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Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather

everbridge

By assessing severe weather risk, organizations and governments can better mitigate the impact a severe weather event has, creating a more robust approach to layered severe weather emergencies. What steps can governments take to mitigate climate risk and severe weather events?

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Prepare for the Impact of Tropical Storm Nicole

everbridge

Essential Steps to Mitigate the Impact of Severe Weather. This means collaborating with outside jurisdictions, hospitals, non-profits, and private businesses within the area. Employees should be trained and educated on how to receive and respond to severe weather alerts to keep themselves safe and operations protected.

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Inclement weather response demands attention

everbridge

For example, in Maui and the devastating Camp Fire in Paradise, California alerts were delayed, use of sirens withheld, and evacuation procedures rendered ineffective. Emergency alert systems, including Wireless Emergency Alerts and NOAA Weather Radio, serve as direct lifelines to the public.

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Changes Continue in Cyber Insurance

Pure Storage

LockBit has been responsible for headline-garnering attacks on hospitals, schools, and financial institutions, propelling the U.S. Underwriters are also attempting to mitigate the losses from cyber claims with much stricter underwriting requirements, including making certain cybersecurity protocols mandatory. Want to learn more?

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

To fulfill duty of care standards, corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, and government agencies should evaluate and test the health of communication networks and information systems before a severe weather event occurs. They are responsible for ensuring public safety, emergency response, and timely community awareness.

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Transforming Healthcare in Rural India with Telemedicine by Nisha Kadaba

PagerDuty

“Accessing healthcare can be a challenge for older individuals, especially if you are part of a low-income household that lives in a village 30 kilometers away from the closest district hospital.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

On the night of 11th September, paramedics in Düsseldorf, Germany, were alerted to the deteriorating condition of a 78-year-old woman suffering from an aortic aneurysm. The University Hospital Düsseldorf, whose A&E department was closed, had suffered a cyber-attack. This led to the treatment of the lady being delayed by an hour.