Hearing the call: How Timor-Leste is reaching the "last mile" with Early Warnings An important study set out to understand the real-world reach of Timor-Leste's early warning systems by surveying 909 households and conducting 27 focus group discussions across eight municipalities.

Hearing the call: How Timor-Leste is reaching the "last mile" with Early Warnings by @UNDRR www.preventionweb.net/news/hearing...

15 years after the Great East Japan earthquake & tsunami ESCAP - Expert Opinion : 15 years after the Great East Japan earthquake & tsunami

15 years after the Great East Japan earthquake & tsunami: we continue to honour those lost and the communities that were forever changed. These experiences taught important lessons that have influenced global approaches to disaster risk reduction

First Africa Climate–Health Desk launched by ACMAD, WHO and WMO - ClimaHealth Explore health-relevant side events, news and resources from the 2025 UN Climate Conference.

First Africa Climate–Health Desk launched by ACMAD, WHO & WMO. As extreme heat & other climate and health hazards intensify across the continent, the new Desk is designed to translate & transmit life-saving climate intelligence to reach key decision-makers climahealth.info/africa-clima...

Guidelines for simulation exercises on early warning systems for weather induced risks Guidelines offering a practical, adaptable framework to design and run simulation exercises that test and strengthen Early Warning Systems, improving decision‑making, coordination, and timely early…

Guidelines for simulation exercises on early warning systems for weather induced risks by @CIMA www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

France’s FR-Alert: The role of mobile network operators in Early Warning Systems This report examines France’s FR-Alert and demonstrates how effective collaboration between governments and mobile network operators (MNOs) can strengthen early warning systems (EWS) worldwide.

France’s FR-Alert: The role of mobile network operators in Early Warning Systems by @GSMA www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

How 1.5 million km of undersea internet cables can double up as an earthquake and tsunami warning system Existing underwater fibre optic cables could help monitor tectonic movement on the ocean floor.

How 1.5 million km of undersea internet cables can double up as an earthquake and tsunami warning system theconversation.com/how-1-5-mill...

How to ensure inclusive early warning early action? Good practices and local innovations from Eastern Nepal that leave no one behind In this policy paper, published by the Finnish Red Cross in November 2025, the Nepal Red Cross Society shows how effectiveness in disaster preparedness depends on the meaningful participation of…

How to ensure inclusive early warning early action? Good practices and local innovations from Eastern Nepal that leave no one behind www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

Flash Droughts: Why Speed, Not Scarcity, Is the New Systemic Risk | Council on Foreign Relations Flash droughts are severe droughts that rapidly intensify over weeks rather than seasons, desiccating land and ravaging livelihoods without warning. As a result, governments need to treat them as a…

Flash droughts: Why speed, not scarcity, is the new systemic risk: www.cfr.org/articles/fla...

Nonprofit Communications | Twilio.org Twilio.org exists to bring the power of Twilio, the #1 digital communications platform, to organizations that are doing good. Twilio.org helps increase nonprofits capacity to serve their communities…

Pacific Disaster Center, Twilio.org, and UMBC help strengthen early warnings and landslide risk awareness in Colombia - www.pdc.org/pdc-twilio-c...

From FitzRoy's barometers to impact-based phone alerts: how weather warnings have evolved across the UK and Ireland A look the fascinating history of UK and Irish weather warnings as Met Eireann moves away from county based areas later this year.

From FitzRoy's barometers to impact-based phone alerts: how weather warnings have evolved across the UK and Ireland
A look the fascinating history of UK and Irish weather warnings as Met Eireann moves away from county based areas later this year www.netweather.tv/weather-fore...

Extreme Heat Deaths Must Be Avoided: by Avoidable Deaths Network. 'Extreme heat deaths are not acts of nature. They are acts of neglect, when warning exists, solutions exist, and yet protection does not. Every life lost to heat is an avoidable loss' www.avoidable-deaths.net/2026/03/28/e...

First Africa Climate–Health Desk launched by ACMAD, WHO & WMO. As extreme heat & other climate and health hazards intensify across the continent, the new Desk is designed to translate & transmit life-saving climate intelligence to reach key decision-makers climahealth.info/africa-clima...

