US government: new disaster management website http://www.data.gov/disasters/

WH initiative launches http://t.co/rWTuMPWoah to empower 1st responders & survivors --> http://t.co/gAOA75Sb0R #disastertech #opendata
— The White House OSTP (@whitehouseostp) December 15, 2014

Typhoon #RubyPH #Hagupit #TyphoonHagupit, forecasts, emergency services & officials

PHL emergency hotlines (pdf) [gov.ph]

Keep these hotlines handy in case of emergency. #beprepared #rubyph #disasterpreparedness #floodph pic.twitter.com/8OesNBSCW7
— Department of Health (@officialdohgov) December 4, 2014

PHL: Nationwide Operational Assesment of Hazards (NOAH- beta) 
Download Project NOAH Hazard Maps How-to-Use Manual  (pdf, 2 MB)

DOST - Project NOAH. 

Major discrepancies noted with #TyphoonHagupit path btwn JTWC & other Pacific MET agencies. @CNNweather @cnni @CNN pic.twitter.com/Hc9Lewdh8t
— Derek Van Dam (@VanDamCNN) December 4, 2014

JMA: Tropical Cyclone Information  

JTWC: TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING 

follow Twitter list:https://twitter.com/EZR_news/lists/c-e2-rubyph
Tweets from https://twitter.com/EZR_news/lists/c-e2-rubyph

JMA: Tropical Cyclone Information  

JTWC: TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING

  

Learn more about Project NOAH, a disaster prevention and mitigation portal: http://t.co/EdUSlknBMt #RubyPH pic.twitter.com/lCtLuJY0II
— Official Gazette PH (@govph) December 4, 2014

DOH (@officialdohgov) issues code blue alert in regions to be affected by #RubyPH: http://t.co/vVrG9qQ7m4 pic.twitter.com/fk95lutgzg
— Official Gazette PH (@govph) December 4, 2014

Mula sa Project NOAH: Storm surge advisory para sa mga bayan na dadaanan ng bagyong #RubyPH. http://t.co/aCgsH1Cu92 pic.twitter.com/vFFruRNTkw
— Official Gazette PH (@govph) December 4, 2014

Ang mga dapat gawin para maging handa sa #RubyPH: pic.twitter.com/FYxfZ8Rl3y
— DepEd (@DepEd_PH) December 4, 2014

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Disaster prevention, enhancing relief effort related news

FirstNet Emergency Broadband System Likely to Need Satellite, Says DHS Official [Via Satellite, Nov 17 2014]


Prevention strategies to limit impact of catastrophic events [EZRenergy, compilation]

How to activate auto-alerts offered by social media

Twitter 

(examples: UK Environment Agency)

#BBCtrending: Can Twitter save you in a tornado?

#BBCtrending: Can Twitter save you in a tornado? (BBC, Nov 19th 2013)

Fact file: storm surge

Storm surge (Wikipedia)

Storm Surge Overview (NOAA)

storm surge (National Geographic)
Storm surge  (Met Office UK)

Storm Surge 101: What they are, and how to prepare for them (GMA News, Nov 15th 2013)

Ferocious winds drove Tacloban surge (BBC, Nov 11th 2013)

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan: 'Storm surge crushed all of these buildings' (BBC, Nov 10th 2013)

Haiyan storm surges caught Philippines by surprise (Yahoo/AP, Nov 11th 2013)
Field Teams Collect Valuable Storm Surge Data (Hal Needham's blog, Aug 1 2014)

CryoSat measures European storm surge

Why so much emphasis on storm surge? This graphic might help. @NHC_Surge @NHC_Atlantic #NWAS14 pic.twitter.com/6PMFUozHLQ
— Ryan Phillips NBC6 (@RyanNBC6) October 23, 2014

Typhoon #Haiyan facts

Haiyan's True Intensity and Death Toll Still Unknown
(wundergrund.com, Nov 15th 2013)(via @EricHolthaus)
Super Typhoon Haiyan's Intensification and Unusually Warm Sub-Surface Waters
(wundergrund.com, Nov 13th 2013)(via @EricHolthaus)
8 maps that explain why Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines so hard (Washington Post, Nov 15th 2013)
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