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...
PDC was honored to present the findings of the National Disaster Preparedness Baseline Assessment (NDPBA) for Panama to President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen on Tuesday 15 February. This opportunity...
In less than a month, Indonesia was hit with flash floods and a deadly earthquake—and InAWARE was there to help Flooding and landslides in Luwu in early October 2021 were followed by a M4.8...
How hundreds of millions of people are protected from natural hazard risks throughout Southeast Asia There are more than 655 million people living in Southeast Asia— one of the most disaster-prone...
The national government of Thailand and Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) have just operationalized a new early warning and hazard monitoring system called ThaiAWARE. The system will provide advanced...
On Dec. 15, 2021, Tropical Storm Rai strengthened into a Super Typhoon faster than any other storm system in recent memory, going from a category 2 to a category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane...