At Commercial UAV Expo, Juan Plaza outlined how drones supported rescue, damage assessment and recovery after the June earthquakes, while warning that disaster response requires a plan for coordinating the aircraft overhead. When two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, drones were in the air within minutes. They gave authorities an early view […] The post Venezuela Earthquakes…
Nearly a week after flash floods devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet, rescuers are still searching for people trapped in hydropower plants. But first they have to find the plants.
The earthquake killed at least 181 people and left 2,595 injured, according to Colombian authorities. At least 195 remained missing, but civilian-run databases put that number closer to 4,000.
Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble When twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast last week, Israel Rivas was at home hundreds of miles away in the industrial city of San Félix. As the scale of the catastrophe became clear, the 24-year-old knew he had to react. A mechanic and budding photographer, Rivas gathered …
Aid efforts are intensifying after twin earthquakes killed nearly 1,000 in Venezuela, with international teams arriving but a slow government response hampering relief on the ground.
Brian Bledsoe, a professor and founding director of the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems in the College of Engineering, spoke with GPB about the rise of natural disasters in Georgia. According to Bledsoe, Georgia needs a statewide plan to standardize disaster response which has, at this point, been managed by a variety of agencies with […] The post Professor talks about plans for na…
