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Technical exchange workshops bring stakeholders to the table
Technical exchange workshops bring stakeholders to the table
A main challenge in any meaningful risk reduction activity is how to engage stakeholders and encourage all to remain active and institutionally share relevant...
Hurricane scenario tests new GeoSHAPE technology
Hurricane scenario tests new GeoSHAPE technology
The Geospatial capabilities for Security, Humanitarian Assistance and Partnership Engagement (GeoSHAPE) has resulted in new mapping technology for creating, versioning,...
DisasterAWARE upgraded at the National Disaster Warning Center–Thailand
DisasterAWARE upgraded at the National Disaster Warning Center–Thailand
Following devastation caused by the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Thai officials created the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) to improve tsunami and...
Incorporating InAWARE into Indonesia’s disaster management processes
Incorporating InAWARE into Indonesia’s disaster management processes
As part of a three-year project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), key stakeholders...
Iselle impacts Hawaiian Islands; Julio veers north
Iselle impacts Hawaiian Islands; Julio veers north
Hurricane Julio followed on the heels of Hurricane Iselle as it approached the Hawaiian Islands. Fortunately, Julio veered in a northwest direction and now continues to...
Powerful Tropical Storm Halong makes landfall in southwest Japan
Powerful Tropical Storm Halong makes landfall in southwest Japan
In the western Pacific, slow moving Tropical Cyclone Halong (11W) made landfall as a downgraded tropical storm in Aki City on Japan’s main island of Shikoku early on...
Collaboration on damage assessment in Hawaii
Collaboration on damage assessment in Hawaii
Tropical Cyclone Iselle was downgraded to a tropical storm shortly before the eye crossed over the Big Island, which is only the second time in recorded history for a...
Residents urged to remain informed for Hurricane Iselle
Residents urged to remain informed for Hurricane Iselle
Final preparations are underway in the State of Hawaii for the arrival of Hurricane Iselle as the effects of the storm begin to reach the Big Island. Residents should...
Hurricanes Iselle and Julio close in on Hawaii
Hurricanes Iselle and Julio close in on Hawaii
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center of the U.S. National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning today, August 6 (local time), for Hawaii County in preparation of...
PDC releases DisasterAWARE 5.0
PDC releases DisasterAWARE 5.0
Pacific Disaster Center’s diverse and ever-evolving flagship product, DisasterAWARE, has been supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster management operations...