The Global Disaster Preparedness Center, in partnership with Google, has developed the WhatNow Message Portal to increase the speed and dissemination of disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages. Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies can adapt multi-hazard key action messages to their country context. Find more information on the one-pager, toolkit page, or activity page.
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Half of Indonesia’s population of approximately 141 million people lives on the island of Java, home to several river systems as the Citarum river and the Bengawan Solo. Due to changing climate and environmental conditions, these river systems are prone to flooding. The Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia, PMI), the International Federation of Red
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Floods affect more people globally than any other type of natural hazard and they cause some of the largest economic, social and humanitarian losses. In 2013, Zurich Insurance, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Practical Action, Wharton Risk Management, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) formed the Flood
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This study – written by ISET-International, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group, and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center looks in detail at the Houston floods that resulted from Hurricane Harvey. Based on interviews with impacted households and businesses, and with people involved in risk reduction, response and recovery at the city, county and state level, the
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The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is extremely vulnerable to various types of water-induced disasters, particularly floods and landslides. In Nepal, more than 300 people are killed annually on average as a result of floods and landslides. Inequalities in society are often amplified at the time of disasters, and poor people, especially women, the elderly, and
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Early warning systems (EWS) are recognized in both the Hyogo Framework for Disaster Reduction (2005-2015) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) as an important element of disaster risk reduction and hence to the achievement of sustainable development and sustainable livelihoods. An effective EWS enables the concerned authorities and at-risk communities to know
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WhatNow Service, developed by the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Global Disaster Preparedness Center, in partnership with Google, is designed to increase the speed and dissemination of disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages. It is founded on IFRC’s Public Awareness and Public Education (PAPE) key messages for disaster risk reduction, covering 20+ hazards. Red Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC) National Societies
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A Letter to all WMO Members from WMO Secretariat announcing the 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop.
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This one-day Workshop was held 2 November, 2018, in Hong Kong, China, hosted by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) at the HKO facility. The Workshop focused on the Filtered Alert Hub software, a cloud-based system for aggregating alerts in the format of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard and published via Internet news feeds. That software,
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This one-day Workshop will be held 2 November, 2018, in Hong Kong, China, hosted by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) at the HKO facility. The Workshop focuses on the Filtered Alert Hub software, a cloud-based system for aggregating alerts in the format of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard and published via Internet news feeds. That
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