In 2011, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began authorizing
emergency management officials to broadcast Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) to cellular …

As climate change is intensifying the frequency and severity of floods around the globe,
adaptation is increasingly vital. Besides structural measures to mitigate flood risk, non …

Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models
in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are …

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different …

Warning research has identified people's major information sources as environmental cues,
social cues, and social warnings from authorities, news media, and peers. Social sources …

Understanding the public's sources, perceptions, uses, and values of weather forecasts is
integral to providing those forecasts in the most societally beneficial manner. To begin …

Hurricanes often threaten to have catastrophic impacts on the lives of residents in coastal
areas of the US Timely evacuation limits this impact, but people may choose to evacuate or …

Abstract The Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) is a web-based platform developed at the
Iowa Flood Center (IFC) in order to provide access to flood inundation maps, real-time flood …

Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 23 Issue 5 (2008)
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The paper presents a web-based application developed as a medium for executing a
serious game to enhance multi-jurisdictional collaborative planning and decision making for …