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LATEST EARLY WARNING ALERTS
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Earthquake - 5.9 - 232 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
20 minutes ago WATCH
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Volcano - Shishaldin, United States
43 minutes ago WATCH
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High Wind - Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada
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Wildfire - SE of Santa Cruz, Rondonia, Brazil
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Wildfire - E of Guaiba, Para, Brazil
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Wildfire - NW of Villa Hayes, Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
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Wildfire - E of Guaiba, Para, Brazil
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Wildfire - NW of Villa Hayes, Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
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Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador
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Waterspout - Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
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Wildfire - N of Yarralin, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wildfire - SE of Dixie, Queensland, Australia
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Wildfire - SE of Gumuluji, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wildfire - S of Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia
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Wildfire - E of Mapoon, Queensland, Australia
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Wildfire - NW of Lake Argyle, Western Australia, Australia
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Volcano - Mayon, Philippines
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Tropical Depression - Thirteen
5 hours ago INFORMATION
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Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala
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Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru
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Tropical Storm - Philippe
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Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
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Flood - Negro Basin, Central America
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Flood - Nile Basin, NW of Nile River, Egypt
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Flood - La Paz, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico
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Flood - SE of Viseu, Maranhão and Pará, Brazil
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Flood - E of Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
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Flood - W of Daru, Western, Papua New Guinea
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Flood - Ganges Basin, India and Bangladesh
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Flood - SW of Muar, Johor, Malaysia
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Flood - W of Mildura, Victoria, Australia
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Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
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Flood - NE of Timbuktu, Gao and Timbuktu, Mali
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Flood - NE of Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia
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Flood - E of Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania
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Flood - Angoche, Nampula and Zambezia, Mozambique
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Flood - Volta Basin, Western Africa
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Flood - Niger Basin, Western Africa
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Flood - W of Tuban Basin, Eastern Africa
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Flood - Antsiranana, Antsiranana, Mahajanga and Toamasina, Madagascar
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Flood - Ma Basin, Laos and Vietnam
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Flood - Chad Basin, Chad
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Flood - Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
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Flood - N of Kaga Bandoro, Nana-Grébizi, Central African Republic
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Flood - N of Mazabuka, Southern, Zambia
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Flood - Nis, Nišavski, Serbia
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Air Quality - Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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High Wind - Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
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High Wind - Salluit, Québec, Canada
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Earthquake - 5.0 - South Sandwich Islands region
21 hours ago ADVISORY
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Air Quality - Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
7 hours ago ADVISORY
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Wildfire - SW of Lake Argyle, Western Australia, Australia
10 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - E of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia, Australia
10 hours ago INFORMATION
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Landslide - Central Highlands, SW of Louangphrabang, Lao PDR
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Central Asia, NW of Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
12 hours ago WATCH
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Landslide - Central Highlands, SW of Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Cordillera de Merida, NE of Merida, Mérida, Venezuela
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Landslide - American Cordillera, NE of Bend, Oregon, United States
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Landslide - Thai Highlands, SW of Taunggyi, Shan, Myanmar
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Southeast European Highlands, S of Cacak, Moravički, Serbia
12 hours ago WATCH
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Landslide - Greater Caucasus, S of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia
12 hours ago WARNING
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Air Quality - Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
11 hours ago ADVISORY
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Landslide - Cordillera Central, N of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Hellenides, SE of Korce, Korçë, Albania
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Landslide - Central China Mountains, SE of Houma, Shanxi, China
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Honduras Interior Highlands, SW of Gracias, Lempira, Honduras
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Landslide - Sayan Mountains, S of Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk, Russia
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Landslide - South Eastern Caucasus, E of Qabala, Azerbaijan
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Landslide - Tibetan Plateau, E of Chamdo, Xizang, China
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Landslide - Sierra de Perija, NW of Machiques, Zulia, Venezuela
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Landslide - Northern Andes, NW of Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia
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Landslide - Central Asia, W of Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur, China
12 hours ago WATCH
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Landslide - Thai Highlands, SW of Simao, Yunnan, China
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Eastern Highlands, NE of Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
12 hours ago WARNING
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Landslide - Hellenides, SW of Tetovo, Tetovo, North Macedonia
12 hours ago WATCH
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Frost - Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
12 hours ago ADVISORY
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Wildfire - W of Concepcion, Concepción, Paraguay
12 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - SE of Puerto Heath, La Paz, Bolivia
12 hours ago INFORMATION
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Severe Weather - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
13 hours ago ADVISORY
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Wildfire - N of Fort Chipewyan Airport, Alberta, Canada
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - NW of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, Canada
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - SE of Fort Smith, Alberta, Canada
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - SW of Canada, Northwest Territories, Canada
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - S of Canada, Northwest Territories, Canada
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - NW of Superior, Nebraska, United States
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Air Quality - Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
16 hours ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Suwanosejima, Japan
16 hours ago ADVISORY
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Flood - Moosonee, Ontario and Québec, Canada
19 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - N of Matsue, Shimane, Japan
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Flood - E of Matagami, Ontario and Québec, Canada
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Flood - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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Flood - W of Parnaiba, Piauí, Brazil
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Flood - S of Belem, Pará, Brazil
