biological hazard types as well as customizable Smart Alerts to protect your stationary and moving assets.
DisasterAWARE®
Make better decisions, faster.
The #1 award-winning early warning and risk intelligence technology trusted by disaster managers worldwide
Exercises and Training
World-class data, technology, and scenario design for enhanced readiness
Predictive Analytics
We make sense of accelerated change to help you shape outcomes and define the future
Resource Prioritization
Leading tools and expertise
to prioritize resources
and protect assets
What’s New
PDC's AI-assisted big data computing capabilities are bringing actionable insights to decision makers never before possible at a global scale. Find out how our advanced analytics capabilities can help you.
Anticipatory Risk Analysis
(2050)
(2050)
Access PDC's global hazard exposure and risk projections for the year 2050. The analysis includes a breakdown of exposure by country and multiple hazard types.
Global Risk and Vulnerability Analysis (2024)
View PDC's annual analysis of Global Risk and Vulnerability. The analysis covers key drivers of vulnerability broken down by country type.
Logistics planning and asset protection
MONITOR YOUR PHYSICAL AND MOVING ASSETS
Monitor your physical and moving assets that may be exposed to hazards by integrating your data securely through our API.
CREATE CUSTOM ASSET ALERTING THRESHOLDS
Utilize our Smart Alert feature to receive early warning notifications when one or more of your assets are in harms way.
GET QUICK ASSET EXPOSURE REPORTS
Utilize your reporting tool to estimate the capital exposure value and to quantify potential impacts of hazards to your most important assets.
LOCATE SAFE SITES FOR YOUR ASSETS
Leverage PDC's arsenal of historical hazard information and other data to locate low-risk sites for your assets.
Disaster Alert 8.0
Mobile App
Coming soon with Smart Location tracking!
Free for disaster management practitioners and the public, PDC's Disaster Alert mobile app provides around-the-clock early warning anywhere you travel.
Available on Andriod and iOS:
Play Store
App Store
AI for Humanity™
PDC’s artificial intelligence capabilities are driving new insights from pattern identification and complex trend analysis to support the strategic and tactical decision maker.
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Scientific Innovations in Global Early Warning
Anticipating Risk
PDC data scientists talk about the strategic advantage of rapid analysis during destabilizing events and some of the biggest innovations they’re working on in the Analytics Lab.
“The work we’ve done with PDC over the years to enhance early warning, as well as their expertise in risk assessment and predictive analytics has been integral to our operations and to the overall disaster risk reduction objectives of the ASEAN region.”
Advancing the mission to build a safer world
Ecuador teams up with Pacific Disaster Center in its ongoing battle with extreme disasters
Ecuador’s Secretariat for Risk Management, Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SNGR) and Pacific Disaster Center begin their disaster risk reduction partnership while the nation toils in a complex emergency involving a catastrophic oil spill triggered by a landslide in the coastal province of Esmeraldas. The oil spill impacted 11 parishes and more than 500,000 people dependent on potable water in the now contaminated river system.
Colombia’s data-driven approach to creating safer, more resilient communities
Colombia’s latest milestone will help direct national investments and actions to reduce disaster risk and build resilience at the municipal level.
Scientific tools enhance disaster resilience and readiness in Honduras
New technology, training, and scientific information developed in partnership between Pacific Disaster Center and Honduras, with support from U.S. Southern Command, will help national stakeholders better anticipate potential disasters, quickly mobilize resources, and promote risk-informed decision-making that enhances resilience and readiness.
Ecuador teams up with Pacific Disaster Center in its ongoing battle with extreme disasters
Ecuador’s Secretariat for Risk Management, Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SNGR) and Pacific Disaster Center begin their disaster risk reduction partnership while the nation toils in a complex emergency involving a catastrophic oil spill triggered by a landslide in the coastal province of Esmeraldas. The oil spill impacted 11 parishes and more than 500,000 people dependent on potable water in the now contaminated river system.
