The first step to solving a problem is identifying that you have one. For schools using early-warning systems, though, the problem is identification isn’t enough. Early-warning systems use student ...

The magnitude 4.4 quake — centered near Highland Park on Monday — came with an early warning from California’s quake alert system. It was not immediately clear how many people got the alert. But it is ...

In December 2025, the CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program convened the second in a series of roundtable discussions to better understand the emerging benefits—and potential risks—of artificial ...

The FAO is attempting to raise awareness and understanding of early warning tools and systems in food safety to support their wider use. Early warning systems play a role in reducing the potential ...

From floods to wildfires, and tsunamis to volcanic eruptions, early-warning systems can stop natural hazards becoming human disasters. But more joined-up thinking is urgently needed. Andrew C. Tupper ...

Most Californians know that sinking feeling. The ground shakes, jolting you to attention. For a split second, your mind considers the possibilities: A truck driving by? Someone dropping a heavy object ...

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk. By Max Bearak and Hiroko Tabuchi Officials in Texas ...

Flash floods in Texas Hill Country killed at least 130 people earlier this month, while New Mexico, New York, and New Jersey experienced flooded transit systems, blocked roads, and even swept away ...

The earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on July 30 2025 may have been one of the most severe on record, with a magnitude of 8.8. But innovations in science and technology gave governments vital ...

From Cambodia to Nepal, early warning of natural disasters is not an add-on to humanitarian response. It is humanitarian response – at its smartest and most effective. For communities and nations ...