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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. million lives, affecting 4.2 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”.

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Polar Vortex

Disaster Recovery

Although experts have forecasted improvements in the weather over the weekend, hazardous conditions still persist with cold waves, heavy snowfall and record breaking sub zero temperatures, especially in the north east. More than 2000 scheduled flights had to be called off due to bad weather on Wednesday and Thursday. Highlights.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

Returning from his recent business trip to the Caribbean, Charlie reflects on the lessons he learned in relation to natural disasters. For the past week, I have been in the Caribbean delivering a series of business continuity workshops and I thought I would share some of the lessons I learned from my two trips to the area.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

Returning from his recent business trip to the Caribbean, Charlie reflects on the lessons he learned in relation to natural disasters. For the past week, I have been in the Caribbean delivering a series of business continuity workshops and I thought I would share some of the lessons I learned from my two trips to the area.