Radio Hams Proposal to improve warnings during disasters
Radio Hams (Amateur Radio Operators) worldwide in times of major disasters often provide invaluable communication support. If conventional communication networks break down,... Read More
Natural Disasters Increasingly Linked To Climate Change
Climate change linkage to natural disasters has been confirmed in a new report based on analysis of 59 studies of current happenings... Read More
Wildfires in California Add to ‘Horrific Year’ of Disaster Losses
Forest fires in Southern California have turned Year 2017 in to one of the costliest for the insurance industry. Natural disasters such... Read More
Iran airports to benefit from GARD disaster response training program
Airports are critical and fastest access points for ensuring lifesaving support to the affected communities in case of natural and manmade disasters.... Read More
Upsurge in big earthquakes predicted for 2018
No of intense earthquakes worldwide are likely to increase in 2018. Variations (periodic slowing) in earth’s rotational speed could trigger intense seismic... Read More
Forest Fires Stoke Record Loss in World Tree Cover
Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia (equivalent to the size of New Zealand) caused a dramatic 51 percent increase in the loss... Read More
Role of volunteers in Disaster Mitigation after hurricane Maria strikes Puerto Rico
The region was still recovering from Hurricane Irma when it was pummeled recently by Hurricane Maria. The nationwide effort by Puerto Rico’s... Read More
Sawdust Balls to Clean Marine Oil Spills
Last month, two cargo ships collided at Mumbai coast resulting in a oil spill from one of the ships. Few days ago,oil... Read More
Failing dam creates new crisis on Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico, with 10 deaths and an estimated US$ 30 billion loss, lies utterly devastated by its most powerful storm in a... Read More
Handling communications during a disaster
Typhoons have been dominating the news recently. A marketing and PR agency of Houston, affected severely by Typhoon Harvey, have following recommendation... Read More