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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 of...
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 called...
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) and...
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 southern...
InAWARE disaster management project underway in Indonesia
InAWARE disaster management project underway in Indonesia
Natural hazards – including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and landslides – frequently occur across the Indonesian archipelago. In order to address the nation’s...
Interactive APEC workshop on geospatial hazard and risk information
Interactive APEC workshop on geospatial hazard and risk information
A two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Workshop on Applying Geospatial Hazard and Risk Information was held in Medan, Indonesia, June 30 to July 1. Implemented...
Training mission becomes real disaster management event
Training mission becomes real disaster management event
In May, as Tropical Cyclone Mahasen headed for Dhaka, Bangladesh, the U.S. Pacific Command’s Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (USPACOM MPAT) was conducting the...
Geospatial database manager reelected to State GIS Council Board
Geospatial database manager reelected to State GIS Council Board
Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC) Geospatial Database Manager Richard Nezelek, who was seated on the Hawaii Geospatial Information Coordinating Council (HIGICC) board of...
HSCD committed to hurricane preparedness
HSCD committed to hurricane preparedness
A Category 4 hurricane would potentially deliver destructive wind and storm surge throughout the Hawaiian Islands. These powerful forces would affect communities from...