Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a monthly climate report for October. Overall, October was characterized by below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures intensified drought conditions, broadening the geographic areas of drought across the country.
FEMA’s Hazus Team has released new and updated Hazus Technical and User Guidance Manuals. Hazus is a nationally standardized risk modeling methodology. It identifies areas with high risk for natural hazards and estimates physical, economic, and social impacts of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and tsunamis.
In an annual report issued earlier this week, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said both temperatures and seas are rising and doing so faster than before.
The U.S. Department of Energy, FEMA, and AT&T have announced the launch of the Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR), whose purpose is to provide state and local leaders as well as emergency planners with localized data about future climate risks in order to produce more accurate emergency planning outcomes and to help improve America’s preparedness for future climate extremes.
Researchers led by the University of Göttingen in Germany recently published a new study demonstrating how seismic sensor networks can be used to detect the potential damage of a flood and as part of flood disaster preparedness program. By using seismometer data from a July 2021 German flood, the scientists proved it was possible to track path of the flood from up to 1.5 kilometers away. The team also developed mathematical models to take this data and estimate the speed of the flood, the debris swept away by the flood, and information about the rising water level.
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) has published a fact sheet on the top ten extreme rain and flood events that occurred in the U.S. this year and their impacts to water infrastructure.
This theme for the 2022 Infrastructure Security Month is “Infrastructure Security is National Security. Together We Can Drive Down Risk, Build Resilience,” which reminds everyone about the essential services provided by critical infrastructure and the need to keep them secure to support national security, the economy, and the overall way of life.
A new study from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers and others applies social science methods to streamline how stakeholders nationwide access and utilize the water data the agency collects, synthesizes, and releases, including that related to water availability.
Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first Stakeholder Engagement Strategic Plan, in which it expresses its commitment to collaboratively working with stakeholders to increase the security and resilience of critical infrastructure.
This week, FEMA published the National Continuous Improvement Guidance, which provides an approach to conduct consistent and rigorous continuous improvement activities before, during and after real-world incidents.
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