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Earthquake - 5.8 - 9 km SE of La Placita de Morelos, Mexico

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Floods - Southeastern, United States

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Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

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Earthquake - 5.1 - 81 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu

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Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

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Wildfire - N of Chimoio, Manica - Mozambique

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Wildfire - SW of Chinsali, Northern - Zambia

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Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru

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Volcano - Klyuchevskoy, Russia

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Volcano - Alaid, Russia

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Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador

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Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

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Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia

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Earthquake - 5.0 - 184 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia

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Thunderstorm - Cat Lake, Ontario, Canada

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Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador

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Volcano - Dukono, Indonesia

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Tropical Cyclone - Madeline

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Wildfire - NE of Burt Plain, Northern Territory - Australia

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Wildfire - W of Gibb, Western Australia - Australia

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Tropical Storm - Gaston

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Volcano - Home Reef, Tonga

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Hurricane - Fiona

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High Wind - N of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Squall - E of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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Frost - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Frost - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Floods - El Salvador

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Earthquake - 7.6 - 37 km SE of Aquila, Mexico

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Volcano - Aira, Japan

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Earthquake - 5.1 - South Sandwich Islands region

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Wildfire - N of Ligonha, Nampula - Mozambique

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Wildfire - N of Mopipi, Central - Botswana

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Wildfire - SW of Mahalapye, Central - Botswana

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Wildfire - S of Mavinga, Cuando Cubango - Angola

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Wildfire - SE of Rundu, Kavango - Namibia

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Wildfire - NW of Serowe, Central - Botswana

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Wildfire - N of Cuangar, Kavango - Namibia

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Wildfire - N of Cuangar, Kavango - Namibia

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Wildfire - SE of Tsau, North-West - Botswana

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Wildfire - NW of Kasama, Northern - Zambia

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Wildfire - E of Ghanzi - Botswana

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Wildfire - NE of Mochudi, Kgatleng - Botswana

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Wildfire - NE of Mocuba, Zambezia - Mozambique

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Wildfire - E of Camabatela, Cuanza Norte - Angola

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Wildfire - SE of Chimoio, Manica - Mozambique

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Wildfire - SW of Mpika, Northern - Zambia

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Wildfire - NE of Chimoio, Manica - Mozambique

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Wildfire - NW of Molepolole, Kweneng - Botswana

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Wildfire - NE of Cuangar, Kavango - Namibia

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Wildfire - NE of Ondjiva, Cunene - Angola

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Earthquake - 6.0 - 253 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia

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Wildfire - SE of Mavinga, Cuando Cubango - Angola

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Wildfire - S of Kawambwa, Luapula - Zambia

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Wildfire - W of Angoche, Nampula - Mozambique

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Wildfire - NW of Mwanza - Malawi

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Wildfire - SE of Nsanje - Malawi

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Wildfire - NW of Mocuba, Zambezia - Mozambique

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Wildfire - N of Moatize, Tete - Mozambique

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Frost - St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Wildfire - S of Libby, Montana - United States

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Wildfire - NW of Leavenworth, Washington - United States

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Wildfire - N of Leavenworth, Washington - United States

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Wildfire - SW of Koktal, Karaganda - Kazakhstan

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Volcano - Nevados de Chillán, Chile

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Earthquake - 5.9 - Mid-Indian Ridge

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Volcano - Suwanosejima, Japan

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Wildfire - NW of Fortaleza, Rondonia -Brazil

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Wildfire - W of San Ignacio, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - W of Cidade Vale do Rio Cristalino, Para -Brazil

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Wildfire - N of Ascension, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - SW of San Ramon de la Nueva Oran, Salta - Argentina

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Wildfire - SW of Pesoe, Mato Grosso -Brazil

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Wildfire - NE of San Javier, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - E of Ascension, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - E of Ascension, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - W of Porto Antigo, Mato Grosso -Brazil

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Wildfire - W of Conceicao, Mato Grosso -Brazil

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Wildfire - E of Trinidad, El Beni - Bolivia

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Wildfire - SW of Senhorita, Mato Grosso -Brazil

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Wildfire - N of Robore, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - N of Puerto Villarroel, Cochabamba - Bolivia

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Wildfire - W of Fuerte Olimpo, Alto Paraguay - Paraguay

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Wildfire - SW of Mopipi, Central - Botswana

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Wildfire - SE of Palumpa, Northern Territory - Australia

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Wildfire - W of Mistake Creek, Queensland - Australia

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Wildfire - SW of Zabaykal’sk, Chitinskaya - Russia

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Tsunami (AK/BC/US West Coast) - 70 miles E of Chignik, Alaska - 5.1

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Wildfire - NW of Tucurui, Pará - Brazil

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Wildfire - SW of Mucusso, Caprivi - Angola

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Wildfire - NW of Lehututu, Kgalagadi - Botswana

