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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.
Twenty years after the world’s deadliest tsunami—what have we learned and are we safer?
Two decades have passed since one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history claimed the lives of 228,000 people across 14 countries. For a younger generation, there’s little awareness of the colossal 9.1 magnitude earthquake that struck off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, unleashing the deadliest tsunami in recorded history
Cross-border exercise bolsters Balkans regional disaster preparedness
The Balkans Region—A groundbreaking, dual-location Tabletop Exercise (TTX) in Tirana, Albania, and Pristina, Kosovo, took place in partnership with Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) on October 22–23, 2024. A first of its kind, the innovative exercise simulated a real-time multinational response to a severe winter storm
Madagascar announces national disaster risk reduction initiative with Pacific Disaster Center
Madagascar’s national disaster management organization, Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC), and Pacific Disaster kick off new partnership to curb the impacts of natural disasters and reduce vulnerability to losses. The partnership will include a subnational-level, multi-hazard risk assessment and a disaster management capacity analysis which will take place over a year-long engagement between the government of Madagascar and key national stakeholders.
