Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making...
A record 115,000 people in the Indian Ocean region evacuated during the tsunami exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18) conducted on 4-5 September 2018. The exercise was coordinated by UNESCO’s...
Executive Summary The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the world’s largest humanitarian network and therefore a key actor to be considered also in the Arctic. The Red Cross Arctic...
Sri Lanka participating in an international tsunami drill held in 28 countries will be conducting tsunami drills across the island today (September 05th).The Ministry of Disaster Management said the...
CITATION Tansey CM, Pringle J, Davé A, Boulanger R, Hunt M. Earthquakes to Floods: A Scoping Review of Health-related Disaster Research in Low- and Middle-income Countries. PLOS Currents Disasters...
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has issued a Tsunami Threat for the following coasts, stating: TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF...
La directora del Observatorio Ambiental del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN), Celina Kattan, realizó ayer el lanzamiento de un proyecto piloto en el municipio de La Libertad,...
Experts from the Caribbean, Pacific and European tsunami early warning networks gathered in Valparaiso, Chile, for a ten-day training (1-10 August 2018) focused on improving operating procedures for...
Le gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie s’est engagé depuis 2015 dans une démarche visant à l’amélioration du réseau d’alerte existant et dispose aujourd'hui d'un parc de 61 sirènes, toutes testées...
It is hard to imagine that only 14 years ago Sri Lanka was severely devastated by the tsunami, triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Its waves submerged the southwestern part...