Early warning

An integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting and prediction, disaster risk assessment, communication and preparedness activities systems and processes that enables individuals, communities, governments, businesses and others to take timely action to reduce disaster risks in advance of hazardous events. Early warning systems are a key component of disaster risk management activities.

Latest Early warning additions in the Knowledge Base

Lava lake, Lava flow at night, Nyiragongo, DR Congo, active Volcano,
Research briefs

Using data from a technology called distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), researchers developed a method to provide warnings up to 30 minutes in advance of lava eruptions. The method offers a way to volcanic activity and provide early warnings.

California Institute of Technology
Storm surge affecting a coastal city
Research briefs

To improve readiness for extreme weather, detailed information about all the factors that cause flooding, such as storm surges, rainfall and waves, is essential. New research offers a way to understand how these factors interact in complex ways.

Deltares
GPS satellite in the Earth's orbit
Update

Researchers are exploring new technologies for short-term earthquake forecasting and prediction, including the application of the LAIC approach to the 2015 Gorkha earthquakes in Nepal.

Open Access Government
A large wave crests off the coast of Sydney, Australia
Update

Swell waves are created by distant weather systems, such as storms far away, and travel long distances. They may still be present even if the local wind is calm. This makes the predicting of swells and waves a complex science.

Conversation Media Group, the
Research briefs

Researchers show that Google’s LLM Gemini can comb through these social media posts to provide estimates of earthquake ground shaking intensity corresponding to Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) Scale scores typically used to measure earthquake severity.

Seismological Society of America
Research briefs

A research team led by Prof. MAO Miaohua at the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a method for predicting storm surges.

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Update

Targeted observations of Pacific conditions benefit weather forecasts nationally, save millions in reservoir costs

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Research briefs

A recent study reveals that global ocean patterns can act as early warning signals for extreme summer rainfall in China.

Chinese Academy of Sciences
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