A Cat­e­go­ry 4 Trop­i­cal Cyclone Deb­bie hit north-east Aus­tralia inun­dat­ing coastal and island resort areas last week.

The severe weath­er sys­tem, the worst since 2011, made land­fall between Bowen and Air­lie Beach on March 28 and has dam­aged many build­ings, destroyed …

The res­cue effort con­tin­ues after a mud­slide and flood dis­as­ter but the loss of pow­er and com­mu­ni­ca­tions is mak­ing the oper­a­tion impos­si­ble after darkness.

The dis­as­ter hit overnight on March 31-April 1, leav­ing more than 230 dead and the town …

As part of dis­as­ter train­ing and pre­pared­ness CARIBE WAVE is the annu­al tsuna­mi exer­cise for the Caribbean and adja­cent regions.
A major objec­tive is for coun­tries and com­mu­ni­ties at risk from a major dis­as­ter to test, eval­u­ate and update their …

The Radio Ama­teurs’ Emer­gency Net­work or RAYNET was acti­vat­ed dur­ing a recent flood threat, by the Ten­dring Dis­trict Coun­cil via the Essex Civ­il Pro­tec­tion and Emer­gency Man­age­ment Team.

RSGB Deputy Region­al Man­ag­er for Essex, Roland Tay­lor M0BDB reports that Essex RAYNET…