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With severe weather becoming the norm across the world, businesses in the United States are faced with the challenge of ensuring that your business can continue to operate if a disaster strikes. In 2018 alone, 11 weather and climate-related disasters … Continue reading Business Continuity, Communication and Natural Disasters – What You Should Know
Last year, 14 natural disasters caused at least $1 billion in damage each. Continue reading Government Climate Report Spotlights Costly Damage of Extreme Weather In 2018
Meant to withstand violent impacts, Mexican engineer Reynaldo Vela’s personal protection pods take prehistoric design cues and are part of a broader trend in disaster capitalism. Continue reading The Guy Behind This $2,400 Egg-Shaped Capsule Says It Will Save Us During Deadly Earthquakes
The northerly East Island in Hawaii’s French Frigate Shoals is now submerged beneath the sea. Continue reading A Hurricane Just Caused This Remote Hawaiian Island to Vanish
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale only measures wind speed and nothing else. Continue reading Hurricane Categories Don’t Capture How Dangerous Florence Is
The researchers found that nearly 3,000 people had died during and following the hurricane who wouldn’t have otherwise died Continue reading Trump Attacks Rigorous Science By Denying Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Death Toll
The island nation’s new warning system will broadcast qualitative alerts like takai and kyodai (“high” and “huge”) during future Pacific megathrust earthquakes, to better urge people to evacuate before the waves come. Continue reading Preparing for Japan’s Next Tsunami
The California wildfires have been especially devastating this year, with fires reaching unprecedented sizes. Hundreds of thousands of acres have been burned and it may take until September to contain the fiercer fires. When it comes to emer… Continue reading Communicating in Time: Wildfires and Incident Response
The Brigade’s efforts also highlight the limits to approaching disaster relief with code and information systems. Continue reading A Hurricane Maria ‘Tech Brigade’ Is Helping Connect the Puerto Rican Diaspora
The Brigade’s efforts also highlight the limits to approaching disaster relief with code and information systems. Continue reading A Hurricane Maria ‘Tech Brigade’ Is Helping Connect the Puerto Rican Diaspora