Aug 26, 2017
Population risk and impact visualizations help agencies to prepare faster and more effectively The Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), an applied research center managed by the University of Hawai‘i, has ramped up its disaster support team to provide continuous impact...
Aug 25, 2017
Home to six million residents and a burgeoning tourism industry, Nicaragua is one of the most hazard-prone countries in the world with 19 active volcanoes, frequent earthquakes, tropical cyclones, floods, and landslides. To help curb the threats hidden within the...
Aug 16, 2017
Government of Honduras and PDC partnership on national disaster preparedness assessment provides new tools, data, and technology to protect communities from devastating loss. Nearly twenty years following the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch–the deadliest and most...
Aug 11, 2017
Pacific Disaster Center delivered InAWARE training to over 200 BNPB and BPBD staff in Indonesia in the month of July, bringing the total number of trained users since the InAWARE project began to 648. The July training activity also delivered a national-level...
Jul 24, 2017
Guatemala’s July eruption of the Volcano of Fire marks its sixth major eruption of 2017, during which time thePacific Disaster Center (PDC) and other national agencies finalize assessment and new tools to help make better decisions faster. Home to three dangerous...
