Newsroom
Safeguarding the Beautiful Game: DisasterAWARE Powers World Cup Health Security
With more than 6.5 million fans from over 100 countries converging on cities across the United States, Mexico, and Canada for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the public health stakes are significant. The team is leveraging DisasterAWARE for timely, integrated situational awareness…
Are disaster managers ready for the super El Niño hurricane season ahead?
Are disaster managers ready for the super El Niño hurricane season ahead?
NOAA forecasters are sounding the alarm: super El Niño is coming and it could mean record impacts during hurricane season—especially across the Eastern and Central Pacific basins…
Anticipating wildfires: New AI-enhanced risk intelligence
Anticipating wildfires: New AI-enhanced risk intelligence
In recent years, “wildfire weather” has emerged as a critical concept in disaster management. Catastrophes like the Lahaina wildfire in Hawai‘i, the California Palisades fire, and Canada’s wildfire disaster of 2023, illustrate the need for a fundamental shift in preparedness and planning…
Anticipating wildfires: New AI-enhanced risk intelligence
In recent years, “wildfire weather” has emerged as a critical concept in disaster management. Catastrophes like the Lahaina wildfire in Hawai‘i, the California Palisades fire, and Canada’s wildfire disaster of 2023, illustrate the need for a fundamental shift in preparedness and planning…
Enhancing early warning capacity in Colombia
The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) is advancing its Building Disaster Early Warning Capacity project in Cali, Colombia, through recent completion of an in-person DisasterAWARE training and a dedicated Training of Trainers (ToT) program…
Case Study: Unifying response under pressure during Hawai‘i’s historic flooding crisis
A rare and compounding series of storms struck the Hawaiian islands in rapid succession during the weeks of March 9-22, as two powerful “Kona low” low-pressure systems inundated the state with historic levels of rainfall and powerful winds. The dangerous and uncommon meteorological event…
