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There is still time to register and participate in webinars being offered by IAEM today. IAEM’s Thursday Learning Webinar, “The Comeback Formula: Five Keys to Community Resilience and Disaster Recovery,” at 1:00 p.m. EDT, features 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 Intl., 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. Read the full description of the presentation and register at www.iaem.com/webinars. The fourth webinar in the Certification Series takes place 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. The free program will cover requirements of the 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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The deadline for articles on “Lessons Learned” for the next special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin has been extended to Monday, July 24, 2017. 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. If you’re not sure your idea for an article 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 24, 2017. And remember, an article published in the Bulletin can help you meet the Publications requirement if you’re an AEM® or CEM® candidate.
United Nations Development Programme
Six years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Government of Japan has committed funding to UNDP to improve disaster risk information and carry out tsunami-awareness programmes in schools across the Asia-Pacific region.
To reduce the loss of lives associated with tsunamis, support from Japan will enable UNDP to help strengthen early warning and disaster preparedness in 18 countries included in UNDP’s "5-10-50" initiative: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu and Viet Nam.
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The Times of India
Soon, an unmanned aircraft system will hover over water bodies and assess its physical parameters and worthiness in the coming years. A series of disasters in recent years have propelled the state to evolve programs to strengthen preventive mechanisms to face nature's fury.
Under the government's kudimaramathu project, the traditional system of restoration of water bodies with participation of the local community, 22,899 ponds across the state have been revived so far.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International disaster prevention advocate Senator Loren Legarda has called for a strengthening of the resilience of critical infrastructure, in the wake of a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that hit Leyte in her homeland the Philippines last week.
The earthquake, which caused at least four deaths and injured 100 people,also damaged a power plant, caused landslides and cracked buildings and roads. It has been followed by more than 241 aftershocks over recent days.
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The Christian Post
British Columbia in Western Canada has announced a state of emergency — a first in 14 years — as a multitude of wildfires has prompted the province to evacuate 3,000 households.
About 180 wildfires continue to blaze across the province, as hundreds of kilometers of dry forests and prairies burn, disrupting logging and ranching industries all over Western Canada, as reported by Reuters.
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The Tico Times
Experts from the National Seismological Network confirmed the presence of lava in the Turrialba and Poás volcanoes during on-the-ground inspections conducted this week.
Vulcanologists and geologists reported the formation of a small lava lake of some 164 feet in diameter at a new opening in the crater of Turrialba Volcano, located in the province of Cartago, some 60 kilometers northeast of San José.
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IAEM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on July 6 released 48 Core Capability Development Sheets to provide state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions with suggestions on improving core capabilities and closing capability gaps identified through the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA), the State Preparedness Report (SPR), or other capability analysis. By working with local jurisdictions and using the resources identified in the Core Capability Development Sheets, states may be able to improve their self-assessed proficiency ratings, which are reported annually in the SPR. The core capabilities are identified in the National Preparedness Goal as those needed by all jurisdictions to be fully prepared and to implement the National Preparedness System. The development sheets provide the core capability definition and tasks, relevant training, example capability targets, typed resources, critical planning partners, validation techniques, and additional organizations that support the development of the specific core capability. The FEMA Core Capability Development Sheets are posted on the FEMA Technical Assistance Program website. To provide comments and feedback, email FEMA-TARequest@fema.dhs.gov.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on July 10 announced that $250 million in funding is available through two Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs: Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM). These competitive grant programs assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in strengthening our nation’s ability to reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages. FEMA will open the FY 2017 HMA application period on Aug. 14, 2017. Eligible applicants must apply for funding through the Mitigation eGrants system on the FEMA Grants Portal accessible at https://portal.fema.gov. All applications must be submitted no later than 3:00 p.m. EST on Nov. 14, 2017.
