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Natural disaster preparations may aid businesses’ pandemic response

October 20, 2020
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In a new report of survey results, nearly a quarter of businesses felt natural disaster preparations helped them address COVID-19. They tended to find preparations of broad applicability during natural disasters, such as telework readiness, more useful than hazard-specific measures. The survey also identified areas of hardship for businesses, including uncertainty and a lack of guidance and resources.
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American Red Cross to enhance community safety and resiliency

September 22, 2020
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With the purpose of enabling safe and resilient communities, the American Red Cross is extending its partnership with BlackBerry. BlackBerry will donate its BlackBerry AtHoc software to the Red Cross to help power its mission to provide emergency assistance, disaster relief and disaster preparedness education to all people in need. 
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Department of Energy announces the First Five Consortium

August 19, 2020
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The First Five Consortium, named for the critical first five minutes in responding to a disaster, will apply artificial intelligence and deep learning methodologies to address emergency preparedness and disaster response.


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More than $103 billion in economic losses due to natural disasters in 2019

August 5, 2020
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In 2019, 396 natural disasters were recorded in EM-DAT with 11,755 deaths, 95 million people affected and $103 billion in economic losses across the world, according to Natural Disasters 2019, a new report by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, The Université Catholique de Louvain  and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 
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Record 50.8 Million People Displaced Inside own Countries by Conflict, Violence and Disasters

April 28, 2020
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The Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) estimates that 45.7 million people are living in internal displacement as a result of conflict and violence in 61 countries
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Fighting Natural Disasters With AI

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December 1, 2019
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Recent California wildfires have challenged enterprise security professionals who are responsible for protecting and managing emergency evacuations. How can enterprise security professionals leverage their existing security hardware and software investments to better prepare for emergencies?


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Purdue University Develops App to Help First Responders During Natural Disasters

October 14, 2019
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An app developed by professors at Purdue University allows first responders to monitor social media posts to find people in need of help during disasters.


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60 Percent of Americans Are Unprepared for a Natural Disaster

September 3, 2019
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Nearly 70 percent of Americans say they’re concerned about natural disasters, yet 6 in 10 admit they don’t have a disaster plan because they don’t think it will happen to them, according to a new Allstate study. 


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Natural Catastrophes Account for $40 Billion in Economic Losses in First Half of 2019

August 16, 2019
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Global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2019 amounted to $44 billion, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates.


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Senators Concerned About Lack of Hurricane Preparedness

June 21, 2019
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Hurricane season started June 1 and several senators expressed frustration about the lack of preparedness of government entities.


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