An ad hoc committee will organize a 1.5-day public workshop to advance medical and public health research conducted during large-scale emergencies and disasters (“disaster science”) to benefit the ...

THE P1-billion allocation for Project NOAH is, on its face, a welcome development. In a country battered annually by typhoons ...

Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept through Texas—claiming lives, displacing thousands and overwhelming local infrastructure—the urgency of disaster preparedness has ...

Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we know about them? And how can we use that knowledge to save lives and money?

AS the country reeled from successive typhoons, Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) continued to accurately map areas highly prone to floods, landslides and storm surges even ...