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The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) has extended the deadline to July 14 for participation in its Mutual Aid Agreements with Tribal Governments Survey. Information gathered in the survey will provide an update on the landscape of mutual aid agreements between states, cities, counties, and tribal governments. Further, it will identify best practices, model agreements, lessons learned, and the utilization of EMAC within tribal governments. NEMA also seeks through this survey to learn about the impact to policy changes that may have occurred since the implementation of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013, which provides federally recognized tribal governments the option to request presidential emergency or major disaster declarations independent of a state.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on July 11 announced the selection of 31 qualified individuals to serve on the FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC)’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Subcommittee, in accordance with the IPAWS Modernization Act of 2015. In addition to the 31 selected members, eight senior federal leaders (or designees) and five members of the NAC also will serve on the subcommittee. The IPAWS subcommittee will hold its inaugural meeting on Aug. 8-9, 2017, in Washington, D.C. FEMA’s IPAWS Program is responsible for implementing a national public alert and warning system, supporting presidential warning requirements, and enabling its use by federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local officials during local emergencies.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency on July 6 published a new policy (FP-302-094-03) to provide Hazard Mitigation (HMA) program guidance on subsurface fracturing and horizontal directional drilling (hydraulic fracturing/HDD), designating such activity as a compatible use when it occurs at the subsurface level, or below-ground, for properties acquired for open space with HMA funds. In creating this policy, FEMA considered the practice of hydraulic fracturing/HDD activities and determined that based on the available information, the actions occurring in subsurface layers to extract natural gas or oil are uses that are generally compatible with open space. These actions generally do not increase flood risk or present an obstruction in the floodplain. Additionally, they generally do not obstruct the natural and beneficial floodplain functions. Additional information is posted online.
The Associated Press via WRAL-TV
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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Virginia.gov
Gov. McAuliffe signed a letter of intent declaring that the Commonwealth of Virginia will allow the First Responder Network Authority and AT&T to proceed with the deployment of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network in Virginia. Following the letter signing, Governor McAuliffe will hold a ceremonial letter signing tomorrow at FirstNet Headquarters.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis and other disasters cannot be stopped, but countries can plan for them — something some areas of the world seem to do better than others, according to a new study. The researchers derived 38 factors that affect a country’s resilience, using national and international databases which included the U.S. Census, the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Across the world, severe earthquakes regularly shake entire regions. More than 2 billion people live in danger zones – many of them in structures not built to withstand an earthquake. Engineers are developing building materials designed to prevent buildings from collapsing in a natural disaster.
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Eos
The magma that bursts out of volcanoes is propelled upward largely by dissolved gases, which are released into the atmosphere once the molten rock approaches the surface. The most abundant of these gases is water vapor, and scientists have long searched for a way to accurately measure volcanic water vapor emission rates.
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SciDev.Net
A study has suggested that scientists could predict where on the planet the next virus could jump from animals to humans, thus providing data that will help in early warning systems and disease surveillance efforts.
According to the U.S.-based researchers, few analytical tools exist to help scientists understand the patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and how these may successfully become the next human virus, or which viruses could cross species boundaries.
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Homeland Security News Wire
Concrete can tolerate much more force that previously believed, which could open the door to a new kind of road structure: a floating tunnel. The E39 is a nearly 1100-km long coastal road that crosses seven major fjords by use of ferries. Norwegian authorities are working to improve the road by eliminating ferry crossings, which in addition to being costly, mean that drivers have to wait for ferries if they don’t arrive at the crossing at exactly the right time.
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Business Insider
North Korea on Tuesday reportedly launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile — a rocket capable of traveling more than 3,400 miles with a weapon on top. The feat suggests that the isolated country, one of nine nations that together wield more than 14,900 nukes, could strike Alaska.
However, the rest of the U.S. faces a much different and shadowy nuclear threat: A terrorist-caused nuclear detonation, which is one of 15 disasters scenarios that the federal government has planned for — just in case.
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Nextgov
Dorothy could have skipped her trip to Oz — if she only had a storm drone.
U.S. meteorologists are working on drone technology to better predict severe weather phenomena, which could save lives and limit property damage.
