The Philippines is one of the most climate change prone countries, facing 20 cyclones every year with five having the potential to turn into megastorms such as Haiyan. During these times television, ...

Social media data are increasingly being analysed to support disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. A new ...

Here is a fun trivia question to throw out at dinner parties. What was the name of America’s oldest learning institution when it was founded in 1636? The Answer? New College. It was founded by the ...

Globally, floods are the most frequent and damaging among natural hazards. Between 1998-2017, floods led to economic damages exceeding US$600 billion, affected more than 2 billion people, and resulted ...

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), a mega-disaster that marked Japan and the world with its unprecedented scale of destruction. This feature story ...

In developing countries, the impact of significant events such as earthquakes, extreme weather, terrorist attacks, cyber incidents, or health emergencies can be more pronounced given the lack of ...

Emergency planners in Wisconsin are already taking lessons from the tornado disaster in Oklahoma."We learn from all of the past experiences," Pete Pochowski with the Wisconsin School Safety ...

Disaster Management Systems, a leader in Triage and Disaster solutions helping responders organize, identify, and manage incidents involving multiple patients, disaster and mass casualty incidents in ...

Mama Ida Odinga called for disaster management to be taught at all levels of schooling across Kenya Ida, the widow of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, reminded Kenyans that disasters can strike ...