Fol­low­ing the mag­ni­tude 6.2 earth­quake in cen­tral Italy on 24 August, Ital­ian trained mem­bers of Rag­grupp­men­to Nazionale Radio­co­mu­ni­cazioni Emerg­er­gen­za (RNRE) are active.

Alber­to Bar­bera IK1YLO has asked that 7060 kHz be kept clear along with oth­er Emer­gency Centre …

The recent flood­ing in India trig­gered by mon­soon­al rains has a death toll of 300 and forc­ing many vil­lages to flee to high­er ground. 

Nation­al Coor­di­na­tor for Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tion in India, Jayu Bhide VU2JAU reports that in the eastern …

Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Ser­vice (ARES) vol­un­teers from Alaba­ma, Arkansas, and Mis­sis­sip­pi are serv­ing the Red Cross and at shel­ters through­out the affect­ed area. 

With local and parish resources stretched to the lim­it, ham radio vol­un­teers have been serving …

Next month there will be a “Zom­bie attack, what would you do” event that is
part of com­mu­ni­ty dis­as­ter preparedness.

For those who don’t know, in voodoo belief a Zom­bie is a corpse brought back
to life that moves very slowly …

The IARU Region 2 reports that Cat­e­go­ry 1 Hur­ri­cane New­ton is enter­ing the Baja Cal­i­for­nia Peninsula.

Joaquin Solana XE1R says the Fed­era­cion Mex­i­cana de Radio Exper­i­men­ta­dores (FMRE) Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Net asks radio ama­teurs to keep 7.060 and 7.130 …