Extreme Weather and E-Resilience
Extreme weather includes unexpectable, unusual, unpredictable severe or unseasonal weather in a devastating scale for a certain region. Such extreme weather may be caused by El Niño, a phenomenon that disrupts normal weather patterns, bringing heavy rains and drought to different parts of the world. The E-Resilience Toolkit offers insights into a spectrum of available ICT tools and best practices that may benefit policymakers, DRM professionals and vulnerable communities in the Asia-Pacific region to enhance e-resilience and disaster risk management in the context of extreme weather.
Displaying 8 - 14 of 39 tools and best practices relevant to extreme weather.
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DEWN is an emergency message system in Sri Lanka to send mass alerts as well as specific warnings to people in various regions.
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The Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) is a Sahana Eden template designed for Multi-Agency Situational-Awareness.
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The smartphone application Arko aims to provides information on major rains, typhoons and floods in the Philippines.
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The Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is a space-based satellite system that can assist disaster rescue operations.
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The Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards is a multidisciplinary research center with the goal of helping reduce the impacts of hazards.
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PCRAFI aims to provide the Pacific Island Countries with disaster risk modeling and assessment tools.
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InaSAFE is free software that produces realistic natural hazard impact scenarios for better planning, preparedness and response activities.