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Displaying 45 of about 291 resultsIn 2010, the U.S. the National Commission on Children and Disasters issued its final report, with 81 recommendations and sub-recommendations aimed at ensuring children’s unique needs are accounted for in U.S. disaster preparedness, response and recovery. The Commission was created after the Hurricane Katrina to assess the gaps in federal planning that p…
This guide provides the first standard method for conducting geospatially-based damage assessments through the analysis of drone and satellite imagery. The “BAR Methodology” offers potential improvements to wind disaster damage assessments in terms of providing responding agencies with previously unavailable information about hard to reach, often non-pe…
Hurricane Katrina, the fires in Southern California and the devastation caused by earthquakes in Samoa, Chile and Haiti have prompted industry experts, led by structural engineers, to focus on improving the safety and structural integrity of buildings in disaster-prone areas, reports Construction Digital.
National Science Foundation press release: 10-068
In the largest and most ambitious effort ever made to understand tornadoes, more than 100 scientists and 40 support vehicles will hit the road again this spring.
The project, VORTEX2 'Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes' is in its final season: May 1st through June 15th, 2010.
VORTEX2…
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced the completion of ‘Sada Al Barq’ exercise, organized by TRA with the participation of UAE telecom operators Etisalat and du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company. The exercise was conducted within the framework of the initiative “Telecom business continuity in emergency, crisis a…
On April 21, 2001, an F4 tornado struck Hoisington, Kansas (population 2,975), severely damaging 230 homes and businesses and leaving one person dead. The Clara Barton Hospital sustained extensive damage, estimated at nearly 1.5 million dollars. The destruction and potential loss of life from that event was an alarming wake-up call for the region.
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Geneva – The World Meteorological Organization’s Annual Statement on the Status of the Global Climate said that 2011 was the 11th warmest since records began in 1850. It confirmed preliminary findings that 2011 was the warmest year on record with a La Niña, which has a cooling influence. Globally-averaged temperatures in 2011 were estima…
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Frankfort, Kentucky - The restoration of businesses impacted by the tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding Feb. 29-March 3 is essential to the Commonwealth’s recovery.
“History has proven the sooner local businesses recover following a disaster, the faster the community begins recovering,” s…
The social and economic impact of tornadoes in Europe is analyzed using tornado reports from the European Severe Weather Database between 1950 and 2015. Despite what is often assumed by the general public and even by meteorologists and researchers, tornadoes do occur in Europe and they are associated with injuries, fatalities, and damages, although thei…
Un rapport a été publié par l’institut national d’études démographique sur la hausse de la population mondiale d’ici 2050. Cette hausse démographique aura un impact sur plusieurs territoires après les catastrophes naturelles subies selon Témoignages.
Le rapport de l’INED met en avant le besoin de se préparer aux changements climatiques qui ont pour co…
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…
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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…
"The signed document will become a basis for the modernisation of structures of the national emergency response system,” said Russian Emergency Situations Minister, Sergei Shoigu at the meeting with Commander in Chief of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces, Omar Halleslevens last week.
The agreement concludes that Russia will provide assistance to Nicaragua to…