Opportunities at PDC
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LATEST EARLY WARNING ALERTS
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Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia
9 minutes ago WATCH
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Flood - Reidsville, GA Region, United States
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Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru
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Volcano - Dukono, Indonesia
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Volcano - Suwanosejima, Japan
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Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador
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Drought - Spain
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Wildfire - E of Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico
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Severe Weather - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Earthquake - 5.5 - 64 km WNW of Nushki, Pakistan
11 hours ago WATCH
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Snowfall - Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
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Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala
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Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala
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Snowfall - Wawa, Ontario, Canada
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Severe Weather - Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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Severe Weather - Gaspe, Québec, Canada
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Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador
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Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico
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Flood - Ekibastuz, Pavlodar and Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan
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Flood - SW of Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah, Iran
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Flood - N of Sungaipenuh, Jambi, Riau and Sumatera Barat, Indonesia
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Flood - NW of Canavieiras, Bahia, Brazil
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Air Quality - Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
6 hours ago ADVISORY
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Volcano - Marapi, Indonesia
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Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia
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Earthquake - 5.5 - Kermadec Islands region
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Wildfire - W of Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
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Wildfire - W of Chauk, Magwe, Myanmar
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Flood - Liao He Basin, China, South Korea and North Korea
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Flood - Al Hasakah, Al Ḥasakah, Syria
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Flood - Merauke, Papua, Indonesia
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Flood - E of Izmayil, Odessa, Ukraine
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Blizzard - Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Flood - Rio De La Plata Basin, Argentina and Uruguay
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Flood - NE of Rio Branco, North Brazil
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Flood - Port Arthur, TX Region, United States
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Flood - Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
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Flood - SE of Nyimba, Eastern, Zambia
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Flood - NW of Kondoz, Kunduz, Afghanistan
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Landslide - Zagros Mountains, SW of Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran
10 hours ago WATCH
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Landslide - Cordillera Real, S of Yaupi, Morona Santiago, Ecuador
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Landslide - Sahara Ranges, E of El Tur, Janub Sina, Egypt
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Landslide - Patagonian Andes, W of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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Landslide - Continental Southern Patagonian Andes, W of Cochrane, Chile
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Landslide - Central Range, NE of Kundiawa, Chimbu, Papua New Guinea
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Landslide - Marungu Highlands, S of Moba, Tanganyika, Congo, DRC
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Landslide - Birds Head Peninsula, SW of Manokwari, Papua Barat, Indonesia
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Landslide - Northern Zagros, E of Qasr-e Shirin, Kermanshah, Iran
10 hours ago WATCH
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Landslide - Arabian Peninsula, S of Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Jordan
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Landslide - Eastern Highlands, S of Popondetta, Oro, Papua New Guinea
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Landslide - Barisan Mountains, N of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia
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Flood - Philadelphia, MS Region, United States
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Flood - Blountstown, FL Region, United States
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Flood - Slidell, LA Region, United States
12 hours ago WARNING
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Wildfire - NE of Omeo, Victoria, Australia
14 hours ago INFORMATION
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Flood - Cuanza Basin, S of Cuanza River, Angola
16 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - SE of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico
16 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Nile Basin, W of White Nile River, Uganda
16 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico
16 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Flood - Parana Basin, Parana, Paraguay and Salado Rivers, Argentina
16 hours ago WARNING
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Flood - Sao Luis, Maranhão, Pará and Piauí, Brazil
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Flood - E of Rio Branco, North Brazil
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Flood - NE of Dolores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Flood - SW of Parnaiba, Piauí, Brazil
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Flood - Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru
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Flood - E of Macapa, Amapá, Brazil
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Flood - Zareh Sharan, Paktika, Afghanistan
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Flood - Parana Basin, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay
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Flood - N of Pedro Luro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Flood - Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
