Weeks before COVID-19 shut down the world, I was walking a stretch of beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina. While beautiful, my reason for being there was less than idyllic. My colleagues and I were ...

QUESTION: With hurricane season upon us, how should one prepare for a disruption of business due to a storm or other natural disaster? ANSWER: While Hurricane Florence is fresh in our minds, it is ...

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has drafted a National Disaster Telecommunication Plan to strengthen emergency ...

When disaster strikes, businesses face immediate and costly challenges: How do they keep operations running, protect their assets and recover quickly? While no company is immune to crises, those with ...

With the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters due to climate change, it's a good time for businesses and governments to rethink their infrastructure strategies to ensure continuity ...

The establishment of a national disaster management council, proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid ...

Caretaker Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Yaar Muhammad has directed Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority to ...

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday announced that the central government will conduct inter-state disaster management mock drills annually. The announcement was made at the relief commissioners ...

In the aftermath of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power disaster (known as 3.11), Japan’s overwhelmed bureaucrats realised that disaster management planning had to change. In a ...

Cyclone Ditwah has brought Sri Lanka’s disaster preparedness under serious scrutiny and resulted in blistering attacks on the administration for a weak disaster response, including delayed warnings ...