NASA Sees Ockhi’s Rain Reach India’s Western coast
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM Core Observatory satellite passed over western India on December 5, 2017 at (12:21 a.m. EST) 0521 UTC and found that the remnants of…
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UK – Next Phase of Leeds Flood Protection to Focus on Natural Flood Management
Next phase of Leeds flood protection plans set to be submitted to government is to have a strong focus on Natural Flood Management (NFM), with proposals to plant hundreds of…
USA – FEMA to Recover $1 Billion in Reinsurance
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that it is submitting a claim to recover the full $1.042 billion in reinsurance coverage under its 2017 Reinsurance Program. In November this…
NASA Gets a Final Look at Tropical Cyclone Ockhi’s Rainfall
Tropical Cyclone Ockhi is quickly weakening in the Arabian Sea and is expected to dissipate on Dec. 6 when it makes landfall in northwestern India. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission…
Southeast Asia Strengthens Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems
With new funds provided by the Government of Canada, WMO and its partners are stepping up efforts to support disaster risk reduction in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Southeast…
UK – Boston Barrier Flood Defence Gets the Green Light
The Environment Agency’s £100m Boston Barrier – which will better protect more than 14,000 properties from tidal flooding – has been given the green light by the Secretary of State…
Uganda – Government and UN Launch Project to Restore Wetlands
The Government of Uganda and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new project on “building community resilience, wetlands ecosystems and associated catchments in Uganda.” The project aims to…
Floods Are Necessary for Maintaining Healthy River Ecosystems, Research Shows
Flooding rivers can wreak havoc on homes and roads but are necessary for healthy ecosystems, research at Oregon State University suggests. The study shows that alterations to rivers’ natural flow…
Jamaica – Installation of Real time Automatic Weather Stations Begins Across the Island
Jamaica’s weather forecasting capacity will be boosted with the addition of 35 automatic weather stations to the Meteorological Service Division’s (MSJ) network across the island. The weather stations, which will…
North American Storm Clusters Could Produce 80 Percent More Rain Say NCAR Scientists
Major clusters of summertime thunderstorms in North America will grow larger, more intense, and more frequent later this century in a changing climate, unleashing far more rain and posing a…
NASA Views Severe Rain Storms Over Western Saudi Arabia
As intense rain storms moved into Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Nov. 21, NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite analyzed the severe storms. Heavy downpours caused schools and…
Restoring Floodplains and Wetlands Offer Value-for-Money Solution to River Flooding
Investing in ‘green infrastructure’ like restoring floodplains or wetlands to bolster flood prevention not only generates more environmental and socio-economic benefits, especially in the long term, but also lowers the…
Disaster Resilient Heterogeneous Wireless System Wins 2017 Newton Prize
A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded the 2017 Newton Prize in Vietnam for his work designing a wireless communications system which can withstand natural disasters such as…
Australia – Natural Disaster Costs to Reach $39 Billion per Year by 2050
The total costs of natural disasters in Australia are forecast to more than double in real terms to $39 billion per year by 2050, according to a new report released…
U.S. Weather Alert Systems Must Modernize, Say New Reports
To reduce risks, including loss of life, national weather alert systems must incorporate social and behavioral sciences and new technology, according to two federally sponsored reports. Weather forecasting and hazard…
Scientific Research on Disasters Represents a Tiny Percentage of Global Scholarly Output, Report Shows
Amsterdam, November 20, 2017 – Despite loss of life and economic devastation worldwide due to increasingly frequent natural and man-made disasters, scientific research on disasters represents a small percentage of…
