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Major event

2018 Hurricane Lane, Hawaii

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Major event

2018 Hurricane Lane, Hawaii

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Earthquake - 7.3 - 20km NNW of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela

4 hours ago WARNING
Typhoon - Soulik

15 minutes ago WARNING
Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru

25 minutes ago WARNING
Highsurf - Advisory (Hawaiian Islands)

29 minutes ago ADVISORY
Highsurf - Warning (Hawaiian Islands)

29 minutes ago WARNING
Highsurf - Advisory (Hawaiian Islands)

29 minutes ago ADVISORY
Earthquake - 6.5 - 79km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

3 hours ago WATCH
Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

1 hour ago WARNING
Volcano - Dukono, Indonesia

1 hour ago WATCH
Volcano - Aira, Japan

3 hours ago WARNING
Tsunami Information (Hawaiian Islands) - Vanuatu - 6.7

3 hours ago INFORMATION
Tsunami Information (Pacific Ocean) - Vanuatu - 6.7

3 hours ago INFORMATION
Tsunami Information (Caribbean Sea) - Near The Coast Of Venezuela - 7.3

4 hours ago INFORMATION
Hurricane - Lane

5 hours ago WATCH
Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador

4 hours ago WATCH
Typhoon - Cimaron

6 hours ago WARNING
Earthquake - 6.9 - 2km S of Belanting, Indonesia

2 days ago WARNING
Storms - Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec, Canada

8 hours ago WARNING
Storms - Trinidad and Tobago

8 hours ago WARNING
Storms - Japan

8 hours ago WARNING
Storms - Costa Rica

8 hours ago WARNING
Storms - Bermuda

8 hours ago WATCH
Volcano - Alaid, Russia

8 hours ago ADVISORY
Floods - Calabria Region, Italy

8 hours ago INFORMATION
Storms - Jalisco and Colima, Mexico

8 hours ago WARNING
Flood - Watch (Hawaiian Islands)

10 hours ago WATCH
Wildfire - SW of Kamina, Katanga - Congo (Kinshasa)

14 hours ago WATCH
Earthquake - 5.1 - 295km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji

17 hours ago ADVISORY
Earthquake - 5.0 - Fiji region

19 hours ago ADVISORY
Earthquake - 5.1 - 120km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga

19 hours ago ADVISORY
Earthquake - 5.0 - 56km NNE of Namuac, Philippines

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - N of Katherine, Northern Territory - Australia

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - NW of Elko, Nevada - United States

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - NE of Malanje - Angola

22 hours ago INFORMATION
Wildfire - E of Bella Bella, British Columbia - Canada

22 hours ago INFORMATION
Wildfire - S of Watson Lake, Yukon - Canada

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - NW of Kodinskiy, Krasnoyarsk - Russia

22 hours ago WATCH
Wildfire - N of Dilolo, Katanga - Congo (Kinshasa)

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - NE of Kamina, Katanga - Congo (Kinshasa)

22 hours ago WATCH
Wildfire - N of Wenatchee, Washington - United States

22 hours ago WARNING
Wildfire - SW of Burns Lake, British Columbia - Canada

22 hours ago WATCH
Wildfire - Shasta County (Carr), California - United States

22 hours ago WARNING
Wildfire - SE of Burns Lake, British Columbia - Canada

22 hours ago WATCH
Wildfire - SE of Ukiah, California - United States

22 hours ago WARNING
Wildfire - NE of Klamath Falls, Oregon - United States

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - S of Saurimo, Lunda Sul - Angola

22 hours ago WATCH
Wildfire - SW of Kambove, Katanga - Congo (Kinshasa)

22 hours ago ADVISORY
Wildfire - S of San Luis - Argentina

22 hours ago INFORMATION
Wildfire - NE of Nzeto, Zaire - Angola

22 hours ago INFORMATION
Floods - Eastern Iowa/Southern Wisconsin/Northern Illinois, United States

1 day ago WATCH
High Wind - Maldonado, Uruguay

1 day ago WATCH
Flood - Hinthada and Zalun, Myanmar

1 day ago WATCH
Floods - Shandong, China

1 day ago WATCH
Storms - Sabah, Malaysia

1 day ago WARNING
Floods - Karnataka, India

1 day ago WARNING
Storms - Eastern Peru

1 day ago WARNING
Storms - India

1 day ago WARNING
Storms - Western and Central Europe

1 day ago WATCH
Storms - Southern Vietnam

1 day ago WARNING
Wildfires - Northeastern Ontario, Canada

1 day ago WARNING
Storms - Singapore

1 day ago WARNING
Storms - Thailand

1 day ago WARNING
Extreme Heat - South Korea

1 day ago WARNING
Wildfires - Switzerland

1 day ago WATCH
Floods - Kerala, India

1 day ago WARNING
Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

1 day ago WATCH
Earthquake - 5.5 - 271km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji

