Reducing disaster risk in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s newest and most vulnerable nations
Timor-Leste is an island nation that encompasses the eastern half of the tropical island of...
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U.S. funds major expansion of Philippines’ multi-hazard risk and early warning system days ahead of Typhoon Nalgae’s destruction
Only days after the U.S. government announced it would fund nearly a million-dollar expansion...
Safer together: USGS and PDC partner to enhance earthquake exposure data and alerting
On the heels of National Preparedness Month, the world’s foremost provider of earthquake...
University of The Bahamas and UH partner in island sustainability on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Memorandum of Understanding builds on decades of collaboration between The Bahamas National...
PDC assists with RIMPAC, the world’s largest international maritime exercise
Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), in partnership with the United States government and twenty-six...
PDC assessment and exercise aid Bahamas hurricane season preparedness and Risk Reduction
The Bahamas and its new Prime Minister have entered this year’s hurricane season better...
PhilAWARE hailed as a success, second phase of project in the works
PhilAWARE has proven to be a vital tool for disaster managers in the Philippines since it was...
Hawai‘i’s Pacific Disaster Center receives prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction
Bali, Indonesia / Kihei, HI: The University of Hawaiʻi’s Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) was...
New early warning system aids rapid response to life-threatening landslides in Philippines
Four months after PhilAWARE was handed over to the Philippines Office of Civil Defense (OCD),...
