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Immediate and long-term recovery in post-earthquake Morocco
Sunday's earthquake in Morocco – the strongest to hit the center of the country in more than a century – has taken the lives of more than 2,500 ...
Expert Comment - the humanitarian use of drones in the current Turkish/Syrian earthquake disaster
Dr Muhammad Azmat, Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Aston University, Birmingham, is available to provide comment on the humanitarian use of ...
Tulane volcano expert available to comment on eruption of Mauna Loa
Geologist Cynthia Ebinger, PhD, the Marshall-Heape Chair in Geology at the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, says scientists have been on high alert ...
Drop! Cover! Hold On! Are you prepared for International Shakeout Day this Thursday?
Drop! Cover! Hold On! That’s what the more than 43 million people around the world who participate in International Shakeout Day will do on Thursday, ...
Bridge-Building as a Career Path
Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum / Kengo Kuma & Associates. © Takumi Ota For my entire life I’ve imagined myself as a bridge between the U.S. and ...
Ten Years Later: Japan Society Remembers the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11)
To Mark the 10th Anniversary of the Triple Disaster, Japan Society Will Present Programming Reflecting Upon the Aftermath, Recovery and Spirit of Resiliency After the ...
Welcoming 2021: The Year of Resiliency
Happy New Year to all — may 2021 be a better and brighter year for everyone. It has been just over a year since I came to ...
Precautionary Buying During a Disaster Can Create Other Challenges
After many stores sold out of necessities like toilet paper, paper towels, masks, cleaning products, and hand sanitizer, retailers across the United States are implementing ...
Knowing How to Help — And How Not to Help — After a Disaster Makes a Difference
The images coming out of Nashville as it begins to recover from a deadly tornado that tore through the city on March 3 are heartbreaking. As ...
Media Training Can You Afford NOT to Be Prepared When Reporters Come Calling?
Want to see someone in a respected position of power throw away a career in all of about two minutes? Stephen Duckett was an expert ...