Singapore’s Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Coordination Centre (RHCC) and Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) have just announced a renewed agreement of their longtime...
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Singapore’s Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Coordination Centre (RHCC) and Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) have just announced a renewed agreement of their longtime...
By: Chani Goering (Pacific Disaster Center) and Jacob Reed (NASA) Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the...
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September 13, 2023 By: Chani Goering Yogyakarta, Indonesia—The University of Hawaii’s Pacific Disaster Center joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during a full-scale,...
By: Chani Goering Bogotá, Colombia — Colombia’s national disaster management organization, Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD), has just announced a new forward-leaning...
By: Chani Goering Paramaribo, Suriname—Suriname is taking new initiatives to further its commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing the Paris Agreement, and reducing...
Dili, Timor-Leste—Timor-Leste has just reached new milestones towards the United Nations (UN) Sendai Framework and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), completing the final phases of an early...
Accra, Ghana—The government of Ghana, through its National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), is undertaking a new National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment to help build its capacity...
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Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and iMMAP Inc. recently announced a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will enable the two organizations to combine forces. The new partnership aims to...
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As international pressure intensifies for countries around the world to provide complete multi-hazard early warning coverage for all populations—particularly the vulnerable—several countries in South...
Floods are among the most deadly and costly disasters worldwide and are only increasing in severity due to climate change. To make matters worse, a large percentage of the world’s population lack the...
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Only days after the U.S. government announced it would fund nearly a million-dollar expansion of the Philippine’s risk intelligence and early warning system, Typhoon Nalgae (locally named Paeng),...
Timor-Leste is an island nation that encompasses the eastern half of the tropical island of Timor. Situated on the southernmost edge of the Indonesian archipelago, northwest of Australia in Southeast...
3.8 MILLION people living in affected areas 7,000 people living in worst affected areas 1,190 vulnerable people in worst affected areas Affected areas experienced moderate wind damage or higher...
On the heels of National Preparedness Month, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)—the world’s foremost provider of earthquake science and information—announced a...
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Memorandum of Understanding builds on decades of collaboration between The Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency and the University of Hawaii’s applied science and research center Pacific...
4.44 MILLION people living in affected areas 2.28 MILLION people living in worst affected areas 146,000 vulnerable people in worst affected areas Affected areas experienced moderate wind damage or...
12.7 MILLION people living in affected areas 6.8 MILLION people living in worst affected areas 689,000 vulnerable people in worst affected areas Affected areas experienced moderate wind damage or...
The Bahamas and its new Prime Minister have entered this year’s hurricane season better equipped for an above-normal hurricane forecast in addition to the ongoing challenges posed by climate change...
Four months after PhilAWARE was handed over to the Philippines Office of Civil Defense (OCD), the national early warning system was put to the test a second time—and passed. Tropical Storm Agaton,...
The University of Hawaii’s applied science and research center, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), shared the results of a year-long collaborative research and analysis effort undertaken in partnership...