Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and ...

Background The burden of cardiovascular events in Africa is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade, placing ...

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development concluded today in Sevilla, Spain, with 130 initiatives turning the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla into action through ...

As flash floods ravage areas like the Texas Hill Country, research shows that technology alone cannot save lives during ...

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra on Wednesday said investments in financing mechanisms, institutional development and capacity- building are intended to deliver measurable outcomes ...

Digital infrastructure, where sectors are electronically connected in real time, drastically reduces bureaucratic hurdles and ...

This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.

How to prepare an evacuation plan, and have all the materials that you may need if you lose power or your home is damaged ...

The objective of this paper is to create and test an integrative framework for performance analysis of disaster management system-of-systems (DM-SoS). Effective disaster management systems and ...

This article presents a vision for future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-assisted disaster management, considering the holistic functions of disaster prediction, assessment, and response. Here, UAVs ...