UN-SPIDER stakeholder meeting highlights InAWARE project
On September 3, the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management...
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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...
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...
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
Lightning Rescue 2013 (LR13) was led by the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) of the...
US Gulf Coast threatened as Tropical Storm Karen strengthens
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued hurricane watches along the United States Gulf Coast...
ROGUE Project expands capabilities for humanitarian missions
Following the destructive 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the United States Department of Defense...
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...
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...
Super Typhoon Usagi makes way toward land
The most powerful typhoon of 2013 so far, Super Typhoon Usagi, is estimated to impact millions...