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Wildfire - W of Rundu, Kavango - Namibia

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Wildfire - NE of Pretoria, Gauteng - South Africa

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Wildfire - N of Brits, North West - South Africa

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Wildfire - SE of Plumtree, Matabeleland South - Zimbabwe

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Wildfire - W of Mahalapye, Central - Botswana

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Wildfire - W of Rustenburg, North West - South Africa

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Wildfire - N of Mucusso, Caprivi - Angola

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Wildfire - NW of Serowe, Central - Botswana

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Storms - Odisha, India

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Storms - Thailand

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Storms - Vietnam

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Storms - Southern Brazil

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Storms - Dominican Republic

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Earthquake - 5.5 - 66 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan

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Wildfire - NW of Nova Holanda, Rondonia -Brazil

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Wildfire - S of San Ramon, El Beni - Bolivia

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Wildfire - E of Santa Ana, El Beni - Bolivia

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Wildfire - SE of Trinidad, El Beni - Bolivia

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Wildfire - W of Fortaleza, Rondonia -Brazil

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Wildfire - N of Robore, Santa Cruz - Bolivia

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Wildfire - NW of Tucurui, Pará - Brazil

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Wildfire - NW of Mucusso, Caprivi - Angola

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Storms - North Island New Zealand

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Floods - Victoria, Australia

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Floods - Queensland, Australia

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Nepal - Storms

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Storms - Cambodia

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Extreme Heat - Vietnam

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Storms - Costa Rica

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Storms - Panama

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Storms - Northern Mexico

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Storms - South Africa

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Drought - Ethiopia

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Storms - Southern Japan

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Landslides - Western Costa Rica

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Earthquake - 5.6 - Mid-Indian Ridge

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Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

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Drinking Water - S of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Floods - Marche Region, Italy

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Landslides - Achham District, Nepal

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Floods - New South Wales, Australia

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Volcano - Kadovar, Papua New Guinea

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Earthquake - 5.7 - Ryukyu Islands, Japan

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Earthquake - 6.9 - Taiwan

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Storms - Southeastern Paraguay

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Volcano - Sheveluch, Russia

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Floods - Sukamara Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Earthquake - 5.6 - 83 km E of Yujing, Taiwan

1 day ago WATCH
Tornado - Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Indonesia

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Floods - Lamandau Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Volcano - Piton de la Fournaise, France

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Floods - Nias Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia

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Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala

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Floods - Chad

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Drought - Hawaii, United States

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Drought - Southwestern United States

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Drought - Southern United States

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Drought - High Plains United States

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Drought - Northern Montana

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Drought - Northwestern United States

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Drought - US Virgin Islands

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Drought - Puerto Rico

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Ebola Virus - Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

3 weeks ago WARNING
Marburg Virus - Ghana

4 weeks ago WARNING
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Europe

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Africa

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Middle East

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - North America

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Asia Pacific

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Latin America/Caribbean

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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Hawaii

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PDC assists with RIMPAC, the world’s largest international maritime exercise

August 1, 2022

PDC assessment and exercise aid Bahamas hurricane season preparedness and DRR

June 21, 2022

PhilAWARE hailed as a success, second phase of project in the works

May 29, 2022

Hawai‘i’s Pacific Disaster Center receives prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for DRR

May 26, 2022

New early warning system aids rapid response to life-threatening landslides in Philippines

May 12, 2022

First-ever global and regional gender trend analysis released by PDC and USINDOPACOM’s Office of Women, Peace and Security

May 4, 2022

President of Panama places new focus on preventing future disaster risks, including adverse impacts from climate change

February 16, 2022

Super Typhoon Rai made landfall shortly after successful launch of a new national early warning system in the Philippines

February 15, 2022

In less than a month, Indonesia was hit with flash floods and a deadly earthquake—and InAWARE was there to help

January 20, 2022

How hundreds of millions of people are protected from natural hazard risks throughout Southeast Asia

January 5, 2022

Thailand’s population of nearly 70 million to be protected by new early warning and hazard monitoring technologies

December 22, 2021

Super Typhoon Rai slams southern Philippines following successful launch of new national early warning system

December 20, 2021

Experts double down to help protect nuclear facilities from natural hazard risks

October 2, 2021

Guyana joins growing list of Caribbean nations to use PDC science in fight against climate-driven natural disasters

October 2, 2021

PDC and Red Cross go beyond response to anticipate disaster impacts

October 1, 2021

Strengthening partner alliance in Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of increasing climate and disaster risks

May 5, 2021

NASA and Pacific Disaster Center partner to develop ground-breaking global flood early warning system

May 4, 2021

Indonesia and ASEAN usher in a new era of disaster readiness, response, and risk reduction

January 29, 2021

Nobel Laureate World Food Programme and PDC join forces in disaster preparedness and response

November 25, 2020

Philippines project gets boost from new social media platform for humanitarian response

September 10, 2020

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