Earth observations contribute to disaster mapping and better mitigation and response, working with the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction.
GEO supports disaster resilience by increasing coordination of Earth observations to forecast and prepare for disasters, to mitigate damage and to better manage and recover from disasters.
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Dozens of flights are reported cancelled and residents urged to stay indoors to avoid... -
There were more than 4,000 earthquakes recorded across Scotland over the past 50 years,... -
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is reporting a series of earthquakes in the... -
Eliot Herman in Tucson caught this fireball, or exceptionally bright meteor – likely part... -
With massive coastal storms on the rise, a new study describes a method for... -
The northeastern coast of the United States could be hit by more frequent and... -
Scientists have learned that cabbage and cauliflower crops could potentially be "devastated" by an... -
Bodies found in France and Germany, villages flooded and roads wrecked amid forecasts of... -
The four-month natural gas leak that sickened hundreds of Los Angeles residents and forced... -
The globe’s strongest tropical cyclone recorded so far in 2016 intensified in the Southern... -
Rapidly rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, and increased lightning strikes are leading to ever-larger... -
4.2 magnitude quake is among more than 800 in the state in 2015, and... -
North of England, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland told to prepare for floods,... -
In September 2015, fires in Indonesia produced prodigious amounts of carbon monoxide. -
Six bodies have been found with 22 still missing in one of the country’s... -
Potentially catastrophic consequences are expected when record-breaking Patricia makes landfall later today -
Storm leaves at least two people dead and causes massive disruption and power cuts... -
Magnitude-4.4 temblor Saturday was among nearly 700 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or greater in... -
A report by the Norwegian Refugee Council said China, India and the Philippines suffered... -
Activists say accident is soiling Gaviota coast, a Mediterranean-climate region of which there are... -
The storm is intensifying, but there are hopes that it might just graze the... -
Darkness descended on much of Nepal after a powerful earthquake rattled the country’s already... -
Radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor has been found on the shores of... -
This last weekend Tropical Cyclone Pam struck the Islands of Vanuatu in the South... -
We have in the past looked at the some of the California fault lines... -
Three-dimensional perspective view of the likelihood that each region of California will experience a...
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50 million people could be affected by flooding in 15 years' time People affected by...
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Originally Published by BBC News - Texas officials are monitoring as many...
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Originally Published by Yale 360 - “A Red Dirt Town,” the...
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Originally Published by ENS - Hundreds of people have lost their...
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Originally Published by Information Week - At 3:20 am Sunday, a magnitude...
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Originally Published by New Scientist - With reservoirs at record lows and...
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Originally Published by BBC- The town of Hanford, Washington, has long been...
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USGS is reporting a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on April 18, 2014. The U.S.... -
The SERVIR-Africa partnership with RCMRD promotes an increase in data sharing among RCMRD's member... -
Originally Published by The EarthSky- A 8.2 earthquake struck off the coast of... -
Originally Published by NY Times - The magnitude-5.1 quake on Friday night was...
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A new website by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) aims to collect ocean water... -
Originally Published by IEEE - Three years ago, a tsunami came crashing down...
