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UN-SPIDER stakeholder meeting highlights InAWARE project
UN-SPIDER stakeholder meeting highlights InAWARE project
On September 3, the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) and Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa...
Disaster preparedness measures save lives as Tropical Cyclone Phailin hits eastern India
Disaster preparedness measures save lives as Tropical Cyclone Phailin hits eastern India
Tropical Cyclone Phailin, the most powerful storm to strike India in 14 years, made landfall along the eastern states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha (formerly known as...
Tropical Cyclone Phailin and Typhoon Nari intensify and move toward land
Tropical Cyclone Phailin and Typhoon Nari intensify and move toward land
Off the west coast of Thailand, in the Bay of Bengal, Tropical Cyclone Phailin is threatening millions of residents in South Asia. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning...
Applying GIS to international ocean governance and sustainability
Applying GIS to international ocean governance and sustainability
In a continuing effort to increase understanding of ocean hazards and recognize the potential that ocean resources have to sustain humankind, the International Ocean Institute (IOI)-organized the Pacem
Infectious disease exercise strengthens partnerships and coordination
Infectious disease exercise strengthens partnerships and coordination
Lightning Rescue 2013 (LR13) was led by the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) of the Republic of Palau and supported by the United States Army Pacific...
US Gulf Coast threatened as Tropical Storm Karen strengthens
US Gulf Coast threatened as Tropical Storm Karen strengthens
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued hurricane watches along the United States Gulf Coast Thursday, October 3, after Tropical Storm Karen became active in the Gulf...
ROGUE Project expands capabilities for humanitarian missions
ROGUE Project expands capabilities for humanitarian missions
Following the destructive 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) project...
Typhoon Wutip strikes South China Seas and Central Vietnam
Typhoon Wutip strikes South China Seas and Central Vietnam
Typhoon Wutip, the South China Sea’s tenth tropical storm this year, made landfall over central Vietnam on Monday, September 30. Even as the typhoon approached central...
Tropical Storm Fitow nearing typhoon strength in the Philippine Sea
Tropical Storm Fitow nearing typhoon strength in the Philippine Sea
Moving north in the Philippine Sea, Tropical Storm Fitow is forecast to become a typhoon over the next three or four days, with peak winds reaching 100 knots (115 mph)...
Super Typhoon Usagi makes way toward land
Super Typhoon Usagi makes way toward land
The most powerful typhoon of 2013 so far, Super Typhoon Usagi, is estimated to impact millions of people. Usagi is passing between the northern Philippines and the...