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IAEM will present its second Thursday Learning Webinar on July 13, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT, featuring Sandra Millers Younger, who lost her home, 12 neighbors and almost her own life in the 2003 Cedar Fire, the biggest wildfire in modern California history. Now, as the founder of ComeBACK Solutions International, Sandra works with disaster survivors, top-level emergency professionals, and other leaders to build resilience, the skill that can transform disaster into opportunity and loss into legacy. She will combine riveting storytelling, lessons learned from her personal experience as a wildfire survivor, and leading-edge research from the field of positive psychology to explain a common-sense approach to a critical but often overlooked aspect of disaster recovery for both emergency professionals and the communities they serve. Read the full description of the presentation and register at www.iaem.com/webinars.
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The IAEM Editorial Work Group is seeking articles on the topic of “Lessons Learned” for the next special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin. Articles might include, but are not limited to: what we can learn from other countries; what others in our country can learn from our experiences; how emergency management programs are implementing standards; or how standards can bridge the interfaces between countries and between jurisdictions. Please consider writing an article for this issue. If you’re not sure your idea will fit what we’re requesting, email a paragraph or two describing what you want to write about, and we’ll supply you with feedback. Read the author’s guidelines, and email your 750 to 1,500 word article to Editor Karen Thompson by July 10, 2017. And remember, an article published in the Bulletin can help you meet the Publications requirement if you’re an AEM® or CEM® candidate.
Economy Nest
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to set up a Doppler Weather Radar Network in Sri Lanka to strengthen the island’s real-time rainfall forecasting and contribute to early earning of natural disasters.
JICA Friday signed an agreement with the finance ministry to provide the system on a grant basis worth about 2.5 billion Japanese Yen, a statement said.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Earlier this year, the Philippine government had sought financing for a $500-million flood control project in Metro Manila.
According to an Inquirer report, the said project would include “constructing new and modernizing existing selected pumping stations and their supporting infrastructure; improving solid waste management practices within the vicinity of drainage systems served by the selected pumping stations, and supporting the resettlement of project affected people.”
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In addition to their recognized tradition as a technical event, Expo Proteção (occupational health and safety) and its parallel event, Expo Emergência (rescue, firefighting, and emergencies), will provide access to the First Latin American Congress of Emergency Managers, supported by the Latin American & Caribbean Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers. Expo exhibitors will be face-to-face with about 7,000 professional decision-makers from Brazil and other countries, who will attend the technical events. In addition, 40,000 visitors are expected to attend the fair to learn about the innovations now available from suppliers of products and services focused on health and safety at work. As Brazil is going through economic recovery, the expos are a prime opportunity for exhibitors and visitors to forge new strategic partnerships in pursuit of common goals.
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Protect those that are responding to your disaster.
Discover why the CDC recommends the BioSeal System body sealing technologies to contain human remains that result from traumatic incidents.
Visit www.bioseal.com and click on "LEARN"
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Stuff.co.nz
A major earthquake conference is back on the agenda after being cancelled late last year.
The Government spent $200,000 on the Canterbury Earthquake, Learn, Prepare, Act Symposium before then-Canterbury rebuild minister Gerry Brownlee canned the event three months before it was due to go ahead in February 2017.
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1 News Now
Wellington and Christchurch buildings now need to be checked every five years and upgraded, if needed, to ensure they are safe in an earthquake. Public buildings, including schools, hospitals and fire stations, will also be checked as a priority, under the new laws taking effect this week.
The safety measures divide the country into three earthquake zones based on their risk.
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NZ Herald
Owners of multi-unit complexes where some people can't afford to pay their share of earthquake strengthening costs could be in line for government assistance.
Building and Construction Minister Nick Smith revealed the possible support at an event in Wellington, as new laws requiring the identification and upgrade of earthquake-prone buildings take effect this week.
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IAEM
Now is the time to join IAEM-USA! June 1-Aug. 31, 2017, IAEM-USA is conducting its first annual Membership Drive. New members and member sponsors receive credit that may be applied to IAEM products (store, membership and conference). Visit www.iaem.com/USA2017MembershipDrive and learn how to join or how to sponsor a new member. Help support the membership drive by sending us a short (less than one minute) mobile phone video telling us what you do for emergency management and how IAEM-USA helps. Email it to membership@iaem.com. Be sure to mention IAEM-USA membership value to colleagues. Please review the member video guidelines.
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Knowledge Center continues to provide essential capabilities to enhance its already robust product offering to emergency management professionals. With the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) product, Knowledge Center ensures that customers will meet compliance requirements.
