Early warning

The Hong Kong Observatory has launched the 'Aviation-weather Disaster Risk Reduction' website and a Meteorological Data Collection Programme designed to reduce risk and disruption from bad weather conditions. Find out more about meteorological forecasting at the Global Platform...

'Political neglect [...] and the difficulties that powerless individuals face in accessing resources have contributed to their vulnerability to the tsunami hazards' says Pradyumna P. Karan, a co-editor of the recently released 'The Indian Ocean Tsunami.' More lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami at the Global Platform...

As part of a recent partnership with the government, mobile operators will send out free text message alerts on public safety and information for typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis and other emergencies, reports the Wireless Federation. More on early warning at the Global Platform...

Curtin University meteorologists have developed sophisticated modelling techniques able to aid the prediction of extreme weather events as a result of natural and human-induced climate change on the Earth, according to a recent press release...

Earthquake-Report highlights a study of the recent Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami which assesses the damage, level of preparedness and draws up key initial lessons learned. Learn more at the Global Platform...

This report is the summary of a post disaster assessment of the areas most affected by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. The survey evaluates the damage caused, people's needs and goes on to describe what worked well concluding with key initial lessons learned.

The disaster preparedness efforts in Western Visayas got a further boost with the upgrading of the weather forecasting facilities of the Department of Science and Technology, reports PIA. Learn more about what the Philippines is doing to prepare for disasters at the Global Platform...

'In particular, we want contestants to think about the issues faced by developing countries for adaptation and/or mitigation,' said Malcolm Johnson, Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau on its Green ICT Application Challenge. Find out more on climate change initiatives at the Global Platform...