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Flood - Hari Basin, SE of Hari River, Indonesia
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Flood - SE of Derby, Western Australia, Australia
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Flood - N of Bourke, New South Wales and Queensland, Australia
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Flood - W of Karumba, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia, Australia
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Flood - Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
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Flood - Raba, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
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Flood - Orange Basin, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
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Flood - Camooweal, Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia
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Flood - SE of Halls Creek, Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia
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Flood - Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia
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Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa, Cameroon, Western Africa, Niger, Nigeria and Chad
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Flood - Kapuas Basin, Kapuas and Mahakam Rivers, Indonesia and Malaysia
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Flood - Tarakan, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia
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Flood - Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Telangana, India
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Flood - E of Maues, Amazonas, Pará and Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Flood - SE of Cauvery Basin, Sri Lanka
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Flood - SE of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
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Flood - Pakchan Basin, N of Pakchan River, Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand
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Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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Flood - Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India
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Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan
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Flood - SW of Atamyrat, Chardzhou, Turkmenistan
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Flood - Yangtze Basin, China and Taiwan
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Flood - NW of Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
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Flood - Congo Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Eastern Africa, Burundi, Dem Rep of the Congo, Republic
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran and Iraq
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Flood - S of Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran
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Flood - W of Atrek Basin, Azerbaijan, Iran and Caspian Sea
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Flood - Limbe, Sud-Ouest, Cameroon
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Flood - NE of Asosa, Benshangul-Gumaz, Ethiopia
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Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania
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Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Southern Asia, Iran, Western Asia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Turkey
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Flood - SE of EdDamer, River Nile, Sudan
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Flood - SE of Massawa, Debub, Eritrea
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Flood - Amazon Basin, W of Mamore River, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru
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Flood - E of Chiromo, Nsanje, Malawi
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Flood - E of Tana Basin, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania
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Flood - Zambezi Basin, Mozambique
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Flood - SW of Quelimane, Zambezia, Mozambique
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Flood - W of Tuban Basin, Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia
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Flood - Nile Basin, Eastern Africa, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
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Flood - Okavango Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Southern Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Eastern Africa an
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Flood - NE of Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia
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Flood - Nile Basin, Middle Africa, Dem Rep of the Congo, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Northern Africa,
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Flood - Alexander Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Flood - SE of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
16 hours ago WARNING
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Avalaches - Central Europe
18 hours ago WARNING
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Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
18 hours ago WARNING
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Severe Weather - Vietnam
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Severe Weather - Central India
19 hours ago WARNING
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Severe Weather - Northern Brazil
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Extreme Heat - Southern Brazil
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Extreme Heat - Northern Agentina
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Avalanches - Northern India
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Extreme Heat - Sri Lanka
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Drought - Italy
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Floods - United Kingdom
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Avalanches - Western Canada
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Volcano - La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Ecuador
20 hours ago WARNING
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Wildfires - Eastern Colombia
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Wildfires - Southern Chile
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Avalanches - Southwest Europe
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Winter Storm - Northwestern Iceland
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Storms - Mexico
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Extreme Heat - Mexico
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Extreme Heat - Australia
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Severe Weather - Germany
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Storms - Peninsular Malaysia
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Storms - Eastern Malaysia
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Volcano - Reykjanes, Iceland
2 days ago WARNING