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Homeland Security Newswire
Every year, major earthquakes, floods and hurricanes occur. These natural disasters disrupt daily life and, in the worst cases, cause devastation. Events such as Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy killed thousands of people and generated billions of dollars in losses. There is also concern that global climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of weather–related disasters. We have created a new database that covers disasters in the United States from 1920 to 2010 at the county level.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last week extended its Public Assistance (PA) Alternative Procedures Pilot Program for Debris Removal for one year. As part of the extension to June 27, 2018, FEMA is changing the implementation of the sliding scale provision, so that this provision will be authorized only for those events with significant debris impacts. For disasters declared on or after Aug. 28, 2017, FEMA will limit the use of the pilot’s sliding scale provision to high impact incidents that meet these criteria: high concentration of localized damage; large quantities of damage (more than $20 million or 1.5 million cubic yards); and disasters declared within eight days after the incident to incentivize rapid debris removal. Updated information on the pilot and sliding scale is included in the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Debris Pilot Guide.
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Miami Herald
With hurricane season underway, National Transportation Safety Board investigators looking into the 2015 sinking of El Faro took the unusual step this week of issuing safety recommendations targeting hurricane forecasting — even before they wrap up a final report determining what caused the cargo ship to go down during a Category 3 storm.
The 21-page report, which singles out a 10-year project to improve intensity forecasts, comes as Congress is considering controversial cuts to the agency that oversees hurricane research.
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CNN
The Department of Homeland Security is cutting some organizations out of grant money to counter violent extremism — including nearly a dozen that the Obama administration considered worthy of receiving the funds.
The department announced the revised list of 26 recipients for the $10 million in total grant money last week, excluding 11 organizations that the Obama administration had designated to receive funding, which aims to foster community-based solutions to countering terrorist recruitment and radicalization.
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The Associated Press via Star Advertiser
Recent progress in forecasting the intensity of hurricanes — which has lagged behind storm track forecasting — could be undermined by proposed cuts in federal funding for tropical weather research, says the retiring chief of a team of U.S. hurricane specialists.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program in 2009 with a $13 million budget.
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NPR
Natural disasters in the United States may cause an increase in poverty and a widening economic gap between rich and poor, according to a new study published in Scientific American.
The magazine looks at events in the United States from 1920 to 2010 and finds that major natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes resulted on average in a 1-percentage-point increase in poverty in affected areas.
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IAEM
The IAEM Global Student Council is inviting all IAEM student members to participate in its 2017 International Association for Emergency Manager’s Global Student Council Essay Competition. In its second annual essay competition, the IAEM Global Student Council wishes to understand the perceptions of students regarding the practicality of FEMA’s whole community approach to emergency management. Download the essay competition guidelines for details, and submit your essay to iaemgsc@gmail.com by Aug. 1, 2017.
Homeland Security News Wire
Subduction zone events pose significant threats to lives, property, economic vitality, cultural and natural resources and quality of life. The tremendous magnitudes of these events are unique to subduction zones, and they can have cascading consequences that reverberate around the globe. USGS has developed a blueprint for advancing science and resilience from subduction zone hazards.
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Phys.org
Oklahomans are no strangers to Mother Nature's whims. From tornadoes and floods to wildfires and winter storms, the state sees more than its share of natural hazards. But prior to 2009, "terra firma" in Oklahoma meant just that — earthquakes rarely shook the state.
Then, after decades of seismic quiet where the state averaged less than two quakes of magnitude 3 or greater a year, Oklahoma suddenly saw a sharp uptick, to 20 such quakes in 2009.
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WeatherWatch.co.nz
June 30th marked the end of a record-calm year for tropical cyclone activity in the Southern Hemisphere. A cyclone “year” extends from July 1 to June 30 south of the equator. For the 2016-17 year, this entire half of the world racked up just 45 percent of the accumulated cyclone energy that it sees in a typical year, based on the climatological period 1981-2010.
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The Arizona Republic via USA Today
A 54-year-old Arizona man suspected of flying a drone that grounded firefighting efforts last week has been arrested.
The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office reported Saturday that Gene Alan Carpenter of Prescott Valley was arrested on charges of endangerment and unlawful operation of an unmanned aircraft.
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Emergency Management
Lori Peek started in January as director of the Natural Hazards Center, Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Peek has been at the fore of researching how disasters affect populations, especially children. She co-wrote Children of Katrina, which received the 2016 Best Book Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Children and Youth Distinguished Scholarly Research Award. We asked Peek about the future of emergency management as it pertains to evolving social issues and about her favorite subject, children.
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Reuters via U.S. News & World Report
A robot wheels across a rocky, windswept landscape that looks like the surface of some distant planet from a science fiction film. But it is not in outer space, it's on the slopes of Europe's most active volcano.
Mount Etna, in Sicily, is a test bed for the approximately three-foot high, four-wheeled machine ahead of a future mission to the moon. It is being conducted by the German Aerospace Centre, the agency which runs Germany's space program.
