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Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) [1] is an applied science, information and technology center, working to reduce disaster risks and impacts on life, property, and the economies worldwide. PDC's products and services are used to support sound decision making in disaster response and civil-military humanitarian assistance operations, as well as in ...
On August 10, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a federal major disaster declaration. [13] For the Lahaina fire alone, the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated that over 2,200 buildings had been destroyed, [5] [14] [15] overwhelmingly residential [16] [17] and including many historic landmarks ...
The South Pacific tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the Equator between 160°E and 120°W. [1] The basin is officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service and the New Zealand MetService, while other meteorological services such as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Météo-France as well as the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center also monitor the basin. [1]
Pacific Disaster Center; Pacific Tsunami Warning Center; Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013; Pandemic Preparedness and Response Act; Preparations for Hurricane Sandy; Presidential Emergency Facility; Priority level; Project Bioshield Act; Project Greek Island; Protective Action Criteria; Public Readiness and ...
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report ...
Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list. "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms. "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System".
Australia and New Zealand said they would provide A$42.6 million ($28.05 million) for Pacific Island countries, which span millions of kilometres of ocean, to store humanitarian aid in the region ...
The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE) is a direct reporting unit to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) and principal agency to promote disaster preparedness and societal resiliency in the Asia-Pacific region. As part of its mandate, CFE facilitates education and training in disaster ...