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Don’t wait. Communicate. Make your emergency plan today.
Don’t wait. Communicate. Make your emergency plan today.
September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) in the United States, a time when the U.S. Government coordinates efforts across the whole of government and whole of society...
AHA Centre staff trained on upgraded disaster monitoring system
AHA Centre staff trained on upgraded disaster monitoring system
PDC Southeast Asia Program Advisor Victoria Leat conducted training on the Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS) for the staff of the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance...
Taiwan and China prepare for impacts of Typhoon Soudelor
Taiwan and China prepare for impacts of Typhoon Soudelor
Typhoon Soudelor has made landfall in northeast Taiwan arriving early in the morning (local time) near Hualien and is expected to cause severe and catastrophic damage as it...
Hawaiian Islands: Tropical Storm Guillermo weakens, Hilda spins up
Hawaiian Islands: Tropical Storm Guillermo weakens, Hilda spins up
Tropical Storm Guillermo is moving past by the Hawaiian Islands, and is expected to weaken over the next 48 hours. The latest Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)...
Supporting Myanmar response to flooding
Supporting Myanmar response to flooding
Heavy rains caused flooding in areas across Myanmar during the months of June and July. These monsoonal floods were made more severe by heavy rainfall and strong winds...
Strengthening the capacity of APEC economies to mitigate emergencies and disasters
Strengthening the capacity of APEC economies to mitigate emergencies and disasters
The National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG)...
Super Typhoon Soudelor continues to intensify
Super Typhoon Soudelor continues to intensify
Following a destructive hit on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, Super Typhoon Soudelor is expected to continue to strengthen further today, with winds now reported at...
UN-SPIDER mission in Lao PDR supports space-based information for disaster management
UN-SPIDER mission in Lao PDR supports space-based information for disaster management
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) invited the United Nations platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management...
Salvadoran Ministry and PDC sign Letter of Intent
Salvadoran Ministry and PDC sign Letter of Intent
In order to strengthen capabilities related to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in El Salvador, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) and Pacific...
Nangka, downgraded to Tropical Storm, makes landfall in Japan
Nangka, downgraded to Tropical Storm, makes landfall in Japan
Once a super typhoon, tropical cyclone Nangka has been downgraded to a tropical storm and has made landfall in Japan. Nangka is now crossing the northern tip of Shikoku, one...