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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.

Latest Early warning additions in the Knowledge Base

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Reducing flood risk in Thailand

SEI has been working with local partners to improve early warning systems on the Thailand-Myanmar border, and to build resilience to drought and climate change.
Stockholm Environment Institute
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Early Warnings for All intiative (EW4All): May 2024 updates

This brief displays the May 2024 updates for the Early Warnings 4 All initiative.
Early Warnings for All initiative (EW4All)
A man wades through the flood in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research briefs

An impact-based forecasting system for improved early flood warning

A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the German Research Centre for Geosciences has presented a flood forecasting system that provides not only timely water levels but also dynamic high-resolution flood inundation maps
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH
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Documents and publications

Scoping the cash and climate landscape in East Africa and Kenya: focusing on cash and anticipatory action

NORCAP’s CashCap and Climate action teams undertook a joint East Africa regional and Kenya country level scoping mission about the potential of cash in anticipatory action to climate-related shocks.
Research briefs

Take cover! Survey shows tornado warnings widely misunderstood

In her most recent study, Armstrong found that roughly 50% of those surveyed in the mid-south could not accurately define a tornado warning.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research briefs

IIT-Roorkee researchers claim 'framework' for early warning system which can predict landslides 6 hrs in advance in hills

Researchers from IIT-Roorkee have claimed to have formulated a framework which can provide early warnings in the hills at least six hours in advance by studying rainfall patterns.
Times of India, the
Workers drain a flooded thoroughfare after a night of severe thunderstorms in Kisumu, Kenya
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Kenya floods prompt calls for warning systems

Kenya’s worst flooding in decades highlights the urgent need for more robust mitigation efforts, including flood risk maps and early warning systems, say climate scientists.
Science and Development Network
Areal view of Almere in the Netherlands.
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Online monitoring and early warning system for bacterial contamination in public surface waters in Breda, the Netherlands

In Breda, a remote monitoring system for the presence of potentially harmful bacteria in surface and river waters triggers early warnings for local authorities.
Climate-ADAPT

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