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Advanced technology pushes back against catastrophic losses during wrath of Irma
Tools developed by the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) are helping officials from Florida and Georgia, FEMA, and responders throughout the U.S. and Caribbean make better...
PDC supports life-saving decisions in Florida as Cat 4 Hurricane Irma continues to unfold
Hurricane Irma strengthens to a Category 4 once again and is expected to strike South Florida and the Keys on Sunday. Working with local, state and federal emergency...
Nations lean on PDC to get ready for dangerous Cat 5 Hurricane Irma after it engulfs Barbuda
As communication remains severed with the island of Barbuda in what National Hurricane Center experts call “potentially catastrophic” impacts, Hurricane Irma rages on as...
Responding together as Hurricane Harvey dumps more rain in never-before-seen Texas flooding event
What additional rainfall could mean for Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. PDC's Tim Manning, Former Deputy Administrator of FEMA speaks to CNN about...
PDC supports strategic response as Hurricane Harvey inundates Corpus Christi, Texas
Population risk and impact visualizations help agencies to prepare faster and more effectively The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), an applied research center managed by...
PDC-Nicaragua partnership applauded by US Ambassador
Home to six million residents and a burgeoning tourism industry, Nicaragua is one of the most hazard-prone countries in the world with 19 active volcanoes, frequent...
Disaster management partnership helps pave way for a safer Honduras
Government of Honduras and PDC partnership on national disaster preparedness assessment provides new tools, data, and technology to protect communities from devastating...
Disaster managers in Indonesia turn training into action
Pacific Disaster Center delivered InAWARE training to over 200 BNPB and BPBD staff in Indonesia in the month of July, bringing the total number of trained users since the...
As Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire belches 1,000-foot fountain of lava, PDC helps reduce risk
Guatemala’s July eruption of the Volcano of Fire marks its sixth major eruption of 2017, during which time thePacific Disaster Center (PDC) and other national agencies...
PDC and AHA Centre formalize long-standing partnership, sign Memorandum of Intent
Following more than a decade of collaboration to enhance disaster management capacities in the Southeast Asia region, the Pacific Disaster Center—Managed by the...