Signalert: Crowdmapping app for disaster management

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Switzerland: Sirens get a boost from social media

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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
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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

This blog entry was last updated: Dec 4th 2014, 15.41 GMT,ZULU

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