Colombia’s data-driven approach to creating safer, more resilient communities
Colombia’s latest milestone will help direct national investments and actions to reduce disaster risk and build resilience at the municipal level.
Scientific tools enhance disaster resilience and readiness in Honduras
New technology, training, and scientific information developed in partnership between Pacific Disaster Center and Honduras, with support from U.S. Southern Command, will help national stakeholders better anticipate potential disasters, quickly mobilize resources, and promote risk-informed decision-making that enhances resilience and readiness.
Early Warning for All
PDC’s enduring mission to reach every corner of the globe with lifesaving information
The only U.S. Winner of the lifetime United Nations Award
Winner of the U.N. Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, Pacific Disaster Center is a global leader and pioneer of early warning technologies and risk intelligence tools. Our advanced analytics and risk intelligence products provide decision-makers with the essential insights and information to act early to protect communities from hazards and build more sustainable, resilient communities for a safer world.
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Sending aloha and a big mahalo (thank you) to our Armenian partners following an impactful three-day workshop, May 13-15.
The event—held in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Yerevan, the Institute for Security Governance, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—focused on strengthening national disaster preparedness and response, bringing together stakeholders from across Armenia’s emergency management and policy community.
As part of a technical session on early warning, PDC delivered a demonstration of DisasterAWARE (pdc.org/DisasterAWARE) and introduced tools and services available to support Armenia’s ongoing resilience-building efforts.
We look forward to continued collaboration as we work together to build a #SaferWorld!
#EarlyWarningforAll #Armenia #DisasterAWARE
ՀՀ ներքին գործերի նախարարություն - Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia
ՀՀ տարածքային կառավարման և ենթակառուցվածքների նախարարություն / Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia
ՀՀ պաշտպանության նախարարություն / MoD of the Republic of Armenia
ՀՀ ֆինանսների նախարարություն
ՀՀ բարձր տեխնոլոգիական արդյունաբերության նախարարություն
U.S. Embassy Yerevan
Are you prepared for hurricane season?
As the Atlantic and Central Pacific hurricane seasons approach on June 1, today marks the official start of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season (May 15).
Now is the time to get ready. Download PDC’s FREE Disaster Alert app for early warning and trusted information on hurricanes and other hazards worldwide!
• Real-time alerts
• Global hazard monitoring (28 types of hazards—natural and man made)
• Trusted information, anytime, anywhere
Don’t wait. Be prepared! Download Disaster Alert on Google Play or the iOS App Store. Just search “Disaster Alert” in the app store.
#EarlyWarningforAll #SaferWorld #HurricaneSeason #Hurricane #Disaster #HurricaneStrong #StormSeason #HurricanePrep #TropicalStorm #storm
PDC returned to Honduras last week to advance the Risk Reduction and Advanced Analytics project. This new evaluation analyzes the effectiveness of outcomes from the previous national assessment conducted in partnership between PDC and Honduras (learn more at pdc.org/NDPBA), and identifies capability enhancements aligned with current needs. This new initiative follows a series of major disasters impacting Honduras over several years including outbreaks of Dengue and COVID-19, catastrophic impacts from tropical cyclones Eta and Iota, and several major floods, landslides, droughts, and wildfires.
As part of the engagement, PDC also provided advanced training on DisasterAWARE (pdc.org/DisasterAWARE) to Honduras' national disaster management agency—Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO), the national police, and the Honduran military. Critical for enhanced preparedness and situational awareness ahead of the 2025 hurricane season starting in a few weeks, the latest version of DisasterAWARE (9.0) delivers improved map performance, customizable high-impact visualizations, and both real-time and forecast data on wind speed, precipitation, and potential impacts.
#SaferWorld #EarlyWarningforAll #Honduras #Preparedness #NDPBA #R2A2
COPECO
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
Embajada de Estados Unidos en Tegucigalpa
Sending aloha to our Central American partners following an incredible exchange at the first regional coordination meeting for the 2025 hurricane season. Held May 7–8 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the event was organized by CEPREDENAC and hosted by Dominican Republic Civil Defense. The meeting brought together regional and international disaster management leaders to strengthen preparedness and response to evolving storm scenarios.
