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  • Wildfire - W of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Atoyac, Guerrero, Mexico

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras

    39 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Espanola, NM Region, United States

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - SE of Arkhara, Amurskaya, Russia

    2 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Battambang, Batdambang, Cambodia

    2 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Fuyuan, Heilongjiang, China

    2 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Besisahar, Rapti, Nepal

    2 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Mahakam Basin, Indonesia

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Hechi, Guangxi, China

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Canavieiras, Bahia, Brazil

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Orange Basin, E of Fish River, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Volga Basin, Russia, Kazakhstan and Caspian Sea

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Val dOr, Ontario and Québec, Canada

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Porto Santana, North Brazil

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Venice, Veneto, Italy

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Parana Basin, Paraguay and Cuiaba Rivers, Brazil and Bolivia

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Swan Hill, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Yangtze Basin, Yangtze and Xiang Jiang Rivers, China

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur, China

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • High Wind - Salluit, Québec, Canada

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Winter Storm - Southwestern, United States

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Mineola, TX Region, United States

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Havana, IL Region, United States

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.3 - Mid-Indian Ridge

    4 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Dukono, Indonesia

    4 hours ago WATCH

  • Flood - Corsicana, TX Region, United States

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Blizzard - Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

    5 hours ago WATCH

  • Earthquake - 5.0 - Mid-Indian Ridge

    6 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Earthquake - 6.0 - Mid-Indian Ridge

    6 hours ago WATCH

  • Freezing Rain - SE of Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ava, MO Region, United States

    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - SW of Nizhne Tambovskoye, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia

    8 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Hakha, Chin State, Myanmar

    8 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Flood - SE of Melut, Upper Nile, South Sudan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dryden, Manitoba and Ontario, Canada

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rufiji Basin, Great Ruaha, Rufiji and Kilombero Rivers, Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - La Paz, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Cobalt, Ontario and Québec, Canada

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, Chile

    9 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - SW of Remanso, Northeast Brazil

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Jubba Basin, N of Lagh Dera River, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, W of Mamore River, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.4 - 29 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan

    9 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, N of Maranon River, Brazil and Peru

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Jacareacanga, Pará, Brazil

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Breves, Pará, Brazil

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bengawan Solo Basin, Indonesia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Boulia, Queensland, Australia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Langsa, Aceh and Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, Australia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chao Phraya Basin, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Brahmani Basin, SW of Brahmani River, India

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Torghay Basin, Russia and Kazakhstan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ganges Basin, E of Damodar River, India and Bangladesh

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Meghna Basin, Eastern Asia, China, Southern Asia, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, South-eastern A

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Huai He Basin, NW of Huai He River, China

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar and Thailand

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Sukkur, Baluchistan, Punjab and Sind, Pakistan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Yancheng, East China

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Baoding, Hebei, China

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Vam Co Basin, NE of Vam Co River, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Naypyidaw, Naypyitaw, Myanmar

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Cauvery Basin, Sri Lanka

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Shieli, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ob Basin, Kazakhstan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - North Bay, Ontario, Canada

    9 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Earthquake - 5.7 - 19 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan

    9 hours ago WATCH

  • Flood - S of Astrakhan, Astrakhan, Russia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dasht Kaur Basin, NW of Dasht River, Iran and Pakistan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Kura Basin, Azerbaijan, Iran and Caspian Sea

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Dasht Kaur Basin, Iran

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Tsiribihina Basin, Madagascar

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Timika, Papua and Papua Barat, Indonesia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Tamale, Northern, Ghana

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, SE of Malagarasi River, Burundi and Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, Angola and Dem Rep of the Congo

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Niger Basin, S of Dallol Bosso River, Algeria, Mali and Niger

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Niger Basin, Algeria and Niger

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ogooue Basin, Middle Africa, Dem Rep of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon and Equatorial G

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Sumbawanga, Rukwa, Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tukuyu, Mbeya, Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt and Sudan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bulungan Basin, Indonesia and Malaysia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Sri Lanka

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Pakistan

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Pocatello, ID Region, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Vietnam

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Lufkin, TX Region, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Longview, TX Region, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Tanzania

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tana Basin, NW of Tana River, Kenya and Somalia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - W of Mumbwa, Central, Zambia

    11 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Earthquake - 5.1 - 82 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands

    13 hours ago ADVISORY

  • High Water Level - W of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

    13 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - NE of Walpole, Western Australia, Australia

    13 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Uruguay

    13 hours ago WARNING

  • Snowfall - Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada

    13 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Parana Basin, W of Paraguay River, Brazil and Paraguay

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Paraguay

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.0 - 190 km S of Nusa Dua, Indonesia

    16 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Joplin, MO Region, United States

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Carlyle, IL Region, United States

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Emporia, KS Region, United States

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Carrollton, MO Region, United States

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

    17 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - E of Victoria Daly, Northern Territory, Australia