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Physics World
A new way of monitoring volcanic activity by integrating ongoing satellite measurements into dynamic models has been demonstrated by researchers from France. Based on data assimilation, the method might one day allow for real-time eruption forecasts in volcanic regions.
As magma moves beneath the Earth's surface — such as under a volcano — the ground above flexes. These ground movements can be measured using both GPS and satellite-based radar data, and used to develop models of the depth and shapes underlying magma reservoirs.
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Phys.org
Researchers are working hard to use satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system.
The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have been tracking the devastating events of last week when a massive landslide struck Xinmo Village, Maoxian County, Sichuan Province in China.
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IAEM
The fourth webinar in the IAEM Certification Webinar Series takes place July 13, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. The free program will address documentation of professional contributions in the IAEM certification application. A Certification Commissioner will lead the webinar and provide 30 minutes of detailed information. Participants will have 30 minutes to ask questions at the end of the webinar to tailor the learning to their needs. Registration details can be found on the IAEM website.
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Register today for the next IAEM Think Tank event, “Large Event Crisis Planning – a Private Sector Perspective,” to be held July 18, 2017, 2:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. Crisis planning for large events is now on the mind of many emergency managers due to recent headlines, and this concern is especially high for private sector companies that host thousands of people at events or at their sites. This IAEM Think Tank will provide a behind-the-scenes look at large event crisis planning from a private sector perspective, including a discussion of how to engage with government responders to develop a seamless response plan. Join Andrea Davis, director of global crisis management and business continuity at The Walt Disney Company; George Fong, director of facilities and event security at ESPN; and Richard Serino, IAEM Think Tank moderator, for an inside look at this timely topic.
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How does the landscape of social media conversations shift throughout the course of a disaster? When do disaster survivors experience the greatest points of frustration, anger, joy, or sadness? While every disaster is unique, FEMA’s Office of External Affairs identified general patterns in online behavior over the course of many disaster responses and created a Survivor Experience Map. Some of the largest corporations in the world create user experience maps to better understand pain points in their customer service process. FEMA combined this concept with their social media listening efforts to better understand the hurdles survivors face throughout the preparation and recovery process. Now, the agency not only responds better in the moment, but can also better anticipate survivor information needs. In this presentation, Sara Smith, social listening specialist, FEMA, will review the Survivor Experience Map and demonstrate how a robust social listening program has helped this federal agency better understand and serve disaster survivors. Learn more and register at www.iaem.com/webinars.
The Associated Press via The Progress News
A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Ecuador, sending people running into the streets of the country's major cities. Authorities say there have been no early reports of casualties or serious damage. The U.S. Geological Service said Friday evening's tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and was centered about 20 miles northeast of Bahia de Caraquez. The quake occurred about 6 miles below the Earth's surface.
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The Hindu
Torrential rains pounded parts of Gujarat today, leading to a deluge-like situation at several places, even as the state’s disaster management authority has been put on alert to tackle any emergency situation.
Tankara gauged a massive 280 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Teams of the disaster management department with the help of National Disaster Response Force personnel rescued around 14 people stranded in floodwaters in the district.
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Hindustan Times
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of eastern Nepal on Sunday, officials said.
According to the National Seismological Centre (NSC), the epicentre was at Bitijor Bagaincha of south-eastern Nepal in Okhaldhunga district.
The seismic event was recorded at 7:43 AM. The NSC recorded a significant aftershock of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, The Himalayan Times reported.
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The Indian Express
At least five persons have been killed and 19 others injured in a mudslide in China’s southern Hunan province that witnessed severe flooding after torrential rains over the last 10 days. Four others remain missing in the mudslide, which had hit Zuta village, Ningxiang County on Saturday due to heavy rains.
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First Post
Torrential rain in the last two days led to flash floods in many parts of Manipur affecting many areas in the Imphal valley and the state capital.
A portion of the Imphal riverbank collapsed at Bashikhong in Imphal East district creating panic among the people, said officials of flood control department.
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The Boston Globe
Four tornadoes, including one with winds of up to 110 miles per hour, whirled through Maine on Saturday afternoon. The twisters roaring through the state’s Lakes Region snapped and uprooted trees, toppling them onto cars and buildings, but only one person was injured, the National Weather Service said.
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The Indian Express
At least nine persons have been killed and four missing in landslides triggered by incessant rain across Nepal. Two persons were killed in landslides in Kaski, three in Parbat, three in Tehrathum and one in Pyuthan districts. Three persons went missing in Mugu and one in Kaski after local rivers swept them away, officials said. In Parbat, three persons of a family died on the spot after a landslip buried their house at Mahashila Rural Municipality after incessant rainfall last night.
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