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    21 minutes ago WATCH

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  • Flood - Valdosta, GA Region, United States

    45 minutes ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Lewotolo, Indonesia

    54 minutes ago WATCH

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  • Wildfire - NW of Peace River Airport, British Columbia, Canada

    3 hours ago INFORMATION

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  • Wildfire - NE of Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico

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  • Wildfire - Little Yamsay Fire, Oregon, United States

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  • Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

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    4 hours ago WARNING

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  • Tornado - Tampa Bay Area, FL WFO Region, US

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  • Wildfire - E of Chernyshevsk, Chitinskaya, Russia

    5 hours ago INFORMATION

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  • Earthquake - 5.1 - 9 km SW of Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

    6 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Frost - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

    7 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Frost - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • Air Quality - Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

    8 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Lewotobi, Indonesia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - W of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, Canada

    9 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Petatlan, Guerrero, Mexico

    9 hours ago INFORMATION

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    9 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Air Quality - Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada

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  • Flood - Hannibal, MO Region, United States

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

    11 hours ago WATCH

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

    18 hours ago WARNING

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    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Nestos Basin, Greece and Turkey

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  • Severe Weather - Central India

    14 hours ago WARNING

  • Floods - Afghanistan

    13 hours ago INFORMATION

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    3 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Zimbabwe

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  • Severe Weather - Vietnam

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  • Storms - Sri Lanka

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  • Flood - Redwood Falls, MN Region, United States

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  • Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

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

    15 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada

    15 hours ago INFORMATION

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

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Massawa, Debub, Eritrea

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  • Flood - Geraldton, Ontario, Canada

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  • Flood - Moosonee, Ontario and Québec, Canada

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  • Flood - Dryden, Manitoba and Ontario, Canada

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

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  • Flood - Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

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  • Flood - NW of Gurupi, Mato Grosso, Pará and Tocantins, Brazil

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

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  • Flood - Rio De La Plata Basin, NE of Colorado River, Argentina

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  • 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

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  • Flood - Merauke, Papua, Indonesia

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  • Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

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

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  • Flood - Torghay Basin, Russia and Kazakhstan

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  • Flood - SE of Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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  • Flood - SW of Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique

    18 hours ago WARNING

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

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

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  • Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan

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  • Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa, Cameroon, Western Africa, Niger, Nigeria and Chad

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  • Flood - N of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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  • Flood - W of Dasht Kaur Basin, Iran

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  • Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

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  • Flood - SW of Eyl, Nugaal, Somalia

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  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, S of Zambezi River, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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  • Flood - Cameta, Pará, Brazil

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  • Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Eastern Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia

    18 hours ago WARNING

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

    19 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Blackfoot, ID Region, United States

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  • Earthquake - 5.9 - Kermadec Islands region

    20 hours ago WATCH

  • Flood - Paris, TN Region, United States

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  • Wildfire - W of Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

    21 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

    21 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico

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  • Wildfire - SW of Rio Verde, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    21 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Mexico

    23 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Mexico

    23 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Brazil

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

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Central Europe

    23 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Southern Brazil

    1 day ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

    1 day ago WARNING

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    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Caruthersville, MO Region, United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Manam, Papua New Guinea

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  • 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

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Greece

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  • Drought - Spain

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  • Drought - Southwestern United States

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  • Drought - Hawaii, United States of America

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  • Drought - Northwestern United States

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  • Drought - Northern Pacific Islands

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  • Floods - Haiti and Dominican Republic

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  • Extreme Heat - Central Africa

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southern Africa

    6 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

    6 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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