Hearing the call: How Timor-Leste is reaching the "last mile" with Early Warnings An important study set out to understand the real-world reach of Timor-Leste's early warning systems by surveying 909 households and conducting 27 focus group discussions across eight municipalities.

Hearing the call: How Timor-Leste is reaching the "last mile" with Early Warnings by @UNDRR www.preventionweb.net/news/hearing...

Collaborative community-based early warning systems – Solutions brief The brief highlights how the Philippine Red Cross has partnered with communities, local leaders, members of Barangay Flood Resilience Committees, and key government stakeholders to strengthen flood…

Collaborative community-based early warning systems – Solutions brief by
Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance @ZCRAlliance www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

Satellite study of 2.2 million thunderstorms shows how to predict their formation - findings by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), published in Nature, are set to improve the certainty about the location of upcoming storms on hot days www.preventionweb.net/news/satelli...

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Community rain monitoring helps disaster preparedness For most of her life, the annual monsoon inspired poetry in Elizabeth Koshy, a teacher, translator, and poet from Kumaranalloor in Kottayam district of Kerala. But that changed forever after the 2018…

Community rain monitoring helps disaster preparedness: india.mongabay.com/2026/01/comm...

Malawi mobilizes government and community commitment to early warnings Malawi is mobilizing government commitment and community engagement to improve forecasts and early warnings and build resilience in a country regularly battered by extreme weather and climate shocks.

Malawi mobilizes government and community commitment to early warnings www.preventionweb.net/news/malawi-...

A little TEST message can go a long way... IPAWS users are required to regularly test their user proficiency by sending an alert that is issued to users who have opted in to receive them. This is also a great opportunity to demonstrate the…

A little TEST message can go a long way...www.thewarnroom.com/post/a-little-test-messa... by Jeannette Sutton from The Warn Room

Quantifying the added value of impact-based warnings for flash flood monitoring using innovative multi-source impact data www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... The study examines the performance of impact-based flash-flood early warning systems compared with traditional hazard-based approaches.

How to ensure inclusive early warning early action? Good practices and local innovations from Eastern Nepal that leave no one behind preparecenter.org/wp-content/u... This policy paper examines how inclusive early warning and early action systems can be strengthened in Eastern Nepal.

France’s FR-Alert: The role of mobile network operators in Early Warning Systems www.gsma.com/solutions-an... by @GMSA

Beyond warnings and shelters: local institutions and trust build cyclone resilience in Bangladesh - npj Natural Hazards npj Natural Hazards - Beyond warnings and shelters: local institutions and trust build cyclone resilience in Bangladesh

Beyond warnings and shelters: Local institutions and trust build cyclone resilience in Bangladesh www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Early Warnings for All intiative (EW4All): January 2026 updates This brief displays the January 2026 updates for the Early Warnings 4 All initiative.

Early Warnings for All intiative (EW4All): January 2026 updates www.preventionweb.net/news/early-w...

Flash droughts: Why speed, not scarcity, is the new systemic risk Flash droughts are severe droughts that rapidly intensify over weeks rather than seasons, desiccating land and ravaging livelihoods without warning. Such droughts are becoming a defining systemic…

Flash droughts: Why speed, not scarcity, is the new systemic risk www.preventionweb.net/news/flash-d...

Japan’s early warning system: The role of mobile network operators www.gsma.com/solutions-an... by @GSMA

Bridging science and community: exploring pathways to develop community-based lightning early warning systems in Bangladesh The report examines how integrating scientific forecasting with local community knowledge can strengthen community-based lightning early warning systems in Bangladesh to better protect vulnerable…

Bridging science and community: exploring pathways to develop community-based lightning early warning systems in Bangladesh www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

Why do disasters still happen, despite early warnings? Because systems are built to wait for certainty Scientists can warn of a risk of floods days in advance. But forecasts often aren’t definitive enough to trigger action.

Why do disasters still happen, despite early warnings? Because systems are built to wait for certainty theconversation.com/why-do-disas... via @ConversationUK by @Jeff Da Costa

Toward a standard for landslide data: Bridging gaps in landslide susceptibility modeling and early warning systems documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0... @WorldBank

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