    19 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Palumpa, Northern Territory, Australia

    19 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - S of Douglas-Daly, Northern Territory, Australia

    19 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Khor, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia

    20 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Flood - Zomba, Zomba, Malawi

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Jawhar, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Somalia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tocantins Basin, W of Araguaia River, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Dem Rep of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Abuna, Rondônia, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Mazabuka, Southern, Zambia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Hai He Basin, China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Nei Mongol, China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Angoche, Nampula and Zambezia, Mozambique

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Yingkow, Liaoning, China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Shanghai, East China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, Tanzania

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Jubba Basin, SW of Shabelle River, Ethiopia and Somalia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Attica, IN Region, United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • High Water Level - E of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Zhu Basin, China and Macao

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Sandakan, Labuan and Sabah, Malaysia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Kununurra, Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Sao Luis, Maranhão, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Moosonee, Ontario, Canada

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rio De La Plata Basin, SW of Salado River, Argentina

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Parana Basin, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rio De La Plata Basin, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bulungan Basin, Indonesia and Malaysia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Hari Basin, Indonesia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Merauke, Papua, Indonesia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Pakchan Basin, N of Pakchan River, Myanmar and Thailand

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amur Basin, NW of Ussuri River, China and Russia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Mekong Basin, Mekong, Sap and Hau Rivers, Cambodia and Vietnam

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Bangladesh and Myanmar

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Eastern Africa, Burundi, Central African Republic, Camer

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ob Basin, E of Irtysh River, China and Kazakhstan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Dasht Kaur Basin, United Arab Emirates and Oman

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zhem Basin, N of Zhem River, Russia, Kazakhstan and Caspian Sea

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Zaranj, Nimroz, Afghanistan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Orange Basin, Namibia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Middle Africa, Dem Rep of the Congo, Eastern Africa, Rwanda, Northern Africa, Su

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Asosa, Benshangul-Gumaz, Ethiopia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Eastern Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Niger Basin, Nigeria

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Massawa, Debub, Eritrea

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Mbalmayo, Centre, Cameroon

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa, Cameroon, Western Africa, Niger, Nigeria and Chad

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Kumaka, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Eastern Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Cottica, Sipaliwini, Suriname

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Paulo Afonso, Northeast Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ternate, Maluku and Maluku Utara, Indonesia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Northern Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Central India

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Storms - Eastern Malaysia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Storms - Peninsular Malaysia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northern Pacific Islands

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Greece

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Italy

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Spain

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Puerto Rico, United States of America

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southwestern United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northwestern United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Hawaii, United States of America

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Carthage, MS Region, United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sheveluch, Russia

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Drinking Water - SW of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

    2 days ago ADVISORY

  • Extreme Heat - Eastern India

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Africa

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southern Africa

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Landslides - Kyrgyzstan

    2 days ago INFORMATION

  • Floods - Afghanistan

    2 days ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Mexico

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central America

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Central America

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Floods - Haiti and Dominican Republic

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Floods - Mauritius

    2 days ago INFORMATION

  • Cholera - Haiti

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Comoros

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Klyuchevskoy, Russia

    2 days ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

    2 days ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Ruang, Indonesia

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Lewotobi, Indonesia

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Health - SE of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

    1 week ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Ecuador

    1 month ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Somalia

    2 months ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Mozambique

    1 year ago WARNING

  • Dengue - Guatemala

    7 months ago WARNING

  • Measles - American Samoa

    1 year ago WARNING

  • Drought - Djibouti

    1 year ago WARNING

DisasterAWARE® Training and Preparedness Exercises

Using our extensive hazard data and unique DisasterAWARE platform, we can help you simulate realistic hazard scenarios to help gain a deeper understanding of hazard impacts on communities. We also can assist with exercising preparedness plans in advance of real-world events. Our exercise program can help test complex networks of organizations and response activities—making sure stakeholders respond effectively under high-pressure and ever-changing circumstances. Our experts can support any type of exercise and hazard scenario. We also provide online training and instructor-led training on our DisasterAWARE platform.

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Disaster Preparedness Exercises

Let us help you design and conduct scenario-based exercises in a simulated environment ahead of a real-world crisis. We support tabletop exercises, functional exercises, and full-scale exercises. Our capabilities include:
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Exercises help decision makers identify as much about what goes right with disaster preparedness plans as what goes wrong. We’ve helped organizations around the world design and conduct exercises and incorporate lessons learned into planning and preparedness activities.

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  • Examines policies, procedures, and operations to validate and refine plans as needed.
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  • Realistic event, testing response capabilities in time-pressured environment
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  • Simulates real event as closely as possible.
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support program

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2020 – 2021 EXERCISE SUPPORT DURING COVID-19

PDC continues to support training and exercises throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Most activities have been transitioned to a virtual platform to ensure the health and safety of all participants.

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