Crisis & Disaster Management

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  ddrsngo.net

  The good, the bad and ugly of Crisis response statistics It's natural to tabulate data for use during a disaster or crisis as it unfolds. It is also …

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  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018 (Published 2018)

  The New York Times - Kendra Pierre-Louis

  Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are growing at an accelerating pace this year, researchers said Wednesday, putting the world on track to face some of the most severe consequences of global warming sooner than …

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  Ebola outbreak in DR Congo now second worst in history

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  The UN's global health body says the Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second-biggest ever recorded. A total of 426 cases of the virus have now been reported in and around the town of Beni, taking the outbreak past that recorded in Uganda in 2000. Beni is in …

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  Disaster relief is dangerously broken. Can AI fix it?

  Fast Company - Katharine Schwab

  In 2014, Stanford student structural engineer Ahmad Wani was visiting family in his native Kashmir when a catastrophic flood struck. The rising waters stranded him and his family for seven days without food or water, during which they watched their neighbor’s home collapse, killing everyone …

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  How Drones Are Changing Emergency Management In Illinois

  wglt.org - Ryan Denham

  Drones are no longer a new or emerging technology. They’re a part of everyday life for insurance companies, photographers, law enforcement, and the …

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  Pacific Endeavor 2018, Kathmandu Nepal

  MCIPHADR on YouTube

  Final full video of Pacific Endeavor 2018 conducted in the Kathmandu Valley area of Nepal, August 2018.