Infectious disease exercise strengthens partnerships and coordination
Lightning Rescue 2013 (LR13) was led by the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) of the...
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US Gulf Coast threatened as Tropical Storm Karen strengthens
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued hurricane watches along the United States Gulf Coast...
ROGUE Project expands capabilities for humanitarian missions
Following the destructive 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
Typhoon Wutip strikes South China Seas and Central Vietnam
Typhoon Wutip, the South China Sea’s tenth tropical storm this year, made landfall over central...
Tropical Storm Fitow nearing typhoon strength in the Philippine Sea
Moving north in the Philippine Sea, Tropical Storm Fitow is forecast to become a typhoon over the...
Super Typhoon Usagi makes way toward land
The most powerful typhoon of 2013 so far, Super Typhoon Usagi, is estimated to impact millions of...
InAWARE disaster management project underway in Indonesia
Natural hazards – including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and landslides – frequently occur...
Interactive APEC workshop on geospatial hazard and risk information
A two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Workshop on Applying Geospatial Hazard and Risk...
Training mission becomes real disaster management event
In May, as Tropical Cyclone Mahasen headed for Dhaka, Bangladesh, the U.S. Pacific Command’s...
Geospatial database manager reelected to State GIS Council Board
Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC) Geospatial Database Manager Richard Nezelek, who was seated on the...