Nobel prize winning UN food program partners with UH Pacific Disaster Center
The collaboration will focus on disaster planning and preparedness, and risk and vulnerability assessment.
Hurricane forecast appears low; prepare now
UH provides training workshops for the hurricane season to employees and students.
Popular handbook helps residents prepare for natural hazards
The newly updated Homeowner’s Handbook To Prepare For Natural Hazards 4th edition, published by the UH Sea Grant College Program, is available free of charge.
Regional cooperation with UH’s Pacific Disaster Center endorsed by ASEAN committee
All Regional and National Capacity Development Program participants aim to strengthen their early warning systems in order to reduce risk and vulnerability in the region.
New publication helps communities rebuild safer, smarter
Guidance for Disaster Recovery Preparedness in Hawaiʻi is designed to help coastal communities plan to recover from disasters before they strike.
UH Mānoa groups, agencies team up to tackle impacts of climate change
Climate change will greatly impact the state's infrastructure in the next 50 years.
Forecasters predict busy 2019 hurricane season
Forecasters predict this season will have a 70 percent chance of being a higher than normal season with the likelihood of five to eight tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific.
Closer hurricanes show increased flood risks to Honolulu, Waikīkī
Findings were not a surprise, say researchers at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.
Disaster management leaders recognized
The Pacific Risk Management ʻOhana, chaired by UH NDPTC executive director Karl Kim, has selected four recipients for their outstanding efforts in disaster resilience awards.
UH Hilo team provides USGS critical, daily chemical analysis of lava flow
UH Hilo is providing real-time chemistry analysis of lava samples to U.S. Geological Survey scientists to help determine how the lava will behave and how fast it will move.
