Geospatial database manager reelected to State GIS Council Board

Geospatial database manager reelected to State GIS Council Board

Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC) Geospatial Database Manager Richard Nezelek, who was seated on the Hawaii Geospatial Information Coordinating Council (HIGICC) board of directors in 2011, was reelected for a second two-year term at the 2013 annual meeting on June 26 in...
HSCD committed to hurricane preparedness

HSCD committed to hurricane preparedness

A Category 4 hurricane would potentially deliver destructive wind and storm surge throughout the Hawaiian Islands. These powerful forces would affect communities from coastal areas to mountain ridges causing loss of life and severe economic impacts, and could leave...
Vietnam Flood Early Warning Project Phase 2 brings stakeholders together

Vietnam Flood Early Warning Project Phase 2 brings stakeholders together

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is supporting the second phase of a Flood Modeling and Early Warning Capacity Development Project (FEW2) in Vietnam. Key stakeholders convened June 4 in Hanoi, following the...