Mental health is a crucial aspect of disaster response and emergency management, as individuals and communities can experience significant psychological distress and trauma during and after such ...

As disasters increasingly disrupt lives through displacement, conflict, and climate-related emergencies, addressing long-term mental health recovery remains a major challenge. A correspondence from ...

How AI integration and real-time observability are critical in emergency response scenarios.

As COVID-19 first broke in March 2020 and California wildfires raged, one thing became clear: The field of psychiatry needed a new way of thinking about and responding to complicated, overlapping ...

Hurricane season is here, with Hurricane Beryl already leaving a trail of damage after hitting Texas' shorelines. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a record ...

Information and technology (IT) based tools are widely used in all phases of the disaster management cycle (DMC), improving the effectiveness of the prevision-prevention, preparedness, response, and ...

Disasters and cybersecurity incidents are inevitable. The unprepared are hit the worst, and the consequences can range from massive monetary and reputational damages to outright business closure. A ...

With each year, there is mounting evidence of disparities in extreme weather event risks, exposures and impacts on populations worldwide 1,2,3,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22. Although climate resilience is ...

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron cuts a downed tree during hurricane clean-up operations at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 28, 2024. Moody was recently ...

The United States uses a whole-community approach to emergency management, known as the National Preparedness System, working toward the National Preparedness Goal (FEMA 2015): A secure and resilient ...

President Prabowo Subianto has approved the allocation of Rp100.1 trillion (US$5.6 billion) for post-disaster recovery in ...