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PDC supports exercise to improve foreign disaster assistance
PDC supports exercise to improve foreign disaster assistance
An exercise is underway that aims to advance United States Government (USG) coordination and response following a natural disaster impacting a foreign partner nation. The...
Regional risk assessment for ASEAN Member States
Regional risk assessment for ASEAN Member States
In order to advance disaster management and disaster risk reduction across the region, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is engaged in a project to develop...
AHA Centre program trains future leaders in disaster management
AHA Centre program trains future leaders in disaster management
To help meet the requirements for future leaders of disaster management, the AHA Centre has initiated a comprehensive six-month executive training program, known as the ACE...
Delegates welcome new framework for disaster risk reduction
Delegates welcome new framework for disaster risk reduction
The Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) marked a milestone in international efforts to help communities and nations develop greater...
Rising hazard risk in the Pacific region discussed by PRiMO
Rising hazard risk in the Pacific region discussed by PRiMO
Marking 13 years of facilitating partnerships to enhance disaster resilience, the Pacific Risk Management Ohana (PRiMO) gathered at the Hawaii Convention Center, March 24–26 under the theme, “The Rising Pacific: Currents of Change and Solutions for Resilience.” The
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 the...
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 Friday,...
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 March...