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Tsunami Awareness Month recognizes 50 years of warning progress
Tsunami Awareness Month recognizes 50 years of warning progress
The State of Hawaii annually recognizes April as Tsunami Awareness Month to honor the victims and survivors of the April 1, 1946, tsunami generated by an earthquake in...
Federated States of Micronesia impacted by Super Typhoon Maysak
Federated States of Micronesia impacted by Super Typhoon Maysak
Tropical Cyclone Maysak strengthened into a Super Typhoon in the northwest Pacific Ocean late Tuesday, March 31 (local time), achieving extremely dangerous Category 5...
Assessment teams in Vanuatu report on extent of Tropical Cyclone Pam damage
Assessment teams in Vanuatu report on extent of Tropical Cyclone Pam damage
The last series of government-led initial rapid needs assessments in Vanuatu were completed on March 22, and reports indicate that an estimated 166,000 people across 22...
Tropical Cyclone Nathan makes landfall on Australia’s northeast coast
Tropical Cyclone Nathan makes landfall on Australia’s northeast coast
After meandering in the Coral Sea for over a week, Tropical Cyclone Nathan targeted the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia, making landfall around 0400 AM on...
Response operations underway in Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclone Pam
Response operations underway in Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclone Pam
More than 3,000 people remain in shelters on Vanuatu’s main island of Efate in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Pam, which tore through the island nation on the evening of...
Tropical Cyclone Pam leaves trail of destruction in South Pacific
Tropical Cyclone Pam leaves trail of destruction in South Pacific
On the evening of March 13 (local time), Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam tore through the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu with destructive winds that flattened homes...
South Pacific Islands brace for massive Tropical Cyclone Pam
South Pacific Islands brace for massive Tropical Cyclone Pam
In the Southwest Pacific Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Pam has been gradually intensifying, and is expected to strengthen further, reaching peak intensity on Saturday, March 14...
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Pam nears South Pacific Islands
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Pam nears South Pacific Islands
Tropical Cyclone Pam formed in the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, March 9, and is approaching the islands of Vanuatu with heavy rainfall and severe winds. The current...
United States collaborates on resilience in the Asia-Pacific Region
United States collaborates on resilience in the Asia-Pacific Region
The Asia-Pacific region is the world’s most natural disaster-prone area, with disaster-induced deaths in the region increasing more than three-fold in the past decade,...
ASEAN Member States assess training needs
ASEAN Member States assess training needs
A Training Needs Assessment (TNA) Workshop was held 11-12 February in Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of a technical support project funded by the U.S. Agency for...