Scientists are using drones — either specially designed for storms or commercial units fitted with sensing equipment — to develop quicker forecasting.
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Mental Floss
The storm chasers of the future are lifting off today. Researchers at Oklahoma State University are developing a fleet of data-collecting drones that may help forecasters — and residents of tornado-prone regions — get ahead of dangerous weather events.
Not all storms are the same when it comes to predictability. Hurricanes and blizzards are pretty easy to spot.
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IAEM
The IAEM-USA Board recently approved recommendations to streamline the certification process. Learn more about all of the changes on the IAEM website. One change was to the Service Role Professional Contribution. The description has been revised to emphasize comprehensive emergency management. Further, the activity may now be included in the applicant’s regular job duties.
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Candidates interested in attending a Preparatory Course and/or group certification exam may register for one of these offerings through the IAEM website.
- Aug. 9 (Exam Only) - Warwick, Rhode Island
- Aug. 10 (Prep Course and Exam Offering) - IAEM Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia
- Aug. 26 (Exam Only) - New York, New York
- Nov. 17 (Prep Course and Exam Offering) - IAEM Annual Conference, Long Beach, California
Pasifik
A joint initiative focused on helping businesses prepare better for disaster was launched by the Pacific Community, the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation and the Fiji Business Disaster and Resilience Council, with funding support from the European Union and the ACP Group of States.
An interactive toolkit outlining the devastating impact disaster causes on the region’s private sector along with ways to reduce it and information on how to create long-term plans for business owners is the focus of the research launched.
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The Real-Time and Open Source Analysis (ROSA) Resource Guide was released on July 10, and can be downloaded here. This document was developed by the National Network of Fusion Centers, in partnership with the ODNI Office of Partner Engagement-Information Sharing Environment (PE-ISE), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the associations represented on the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC), to assist law enforcement agencies and fusion centers in understanding the lawful and appropriate use of open source information, focusing on social media. It is designed to help law enforcement agencies and analytic personnel understand the potential tools and resources available to support law enforcement operational and analytic activities, while ensuring that related privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties concerns are addressed.
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IAEM Student member and active duty Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Michael Turanitza seeks volunteers to participate in his research study as he works to complete his Ph.D. in Emergency Management from Capella University. The study is "Perceived Barriers to Disaster Response Technology Adoption and Potential for Improved Operational Effectiveness." The research questions being explored are: 1) Beyond the known financial constraints, what do first responders perceive as being barriers to disaster response technology adoption?; and 2) From the perspective of first responders, in what ways could removing these barriers affect disaster response operation efficiency? Participation would include a 60-90 minute face-to-face interview at a private public venue. Participation would be confidential and details will be provided to demonstrate how identity will be secured throughout the process. Those who are interested should email michael.turanitza@yahoo.com and put “Research Participant” in the subject line.
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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 Eric Baumgardner, emergency management coordinator, Burbank Fire Department, and emergency manager, City of Burbank; Andrea Davis, MS, director of global crisis management and business continuity at The Walt Disney Company; George Fong, director of facilities and event security at ESPN; Julie Kachgal, MPA, CEM, CBCP, director, Business Resilience, Westfield; Leslie Luke, deputy director, Office of Emergency Management, Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office; and Richard Serino, IAEM Think Tank moderator, for an inside look at this timely topic.
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The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) will hold a webinar on “Highlights from the 19th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium” on July 19, 2017, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. If you were not able to attend the 2017 Higher Ed Symposium, you might be interested in this interactive webinar featuring highlights and reflections from the event. If you have a story or highlight you want to share, contact Wendy Walsh. The symposium agenda is posted online. Presenters will include: DeeDee Bennett, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of Nebraska Omaha; Carol Cwiak, JD, Ph.D., associate professor, North Dakota State University Symposium; and Wendy Walsh, manager, Higher Education Program. Register online.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) will offer the last two of three one-hour, moderated, webinar discussion forms in July 2017 that will provide an opportunity for EMI and the emergency management community to discuss matters of interest on national preparedness training. EMI e-Forums facilitate a discussion of whole community-presented best practices. The panel members are whole community, with topics relevant to whole community. These exchanges are free of charge and available to anyone who wishes to participate. The forums will take place on Wednesdays at 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT. “State Training Officer and State Fire Training Director: Collaboration Achieves the Best Outcomes” will be offered on July 19, and “Sharing Training Resources: Best Practices Across the Whole Community” will be offered on July 26. Use the log-in link or call in at 800-320-4330, PIN 107622.