PDC met with the CEPREDENAC Executive Secretary to discuss capabilities for hurricane planning and response and delivered a table-top briefing to El Salvador’s national disaster office — Dirección General de Protección Civil — on the upcoming Risk Reduction and Advanced Analytics project. This new evaluation will analyze the effectiveness of outcomes from the previous national assessment conducted in partnership with PDC (learn more at pdc.org/NDPBA) and identify capability enhancements aligned with current needs.
Conversations with key partners emphasized the importance of deepening collaboration, improving risk understanding, and supporting efforts to build national and regional resilience.
#SaferWorld #EarlyWarningforAll #Hurricane #Disaster #ElSavador #DominicanRepublic #CEPREDENAC #NDPBA #R2A2
CEPREDENAC
CDEMA - Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Protección Civil de El Salvador
Defensa Civil Dominicana
UNDRR
Ecuador is highly susceptible to a wide range of natural disasters due to its geography and hydrological conditions, as well as its location on the Pacific Rim of Fire. The national risk profile includes threats from earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity, floods, tsunami, drought, wildfire, extreme heat, and potentially others identified as part of this assessment.
“It is an honor to be working with Ecuador to tackle the very serious and difficult challenges it, and many others in the region, are facing from extreme disaster impacts. From recent severe weather, flooding, landslides, earthquakes, and man-made disasters, these events have the potential to inflict prolonged suffering, economic setbacks, and destabilization that can have lasting effects. Ecuador is the 34th country we’ve partnered with to help assess and identify the most significant drivers of disaster risk and national disaster management capacities."
www.pdc.org/ecuador-teams-up-with-pacific-disaster-center/
#Ecuador #SaferWorld #EarlyWarningforAll #AdvancedAnalytics #NDPBA #R2A2
Riesgos Ecuador
U.S. Embassy Ecuador
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
Ecuador teams up with Pacific Disaster Center in its ongoing battle with extreme disasters
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Ecuador’s Secretariat for Risk Management, Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SNGR) and Pacific Disaster Center begin their disaster risk reduction partnership while the nation toils in a complex e...
PDC is assisting partners and monitoring the situation following the recent magnitude 6.3 earthquake impacting Ecuador. According to the latest Event Brief available through DisasterAWARE, approximately 336,000 people have been exposed to Moderate to Very Strong shaking, including 21 hospitals and 101 schools.
Continue to monitor DisasterAWARE for updates and learn more at pdc.org/DisasterAWARE.
Get alerts on earthquakes and 27 other types of hazards, anywhere and anytime, with our free Disaster Alert app.
>>> Available on Google Play and the iOS App Store (search "Disaster Alert" in the app stores)
Are you a disaster manager or humanitarian assistance practitioner?
>>> Access our multi-hazard early warning and risk intelligence platform—trusted by disaster managers worldwide.
>>> Learn more at www.pdc.org/disasteraware/
#Ecuador #EarlyWarningForAll #SaferWorld #DisasterAlert #DisasterAWARE #earthquake
Riesgos Ecuador
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
U.S. Embassy Ecuador
Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE
The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) participated in the Meteorological and Oceanographic Convergence Conference (MCC), held April 7–15 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Oahu. Co-hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Pacific Fleet, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), the event united military, partner nations, emergency managers, and academia to strengthen meteorological and oceanographic partnerships across the Indo-Pacific.
PDC highlighted its decades of experience—across the region and beyond—in hazard early warning, advanced analytics, and AI innovation, underscoring how science, technology, and strategic collaboration drive actionable insights for greater regional preparedness and resilience.
#SaferWorld #EarlyWarningForAll #weather
Download the free Disaster Alert app today to receive early warnings and near real-time information on 28 types of natural and man-made hazards worldwide!
>>> Available on Google Play and the iOS App Store (Search "Disaster Alert" in the app stores)
Are you a disaster manager or humanitarian assistance practitioner?