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Flood - Mekong Basin, Cambodia and Vietnam
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Flood - N of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
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Flood - Ganges Basin, E of Ganges River, India and Nepal
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Flood - Meghna Basin, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia
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Flood - NW of Rosso, Trarza, Mauritania
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Flood - S of Venice, Veneto, Italy
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Flood - N of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Flood - Mount Gambier, South Australia and Victoria, Australia
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Flood - Liao He Basin, China and North Korea
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Wildfire - S of Mapai, Gaza, Mozambique
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Wildfire - N of Brits, North West, South Africa
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Wildfire - NE of Tshabong, Kgalagadi, Botswana
19 hours ago INFORMATION
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Tropical Cyclone - Fourteen-e
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - NE of Comandante Fontana, Formosa, Argentina
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - SE of Buriti-So, Tocantins, Brazil
1 day ago INFORMATION
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Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa, Western Africa and Northern Africa
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Flood - Sanaga Basin, Cameroon and Nigeria
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Flood - Geraldton, Ontario, Canada
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Flood - Yaqui Basin, Yaqui and Fuerte Nuevo Rivers, Mexico
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Flood - Senegal Basin, Western Sahara and Mauritania
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Flood - SW of Remanso, Northeast Brazil
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Flood - Coco Basin, Honduras and Nicaragua
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Flood - Suchiate Basin, Coatan and Suchiate Rivers, Guatemala and Mexico
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Flood - Amazon Basin, Peru
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar and Thailand
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Flood - Parana Basin, S of Parana River, Argentina and Paraguay
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Flood - Mahanadi Basin, India
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Flood - Orinoco Basin, Orinoco and Apure Rivers, Colombia and Venezuela
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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Flood - Bulungan Basin, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
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Flood - E of Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Brazil
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Flood - SE of Mahakam Basin, Indonesia
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Flood - Bengawan Solo Basin, Indonesia
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - Congo Basin, Central African Republic, Sudan and South Sudan
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Flood - NE of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
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Flood - Worcester, Northern Cape and Western Cape, South Africa
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Flood - Congo Basin, Middle Africa and Eastern Africa
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Flood - Amur Basin, W of Ussuri River, China and Russia
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Flood - Vam Co Basin, N of Vam Co River, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
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Flood - Indus Basin, China, India and Pakistan
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Flood - Nile Basin, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa and Northern Africa
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Flood - Ganges Basin, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia
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Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan
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Flood - Progress, Amur, Russia
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Flood - Tuban Basin, Saudi Arabia and Yemen
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Flood - Parana Basin, Paraguay and Cuiaba Rivers, Brazil and Bolivia
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Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
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Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Eastern Africa
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Flood - Senegal Basin, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal
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Flood - Sassandra Basin, S of Sassandra River, Côte dIvoire and Guinea
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Flood - Nile Basin, SW of Nile River, Egypt and Sudan
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Flood - Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Nei Mongol, China
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Flood - Baraka Basin, NW of Baraka River, Eritrea and Sudan
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Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Eastern Africa
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Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
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Flood - N of Lamu, Lamu, Kenya
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Flood - Guide, Qinghai, China
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Flood - NW of Arlit, Agadez, Niger
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Flood - Moloundou, Sangha, Congo
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Flood - Congo Basin, Central African Republic
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Flood - Uruguay Basin, NW of Uruguay River, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
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Flood - Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
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Flood - S of Korla, Xinjiang Uygur, China
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Flood - W of Behbehan, Khuzestan, Iran
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Flood - S of Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
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Flood - W of Gwadar, Baluchistan, Pakistan
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Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt
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Flood - Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
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Flood - Niger Basin, Benin, Nigeria and Togo
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Flood - SW of Siguiri, Kankan, Guinea
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Flood - Zomba, Zomba, Malawi
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Flood - SW of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
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Wildfire - NW of Meander River, Alberta, Canada
2 days ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Klyuchevskoy, Russia
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Volcano - Ebeko, Russia
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Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala
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Severe Weather - India
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Drinking Water - SW of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Drought - Uruguay
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Extreme Heat - Central America
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Drought - Central America
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Drought - Haiti
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Drought - Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Drought - American Samoa
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Drought - Hawaii, United States of America
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Drought - Northwestern United States
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Drought - Southwestern United States
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Drought - Central United States
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Drought - US Virgin Islands, United States of America
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Drought - Southeastern United States
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Drought - Northeastern United States
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Dengue - Guatemala
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Wildfire - NE of Alexandroupoli, Thraki, Greece
3 weeks ago WATCH
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Malaria - Texas, United States
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Malaria - Florida, United States
2 months ago WARNING
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Cholera - Haiti
9 months ago WARNING
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Measles - American Samoa
4 months ago WARNING
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Drought - Djibouti
6 months ago WARNING
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Cholera - Mozambique
7 months ago WARNING
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Ebola Virus - Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
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.
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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