VnExpress
Floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least nine people and left two others missing since last Thursday in northwestern Vietnam.
Among the victims was a family of four in Thai Nguyen Province who were killed by a flash flood, while two boys were crushed when a landslide demolished a house in Ha Giang Province. The other victims were from Dien Bien and Hoa Binh.
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Firstpost
Floods and landslides have killed scores of people in China's central Hunan province as two weeks of torrential rains forced 1.6 million to flee, authorities said Monday.
Some 53,000 homes have collapsed while nearly 350,000 others were seriously or partially damaged after 11 straight days of rain, according to Tang Biyu, deputy director of Hunan's civil affairs department.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
Here's a look at the wildfires blackening the West.
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The Associated Press via CBS News
The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 22, Japanese media said Monday, after rescue workers managed to reach isolated villages where at least 20 others were still missing and feared dead.
Heavy rain warnings were still in place over the weekend for parts of the southern island of Kyushu, days after Typhoon Nanmadol swept across Japan, triggering floods and mudslides that wrecked hundreds of homes, roads and rice terraces.
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BBC News
A two-hour storm unleashed 54mm of rain on Sunday night in Paris, the equivalent of 27 days of rainfall.
Weather services say 49.2mm fell in one hour, the French capital's heaviest July deluge on record.
Flooding closed 20 metro stations and three were still shut as commuters made their way to work on Monday morning.
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News24
A volcano on Alaska's Aleutian Island chain that has erupted frequently in the past eight months has sent up another ash cloud, leading an agency to issue a warning to aviation.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the Bogoslof volcano erupted at 10:15 on Saturday (Alaska time) creating an ash cloud that rose to 9km above sea level.
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Quartz Africa
For much of the weekend, Lagos, Africa’s largest city, has been hit badly by heavy floods.
But with the city’s drainage system mostly poorly planned and, in some places, non-existent, flooding has become a costly annual experience. The floods have been mainly seen on Lagos Island, the major business district, with paved roads and streets flooded no thanks to overflowing street gutters.
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Rappler
Landslides triggered by a magnitude 6.5 quake that struck this province on Thursday have displaced at least 900 people in the uphill village of Hiluktugan in Carigara town, local authorities said.
Twenty-six people were injured as recorded by the hospitals in Carigara, including two infants from the villages of San Isidro and Irahan. The infants were hit by hollow blocks dislodged by the tremor, according to Carigara municipal disaster risk reduction officer Alejo Urmeneta.
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Firstpost
Large parts of the central Philippines remained without power days after a 6.5-magnitude quake shook the region and killed two people, authorities said on Saturday.
Power plant facilities in the central island of Leyte, which provide electricity for the island and neighbouring regions, sustained damage when the quake struck on Thursday, an energy department statement said.
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Daily Mail
New Zealand has been rattled by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake which struck off the country's South Island.
It is believed the quake hit just after 7:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday at a depth of around 25 miles.
Reports suggest it was centered about 250 miles offshore, causing shaking across the South Island.
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Daily Sabah
At least 31 people have been killed and more than 10 others injured in the incidents of lightning strikes in India's eastern state in the last 24 hours, a disaster management body said Monday.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Bihar State Disaster Management Authority official Anirudh Kumar said, "Thirty-one deaths were reported from different districts of the state. Majority of the casualties took place in Rohtas, Vaishali, Patna, Buxor and Saran districts."
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