This is the second year that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released an earthquake forecast citing wastewater disposal from fracking as triggering the quakes. The number of Americans likely to be affected this year is lower than last year where 7 million were at risk, but despite this decrease, there is still a significant likelihood... Read More

  A paper by the Overseas Development Institute, Disasters and national economic resilience, highlights the need to smoothen recovery over time for high disaster risk countries. Analysis of over 42 years of a group of developing countries across Sahel, East Africa and Asia  shows  short term recovery in first year (international aid and insurance policies)... Read More

The UAE has formed a national committee for disaster management which has representation of all stakeholders such as health-care facilities, health authorities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the Ministry of Health and Prevention, ambulance services of all emirates and the police.   While UAE is fully equipped to deal with emergency and disaster situations, they... Read More

Weather Channel is launching a new App in emerging countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The small 3.2 MB App developed using IBM mesh networking technology is not a burden on battery and does not require phone reconfiguration. It uses both bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks connecting across phones at 200 to 500 feet distance.... Read More

The agile and aggressive maneuvering abilities of bats inspired scientists to develop drones, which could soon be in around work sites and danger zones. The study was released by its three authors on 1st Feb in the journal ‘Science Robotics’. Bats are unique mammals that control their flight and power with grace. Their body is... Read More

To build on experience learned after 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April 2015, the workshop was led by Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Airport authorities, military and humanitarian partners will participate in Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) workshops – a four-day training and assessment programme to develop... Read More

The ‘2016 Annual Global Climate & Catastrophe Report’, published by Aon Benfield – the world’s leading reinsurance broker, claims a 7 % increase in insured losses from natural disasters over the previous 16 years average. It is the highest loss since Y2012 and the 7th highest on record. 315 natural catastrophes in 2016 are estimated... Read More