1 day ago WATCH
Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala

2 days ago WARNING
Drought - Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

2 days ago WARNING
Flood - Nan Province, Thailand

2 days ago WARNING
Floods - Northern Vietnam

2 days ago WARNING
Floods - Northern Laos

2 days ago WARNING
Drought - Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2 days ago WARNING
Volcano - Krakatau, Indonesia

2 days ago WARNING
Volcano - Kilauea, United States

3 days ago WATCH
Volcano - Ruiz, Nevado del

4 days ago WARNING
Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

4 days ago ADVISORY
Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

4 days ago WARNING
Drought - Western Senegal

6 days ago WATCH
Drought - Central Ethiopia

6 days ago WATCH
Drought - Western Uganda

6 days ago WATCH
Floods - Central and Eastern Sudan

6 days ago WARNING
Floods - Western Sudan/ Eastern Chad

6 days ago WARNING
Floods - Mali/Burkina Faso/Western Niger

6 days ago WARNING
Drought - Southern Honduras/ Eastern El Salvador/Western Nicaragua

6 days ago WARNING
Drought - Central Guatemala

6 days ago WARNING
Drought - Haiti/Dominican Republic

6 days ago WARNING
Drought - Eastern Kazakhstan

6 days ago WATCH
Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo

2 weeks ago INFORMATION
Drought - New South Wales, Australia

1 week ago WARNING
Drought - Western and Southern United States

3 weeks ago WARNING
Drought - Mauritania

3 weeks ago WARNING
Ituango Dam Failure - Hidroituango, Colombia

2 months ago WARNING

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Protecting people and community prosperity.

We are collaborating with countries around the world to reduce immense human suffering and stifling economic losses caused by disasters. For over 20 years, we have applied our science and technology and forged public-private partnerships to support community resilience, informed policies, and measurable reductions in risk.

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Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

With our Risk and Vulnerability Assessment you will have the tools you need to avoid, lessen, or eliminate risks that threaten people, property, and long-term economic prosperity.

Learn about the potential impacts of multiple hazards

Identify the most exposed populations, infrastructure, and critical resources exposed to multiple hazards.

Understand vulnerability and underlying drivers of risk

Identify characteristics that make a country or region susceptible to the damaging effects of hazards.

Direct limited resources more effectively

Use scientific assessment results to guide decisions and actions that produce measurable reductions in risk.

Support policy decisions

Identify, assess, and prioritize actions and investments to have the greatest impact on disaster risk reduction.

Increase coping capacity

Determine the systems, means, and abilities to absorb and respond to and identify skills, resources, and governance needed to build capacity.

Assess resilience at all levels

Identify the susceptibility and impact of a country's short-term inability to absorb, respond to, and recover from disruptions in normal function from hazards.

Access visualized risk information instantly

Data collected during the assessment is provided through DisasterAWARE and visualized for at-a-glance decision-making.

Establish a subnational foundation for monitoring risk and vulnerability over time.

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National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment

Our National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment is helping decision makers worldwide to identify and prioritize actions to increase resilience and reduce disaster risk. Working side-by-side with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and humanitarian assistance partners, we help countries assess current disaster management capacities and enhance plans to effectively prepare, respond, and recover from hazards. Our assessment will help you:

Understand multi-hazard exposure
Reduce vulnerability
Increase coping capacity
Strengthen governance
Support evidence-based policy decisions
Prioritize budgets, actions, and investments
Increase long-term resilience
Improve data management
Strengthen cross-agency and partner cooperation

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Training and Exercises

We help state, national, and international agencies design and conduct scenario-based exercises in a simulated environment ahead of a real-world crisis.

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Try our disaster management tools

We have several free tools and apps available online or for download.

DisasterAWARE™ Customized Solutions

DisasterAWARE™ is a highly customizable platform that can be extended with new types of data and visualizations. Want to learn about how DisasterAWARE can be tailored to your specific needs?

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Disaster Alert™

Disasters happen fast. We alert you faster.

Download our free, early warning app to receive automated alerts before disaster strikes. Our app offers the fastest, most comprehensive global notification system covering nearly every type of natural and man-made hazard so you can stay safe no matter where you are in the world.

Available on iOS, Android, or with any device online.

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Sustainable Solutions

Protecting people and community prosperity.

Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

Learn about the potential impacts of multiple hazards

Understand vulnerability and underlying drivers of risk

Direct limited resources more effectively

Support policy decisions

Increase coping capacity

Assess resilience at all levels

Access visualized risk information instantly

Data collected during the assessment is provided through DisasterAWARE and visualized for at-a-glance decision-making.

National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment

Training and Exercises

Try our disaster management tools

DisasterAWARE™ Customized Solutions

Disaster Alert™

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