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Displaying 15 of about 289 resultsNAIROBI/GENEVA, 13 February 2012 - In advance of critical rainfall forecasts for the Horn of Africa, the UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNISDR, today announced a partnership with the WMO-supported African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) to ensure rapid dissemination of weather updates to disaster managers.
Pedro Ba…
GENEVA, 31 October 2012 - UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlstrom spoke to the opening session of this week's extraordinary session of the World Meteorological Congress which is discussing the implementation plan and governance model for the Global Framework for Climate Services.
Ms. Wahlstrom congratulated the World Meteorological Organization on the initiat…
The warning time before a tornado touches down is measured in minutes. Long-term planning on the sunny days when tornadoes aren’t a threat is crucial for preparing for and recovering from these storms.Research led by Eren Ozguven, director of the Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response Center (RIDER) and a professor at the FAMU-FSU College of Eng…
As a deadly tornado headed toward Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023, forecasters saw the storm developing on radar and issued a rare “tornado emergency” warning. NOAA’s Weather Prediction and Storm Prediction centers had been warning for several days about the risk of severe weather in the region. But w…
Tornadoes tore up homes in New Orleans and its suburbs and were reported in communities from Texas to Mississippi and Alabama as severe storms swept across the South in late March 2022. We asked tornado scientist Ernest Agee to explain what causes tornadoes and how the center of U.S. tornado ac…
On 20 May 2013, at 2:56 p.m., a tornado touched down in central Oklahoma. Over the next 40 minutes, it ripped through the towns of Newcastle, Moore, and south Oklahoma City. The storm destroyed dozens of houses and cars, two farms, two elementary schools, a strip mall, and several other buildings as it killed 24 people and injured hundreds.
Climate cha…
Background
Destructive, devastating, shattering -– these are only a few of the words that begin to describe the impact of the natural disasters that plagued the country in 2011. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management plans were tested and successfully implemented. What continues to resonate is that “the Joint Commission standards DO make a diff…
The overall objective of this symposium is to facilitate ground-level planning for the possibility of a tornado striking a health care facility in Oklahoma. To this end, we have invited a multidisciplinary faculty with particular expertise in tornado damage, weather patterns, and disaster medicine to discuss in-depth mitigation, response, and recovery o…
The 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Severe Local Storms. The conference will be held 27-31 October 2008 at The Hilton DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, GA.
Background
The United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), which was established in 1971 based on an agreement between the Government of Japan and the United Nations, promotes sustainable regional development in developing countries. UNCRD’s Disaster Management Planning Programme has been one of the core issues for sustainable regional deve…
The city of Iowa City (USA) will recognize 13 October 2010 as the 'International Day for Disaster Reduction'. All community members are encouraged to recognize the day and to reflect on Iowa City's recovery from the recent 2006 tornado and 2008 flood. Furthermore, community members are encouraged to commemorate those who have been affected by disasters…
Exercise overview
The Disaster Resistant Communities Group has undertaken an effort to develop, facilitate and evaluate a series of disaster exercises for neighborhoods entitled "Formidable Footprint - A Neighborhood Tabletop Exercise".
Exercise scenarios
The scenarios for the Formidable Footprint National Neighborhood Exercise Series will include:…
Public On-Line Forum/Panel Discussion
8 October 2020, noon to 2PM EDT
Extreme weather events, including tornadoes, floods, ice storms, hurricanes, droughts and blizzards, are a major risk to life, property and the economy in Canada. The risks are changing as climate changes. The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is pleased…
This conference is dedicated to the study and exposition of the status and prospects of engineering in support of a bright future for humanity in the midst of a rapidly changing and uncertain environment, both physical and sociological due to climate change.
Engineering for adaptation:
Programs and measures to reduce GHG emissions will simply slow th…
The scientific program of IUGG 2011 includes symposia, poster presentations and workshops on a wide range of themes related to geophysics and geodesy, including:
- Hydrological Sciences
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Physical Sciences of the Oceans
- Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior
- Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Inte…