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    7 hours ago WARNING

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  • Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

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  • Flood - Parana Basin, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Landslide - Mindanao, SW of Cotabato, Maguindanao, Philippines

    8 hours ago WARNING

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  • Landslide - Birds Head Peninsula, S of Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia

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    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Landslide - Bismarck Range, NE of Wabag, Enga, Papua New Guinea

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  • Landslide - Central Range, S of Vanimo, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea

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  • Landslide - Itombwe Mountains, SE of Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Congo, DRC

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  • Landslide - South Sumatra Highlands, N of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia

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  • Landslide - Thai Highlands, N of Uttaradit, Uttaradit, Thailand

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    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Landslide - Eastern Caucasus, E of Oguz, Shaki-Zaqatala, Azerbaijan

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  • Landslide - South Siberian Mountains, E of Neryungri, Sakha, Russia

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  • Landslide - Indochinese Peninsula, NW of Kanchanaburi, Thailand

    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Landslide - Alborz Mountains, NW of Semnan, Semnan, Iran

    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Central India

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Floods - Afghanistan

    9 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Marapi, Indonesia

    3 days ago WARNING

  • Flood - Mineola, TX Region, United States

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Longview, TX Region, United States

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Drought - Zimbabwe

    9 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Vietnam

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  • Storms - Sri Lanka

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  • Flood - Cherokee, IA Region, United States

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  • Flood - Redwood Falls, MN Region, United States

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  • Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

    11 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - N of Rainbow Lake Airport, Alberta, Canada

    11 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

    11 hours ago INFORMATION

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  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Southern Africa, Botswana, Dem Rep of the Congo, Namib

    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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  • Flood - Sao Francisco Basin, S of Sao Francisco River, Brazil

    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chubut Basin, Chubut, Chico and Limay Rivers, Argentina and Chile

    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Zamboanga, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines

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  • Flood - NE of Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru

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  • Flood - E of McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Merauke, Papua, Indonesia

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Raba, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Northam, Western Australia, Australia

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amur Basin, Songhua Jiang and Ussuri Rivers, China and Russia

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  • Flood - Mekong Basin, Mekong, Sap and Hau Rivers, Cambodia and Vietnam

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Torghay Basin, Russia and Kazakhstan

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Kiso Basin, N of Kiso River, Japan

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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  • Flood - SW of Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Hai He Basin, NE of Hai He River, China

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

    15 hours ago WARNING

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  • Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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    15 hours ago WARNING

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  • Flood - Cameta, Pará, Brazil

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    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX Region, United States

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Blackfoot, ID Region, United States

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  • Earthquake - 5.9 - Kermadec Islands region

    16 hours ago WATCH

  • Flood - Paris, TN Region, United States

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - W of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

    17 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

    17 hours ago INFORMATION

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    17 hours ago INFORMATION

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  • Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Mexico

    19 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Mexico

    19 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Brazil

    19 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 6.4 - 17 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico

    23 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Central Europe

    20 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Southern Brazil

    21 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

    21 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.2 - 113 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

    22 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - W of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico

    23 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - Wolf Fire, Arizona, United States

    23 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico

    23 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - E of Zhosaly, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bulungan Basin, Indonesia and Malaysia

    1 day ago WARNING

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    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

    1 day ago WARNING

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    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Hanggin Houqi, Nei Mongol and Ningxia Hui, China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Edirne, Edirne, Turkey

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Caruthersville, MO Region, United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Manam, Papua New Guinea

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - NE of Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada

    2 days ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - N of Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Drinking Water - NW of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

    3 days ago ADVISORY

  • Extreme Heat - Central America

    3 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Greece

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Spain

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southwestern United States

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Hawaii, United States of America

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northwestern United States

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central United States

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northern Pacific Islands

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Floods - Haiti and Dominican Republic

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Central Africa

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southern Africa

    5 days ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Southwestern Africa

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Mauritania

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Health - SE of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

    5 days ago ADVISORY

  • Drought - Zambia

    5 days ago INFORMATION

  • Cholera - Haiti

    2 weeks ago WARNING

  • Volcano - La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Ecuador

    1 month ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Somalia

    3 months ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Mozambique

    1 year ago WARNING

  • Dengue - Guatemala

    8 months ago WARNING

  • Measles - American Samoa

    1 year ago WARNING

  • Drought - Djibouti

    1 year ago WARNING

ABOUT OUR TEAM:

Job Opportunities

Come to work with a leading-edge organization and fuel your passion for public service. For nearly 25 years, PDC has supported the most demanding government customers and nonprofits worldwide, sharing in the mission to save lives and reduce disaster risk. As an applied research center managed by the University of Hawai‘i, we continuously develop new technologies and recruit new talent to advance our state-of-the-art solutions in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. You can find PDC job openings on the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii site or through our LinkedIn postings.

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Internships

PDC provides mentored internship opportunities to self-motivated students who take pride in their work, have a passion to learn and a commitment to problemsolving. Our internships offer individuals the chance to apply learned skills and theory to real-world problems.

If you are interesting in applying for an internship with PDC, please review the programs available below to see if there is a good match. You should also examine the criteria for a direct internship before submitting your resume with the link below.

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Programs Available

Akamai Workforce Initiative

Offered to college students in Hawaii. Applications accepted in November. Please check the site for details.
https://akamaihawaii.org/interning/

University of Hawai‘i Student Employment & Cooperative Education (SECE)

Available only to college students within the UH system. PDC posts internship position descriptions to this site.
https://sece.its.hawaii.edu/sece/login

CareerLink – UH Maui College Cooperative (Co-Op) Education program

Available only to UH-MC students. Please check the site for details.
http://maui.hawaii.edu/careerlink/

Ke Alahele Program

Offered through Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) internship program
http://www.medb.org/programs/education-to-workforce/ke-alahele-education-fund/

Direct Internships

Direct internships with PDC are also available on an as-needed basis. Please inquire per the guidelines below.

Internship Criteria

  • All internships are based on the island of Maui in Hawaii. PDC does not support internships outside of Maui.
  • All internship programs are paid internships. However, we do not offer relocation or housing support.
  • Technical internships are for summer undergraduate and graduate students. Communications internships are offered year-round.
  • U.S. Citizenship is not required, however:
    • Candidates MUST have permission to work in the U.S. for the duration of internship; and
    • PDC does NOT sponsor visas for international students.
  • Long-term internships (for graduate students) may be as long as 6 months. Candidates must submit a resume as part of the submission. Areas of interest for internship may also be submitted.

 

  • For PDC’s direct internship program, the applicant must submit a resume. Area(s) of interest for internship may also be submitted. Internship is contingent upon need and availability.

Skills We Need

Over the years, interns have made valuable contributions to PDC projects and activities with such skills as:

Computer or GIS skills and literacy

  • Computer programming (C++, Java, Jscript, …)
  • Scripting (PHP, Python, Shell, …)
  • Web/App development (HTML, CSS, JSON, …)
  • AI experience and/or interest
  • GIS (data processing, visualization, …)
  • Imagery and/or Image analysis
  • Physical sciences and/or modeling
  • Data analysis and/or statistics

Communications or design skills and literacy

  • Public relations, communications, content development experience
  • Web UX / UI design principles
  • Graphic design using latest Adobe products
  • Video editing
  • Marketing copy development
  • Social media content management

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