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Avalanches - Northwest United States of America
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Volcano - Aira, Japan
22 hours ago WARNING
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Earthquake - 5.3 - Volcano Islands, Japan region
23 hours ago ADVISORY
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Wildfire - SW of Ciudad Bolivar, Bolívar, Venezuela
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - NW of Fuerte Olimpo, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Wildfire - S of Antonio, Roraima, Brazil
23 hours ago INFORMATION
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Winter Storm - Alaska, United States
1 day ago WARNING
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Flood - NW of Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Flood - W of Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico
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Flood - SE of Zillah, Al Jufrah, Libya
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Flood - W of Edirne, Edirne, Turkey
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Flood - Guayas Basin, Daule, Babahoyo and Guayas Rivers, Ecuador and Peru
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Flood - S of Tillaberi, Tillabéry, Niger
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Flood - SW of Remanso, Northeast Brazil
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Flood - Tanjungpinang, Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia
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Flood - Parana Basin, E of Parana River, Argentina
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Flood - S of Venice, Veneto, Italy
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Flood - Lafayette, IN Region, United States
2 days ago WARNING
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Extreme Heat - Haiti and Dominican Republic
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Drought - Central United States
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Drought - Hawaii, United States of America
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Drought - Southern United States
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Drought - US Virgin Islands, United States of America
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Drought - Northwestern United States
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Drought - Central America
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Extreme Heat - Central America
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Drought - Puerto Rico, United States of America
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Heavy Snow - Central Asia
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Drought - Central Asia
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Extreme Heat - Western Africa
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Drought - Southern Africa
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Extreme Heat - Southern Africa
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Cholera - Somalia
1 month ago WARNING
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Cholera - Mozambique
1 year ago WARNING
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Dengue - Guatemala
6 months ago WARNING
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Malaria - Texas, United States
8 months ago WARNING
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Malaria - Florida, United States
8 months ago WARNING
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Cholera - Haiti
1 year ago WARNING
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Measles - American Samoa
10 months ago WARNING
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Drought - Djibouti
1 year ago WARNING
ABOUT OUR TEAM:
Job Opportunities
Come to work with a leading-edge organization and fuel your passion for public service. For nearly 25 years, PDC has supported the most demanding government customers and nonprofits worldwide, sharing in the mission to save lives and reduce disaster risk. As an applied research center managed by the University of Hawai‘i, we continuously develop new technologies and recruit new talent to advance our state-of-the-art solutions in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. You can find PDC job openings on the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii site or through our LinkedIn postings.
Internships
PDC provides mentored internship opportunities to self-motivated students who take pride in their work, have a passion to learn and a commitment to problemsolving. Our internships offer individuals the chance to apply learned skills and theory to real-world problems.
If you are interesting in applying for an internship with PDC, please review the programs available below to see if there is a good match. You should also examine the criteria for a direct internship before submitting your resume with the link below.
Programs Available
Akamai Workforce Initiative
Offered to college students in Hawaii. Applications accepted in November. Please check the site for details.
https://akamaihawaii.org/interning/
University of Hawai‘i Student Employment & Cooperative Education (SECE)
Available only to college students within the UH system. PDC posts internship position descriptions to this site.
https://sece.its.hawaii.edu/sece/login
CareerLink – UH Maui College Cooperative (Co-Op) Education program
Available only to UH-MC students. Please check the site for details.
http://maui.hawaii.edu/careerlink/
Ke Alahele Program
Offered through Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) internship program
http://www.medb.org/programs/education-to-workforce/ke-alahele-education-fund/
Direct Internships
Direct internships with PDC are also available on an as-needed basis. Please inquire per the guidelines below.
Internship Criteria
- All internships are based on the island of Maui in Hawaii. PDC does not support internships outside of Maui.
- All internship programs are paid internships. However, we do not offer relocation or housing support.
- Technical internships are for summer undergraduate and graduate students. Communications internships are offered year-round.
- U.S. Citizenship is not required, however:
- Candidates MUST have permission to work in the U.S. for the duration of internship; and
- PDC does NOT sponsor visas for international students.
- Long-term internships (for graduate students) may be as long as 6 months. Candidates must submit a resume as part of the submission. Areas of interest for internship may also be submitted.
- For PDC’s direct internship program, the applicant must submit a resume. Area(s) of interest for internship may also be submitted. Internship is contingent upon need and availability.
Skills We Need
Over the years, interns have made valuable contributions to PDC projects and activities with such skills as:
Computer or GIS skills and literacy
- Computer programming (C++, Java, Jscript, …)
- Scripting (PHP, Python, Shell, …)
- Web/App development (HTML, CSS, JSON, …)
- AI experience and/or interest
- GIS (data processing, visualization, …)
- Imagery and/or Image analysis
- Physical sciences and/or modeling
- Data analysis and/or statistics
Communications or design skills and literacy
- Public relations, communications, content development experience
- Web UX / UI design principles
- Graphic design using latest Adobe products
- Video editing
- Marketing copy development
- Social media content management
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