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Vietnam Flood Early Warning Project Phase 2 brings stakeholders together
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is supporting the second phase of a Flood Modeling and Early Warning...
Tropical Cyclone Mahasen causes extreme floods
In Bay of Bengal, part of the Northern Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone (TC) Mahasen made landfall after tracking past eastern India towards Bangladesh and Myanmar. The...
New UN publication promotes tools and services for disaster preparedness
Excellent guide provides critical information for disaster managers, intergovernmental organizations, civil society, and disaster-affected populations. In response to...
UN-SPIDER mission advises Vietnam on space-based information for disaster management
Program connects the disaster management and space technology communities to improve collaboration and disaster resilience. The United Nations Platform for Space-based...
ASEAN builds regional capacity using science and technology for risk assessment
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) organizes capacity building forum on risk assessment to improve disaster management. In Bangkok, March 19-22, the ASEAN...
PRiMO meeting exemplifies collaboration and partnership on disaster resilience
The Pacific Risk Management Ohana (PRiMO) focuses on promoting disaster resilience by preparing communities throughout the region for future disasters. After a week...
2013 Santa Cruz tsunami highlights the need for rapid onset tsunami awareness
Coastal populations everywhere are at risk from tsunami waves that can strike quickly with little warning. On February 06, 2013 an 8.0-magnitude undersea earthquake...
The Kingdom of Tonga post-tsunami reconstruction project
The South Pacific island nation plans and prepares for future hazards with technical assistance from PDC. The Kingdom of Tonga is a nation made up of more than 170...
NOAA Sea Grant Coastal Storms Program funds PDC Project in the Federated States of Micronesia
Pacific Disaster Center will work with local and regional partners to support disaster risk reduction for more than 100,000 Western Pacific islanders in FSM. On January...
Disaster monitoring and response system to serve 10 ASEAN nations
With funding from USAID, PDC developed a custom DisasterAWARE decision support platform for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN, the Association of...