>>> Access our award-winning, multi-hazard early warning and risk intelligence platform—trusted by disaster managers worldwide!
>>> Learn more at www.pdc.org/disasteraware/
#EarlyWarningforAll #SaferWorld #DisasterAlert #hurricane #volcano #fire #flood #tsunami #earthquake #disaster #hazard #landslide #tornado #winterstorm #storm #wildfire #severestorm
Come visit the PDC team at the free Maui County Emergency Preparedness Expo, tomorrow!
Where: Queen Ka’ahumanu Center in Kahului, Maui
Time: Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 10 AM to 2 PM
Headquartered on Maui, PDC has spent 30 years helping keep Hawai‘i—and communities beyond—alert and informed during disasters. Stop by our booth to learn more and get set up to receive real-time hazard alerts, wherever you are.
The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) shared its subject matter expertise at the 2025 Central America Security Conference (CENTSEC), held in Panama City and attended—both in person and virtually—by representatives from Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, the United States, Canada, France, and the Netherlands.
PDC maintains strong relationships with partner nations across the region, built on a longstanding history of collaboration to enhance disaster resilience and provide critical situational awareness during crises. Through its National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) program, PDC works hand-in-hand with countries to strengthen readiness and response capabilities. Learn more at pdc.org/NDPBA.
During the conference, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) underscored the value of PDC’s DisasterAWARE platform in supporting the U.S. and partner nations with unified, real-time situational awareness for disaster response—enhancing disaster planning, response, recovery, and mitigation. Trusted globally, DisasterAWARE is the world’s leading multi-hazard early warning, risk intelligence, and decision support platform. Learn more at pdc.org/DisasterAWARE.
#CENTSEC2025 #earlywarningforall #saferworld #disasteraware #panam #belize #costarica #elsalvador #guatemala #honduras #dominicanrepublic #mexico #colombia
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
Embajada de Estados Unidos en Panamá
Joint Task Force-Bravo
CEPREDENAC
Sending aloha to our partners in Madagascar following a successful engagement this week on the National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment! PDC presented initial findings from our collaborative project with national stakeholders. We also conducted hands-on training with Madagascar’s national disaster management agency, Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC), focusing on PDC's multi-hazard early warning and risk intelligence platform, DisasterAWARE. DisasterAWARE will host all assessment data and results for operational use in daily decision-making. Learn more about DisasterAWARE at pdc.org/disasteraware.
PDC’s national baseline assessment is more than an assessment. It’s a long-term program that helps countries assess risk and disaster management capacity and apply it to: early warning, disaster preparedness, policy and planning, sustainable development, and resilience-building initiatives. Learn more at pdc.org/NDPBA.
#EarlyWarningforAll #NDPBA #BNGRC #Madagascar
BNGRC
U.S. Embassy Madagascar
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)
Sharing the latest PDC Event Brief for the March 28th magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar, which shows expanded areas of intense shaking and increased exposure. An estimated 38.7 million people were exposed to moderate to violent shaking across the affected region, with 37.7 million in Myanmar, 1.08 million in Thailand, and 3,460 in China.
PDC Event Briefs are automatically updated as the situation develops, providing actionable information for rapid response and informed decision-making. They help quickly assess impacts and answer key questions: What happened? Where? How severe? What actions should be taken?
Stay safe and stay informed! Get alerts on earthquakes and 27 other types of hazards with the free Disaster Alert app, available on Google Play and the iOS App Store.
>>> Search “Disaster Alert” in the app stores.
Are you a disaster manager or humanitarian assistance practitioner? Access our award-winning, multi-hazard early warning and risk intelligence platform—trusted by disaster managers worldwide!
>>> Learn more at www.pdc.org/disasteraware
#MyanmarEarthquake #disasteraware #SaferWorld #EarlyWarningforAll #Myanmar #Thailand
AHA CENTRE
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
United Nations OCHA
World Food Programme
สภากาชาดไทย Thai Red Cross Society
Myanmar Red Cross Society