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  • High Wind - Ivugivik, Québec, Canada

    32 minutes ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, S of Zambezi River, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • High Wind - NE of Trout River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Cottica, Sipaliwini, Suriname

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Sao Francisco Basin, Brazil

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - De Contas Basin, Paraguacu and De Contas Rivers, Brazil

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Pungwe Basin, N of Buzi River, Mozambique

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Guayas Basin, Daule, Babahoyo and Guayas Rivers, Ecuador and Peru

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Xique-Xique, Northeast Brazil

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Negro Basin, Chubut and Limay Rivers, Argentina

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chubut Basin, SE of Chico River, Argentina and Chile

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Orange Basin, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil and Venezuela

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Pascua Basin, E of Pascua River, Argentina and Chile

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Araguari Basin, NW of Araguari River, Brazil and French Guiana

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of La Esmeralda, Amazonas, Venezuela

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Sena Madureira, Acre, Brazil

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Uruara, Pará, Brazil

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Gode, Somali, Ethiopia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, SE of Negro River, Brazil and Venezuela

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Clutha Basin, New Zealand

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rajang Basin, N of Rajang River, Indonesia and Malaysia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Kapuas Basin, Indonesia and Malaysia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Karumba, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Birdsville, Queensland, Australia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Raba, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Warrnambool, South Australia and Victoria, Australia

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Krishna Basin, India

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador

    1 hour ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, NW of Murgap River, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Tessalit, Kidal, Mali

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Incomati Basin, Southern Africa, Lesotho, Eastern Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Af

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Okavango Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Southern Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Eastern Africa an

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Limpopo Basin, Southern Africa, Botswana, Eastern Africa, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimba

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Djado, Agadez, Niger

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Worcester, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape, South Africa

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Arlit, Agadez, Niger

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Mapai, Gaza, Mozambique

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Save Basin, SW of Runde River, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Dukono, Indonesia

    1 hour ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sheveluch, Russia

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.5 - Kermadec Islands region

    3 hours ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - SE of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras

    3 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.0 - 72 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines

    4 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt and Sudan

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Berbera, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Victorica, La Pampa, Argentina

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Little Mecatina Basin, Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dryden, Manitoba and Ontario, Canada

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Porto Santana, North Brazil

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rosario, Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos and Santa Fe, Argentina

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Volta Basin, NE of Volta River, Ghana and Togo

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Langsa, Aceh and Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Gualeguaychu, Entre Ríos, Argentina

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Fonte Boa, Amazonas, Brazil

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tarakan, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Korogwe, Tanga, Tanzania

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Jayapura, Papua and Papua Barat, Indonesia

    5 hours ago WARNING

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

    5 hours ago WARNING

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

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Mildura, Victoria, Australia

    5 hours ago WARNING

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

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Yancheng, East China

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Naypyidaw, Naypyitaw, Myanmar

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Dasht Kaur Basin, Iran

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ob Basin, Kazakhstan

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chad Basin, Algeria and Niger

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ma Basin, Laos and Vietnam

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Timashevsk, Adygey, Krasnodar and Stavropol, Russia

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Niger Basin, Nigeria

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Arlit, Agadez, Niger

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Volga Basin, E of Volga River, Russia, Kazakhstan and Caspian Sea

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Tuban Basin, Western Asia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru

    6 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Espanola, NM Region, United States

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Longview, TX Region, United States

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Lufkin, TX Region, United States

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dayton, TX Region, United States

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - SW of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada

    7 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Beardstown, IL Region, United States

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Carthage, MS Region, United States

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bogalusa, LA Region, United States

    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Pocatello, ID Region, United States

    8 hours ago WARNING

  • Drinking Water - SW of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

    8 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Extreme Heat - Eastern India

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Indus Basin, W of Indus River, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Africa

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southern Africa

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Landslides - Kyrgyzstan

    10 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Floods - Afghanistan

    10 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia, Australia

    10 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Peppimenarti, Northern Territory, Australia

    10 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Dailekh, Bheri, Nepal

    11 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Serbia

    11 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Barrie, Ontario, Canada

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Fuerte Nuevo Basin, Mexico

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Breves, Pará, Brazil

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Camocim, Northeast Brazil

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Mahakam Basin, Indonesia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Macapa, Amapá, Brazil

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Coroata, Maranhão, Brazil

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Baraka Basin, NW of Baraka River, Eritrea and Sudan

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Tefe, Amazonas, Brazil

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Northern Brazil

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Boulia, Queensland, Australia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bengawan Solo Basin, Indonesia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, Australia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Cauvery Basin, Sri Lanka

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Shieli, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Liao He Basin, China, South Korea and North Korea

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Torghay Basin, Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Saryshaghan, Almaty, Qaraghandy and Zhambyl, Kazakhstan

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Puqi, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, China

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar and Thailand

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Brahmaputra Basin, Eastern Asia, China, Southern Asia, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, South-east

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Paraguay

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Hai He Basin, China

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Baoding, Hebei, China

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Daan, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Nei Mongol, China

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Astrakhan, Astrakhan, Russia

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Tamale, Northern, Ghana

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Mangoky Basin, Madagascar

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rufiji Basin, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia and Tanzania

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tukuyu, Mbeya, Tanzania

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Niger Basin, S of Dallol Bosso River, Niger

    12 hours ago WARNING

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

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, Mozambique and Malawi

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rukwa Basin, S of Rungwa River, Tanzania

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Mexico

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central America

    13 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Central America

    12 hours ago WARNING

  • Winter Storm - Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada

    13 hours ago WATCH

  • Floods - Haiti and Dominican Republic

    13 hours ago WARNING

  • Floods - Mauritius

    13 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Blowing Snow - SE of Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    14 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Freezing Rain - Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    14 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.1 - 72 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan

    14 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Lafayette, IN Region, United States

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Port Arthur, TX Region, United States

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Haiti

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Comoros

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.5 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Flood - Woodville, FL Region, United States

    19 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

    21 hours ago WATCH

  • Earthquake - 5.1 - 8 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan

    21 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Klyuchevskoy, Russia

    21 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • High Wind - Sardegna

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.5 - 73 km SSW of Boca Chica, Panama

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Lewotolo, Indonesia

    2 days ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Ruang, Indonesia

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Lewotobi, Indonesia

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

    2 days ago ADVISORY

  • Earthquake - 6.0 - 13 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Storms - Eastern Malaysia

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Storms - Peninsular Malaysia

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Central India

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Vietnam

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Vietnam

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Greece

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Italy

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Spain

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Bagana, Papua New Guinea

    3 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Marapi, Indonesia

    3 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southwestern United States

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Hawaii, United States of America

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northwestern United States

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central United States

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Zambia

    6 days ago INFORMATION

  • Extreme Heat - Western Africa

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Health - SE of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

    1 week ago ADVISORY

  • Drought - Northern Pacific Islands

    1 week ago WARNING

  • 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

    11 months 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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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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