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Society - Disaster preparedness

Many natural disasters are weather related: flash floods, hurricanes and other storms, land slides all are caused by severe weather. Weather observations, forecasts and early warnings provided by the National Meteorological Services are therefore vital for modern societies.

Read about the work of the Cuban Meteorological Service during the passage of Hurricane Lili (page 10 in the Bulletin 30-31 of the Subregional Office for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, pdf-file, 1.5MB).

Learning modules on disaster preparedness:

The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Latin America and the Caribbean) (ISDR) has in its Kids and Youth section stuff on disaster preventions, different kinds of hazards, risk maps, family plans for disaster preparedness. 

The COMET project has at their public and K-12 outreach site several learning modules on disaster preparedness. They include: 

• Wave Types and Characteristics (High School)

• Hurricane Strike! (Middle School)

• Introduction to Fire Behavior (High School/Undergraduate)

• Remote Sensing Using Satellites (High School/Undergraduate)

• Anticipating Hazardous Weather (High School/Undergraduate)

• Community Hurricane Preparedness (High School/Undergraduate)

• Urban Flooding: It Can Happen in a Flash! (High School/Undergraduate)

Regional agencies, organizations, projects and websites on disaster preparedness:

• Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)

• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Latin America and the Caribbean) (ISDR)

• SIDS-Caribbean

• Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

• Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project (CDMP) (completed)

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