The destructive potential of any natural hazard is estimated basically by its spatial extent and severity. Here, we are giving the concept of natural disaster and its classification for general ...

Cal Fire will also release new “moderate” hazard zones, its lowest hazard classification that is ... the water supply that could occur during disasters, and they must locate essential public ...

Parts of this system were recently put into practical use, so you could say that we have only just begun to use information technology in disaster management. The internet was still in its early ...

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has turned over the liquefaction and tsunami hazard maps of General Santos City to the local government unit, its director ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...

With hurricane season still going strong, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says its disaster ... of qualifying disaster-damaged public infrastructure, hazard mitigation initiatives ...

Cal Fire knew its model couldn’t account ... scale of risk levels prior to the disaster, Cal Fire’s maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena ...