Interest Story: Community first responders saving lives in the Philippines

Building on the success of its Safety Check tool, Facebook is develop new features to enable local users to connect with each other during crisis events through local ‘crisis hubs’. Wired magazine article — https://www.wired.com/201...

An assessment of the perceived flood vulnerability of community members in two southern districts of Nepal. Flood Vulnerability through the Eyes of Vulnerable People in Mid-Western Terai of Nepal http://www.omicsonline.org/2157-7617/pdfdownload.php?d...

An 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 437km off the coast of Indonesia’s Banda Aceh on Wednesday, sparking a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region. The quake provided a test for the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) earl...