Today marks the official first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs until November 30. Already, there is a potential system in the Gulf of Mexico, where the National Hurricane Center (NHC) says there is a 50 percent chance of a cyclone forming.
The University of Oklahoma has published an article on a new study that finds an increased global risk of flash droughts due to a warming climate.
Domestic Preparedness has written an article discussing workplace violence, emphasizing there are often warning signs or pre-violence indicators ahead of an incident that make early warning and intervention key to prevention.
Major Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are out, including from the Colorado State University (CSU) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
FEMA recently released updates to its Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT). RAPT is a free online planning tool that gives open access to powerful data and GIS mapping to help organizations and emergency managers inform strategies for emergency preparedness, response, and recovery and understand their resilience needs. The new updates for RAPT includes the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, an updated FEMA Community Resilience Challenges Index (CRCI) binned by percentiles, and a curated add-in data layer list.
This week, CISA released a newly redesigned version of the Infrastructure Dependency Primer (IDP). This refreshed, online educational resource is a supplement to CISA’s Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework and can help local and regional planners and other stakeholders better understand critical infrastructure dependencies, how those dependencies impact community risk and resilience, and how to incorporate that understan
AP News has written an article discussing a new study analyzing the consequences of climate change on the world’s lakes. Researchers examined nearly 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes, finding they are losing about 5.7 trillion gallons a year.
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced its prediction of near-normal activity for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins on June 1.
May 25, 2023
The supply of permanganate products to water and wastewater systems for use in treatment appears to have stabilized, according to an update from the EPA. In January, a fire at a permanganate product manufacturing facility in Illinois – the sole U.S. manufacturer of potassium permanganate – compromised domestic production capacity.
The Conversation has written an article about a new study that has found a link between increased greenhouse gas emissions and the stronger El Niño/La Niña effect that has been observed over the last decade.
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