14 December 2015, 5 am Typhoon Nona (Melor) Storm Surge Advisory
Simulations using JMA track December 14, 5 AM PST By DOST Project NOAH, PAGASA Storm Surge Component MunicipalityProvinceStorm surge height (m) TarangnanSamar2.6 Sta. MargaritaSamar2.6 GandaraSamar2.6...
View Article14 December 2015, 11 am Typhoon Nona (Melor) Storm Surge Advisory
Simulations using JMA track December 14, 11 AM PST By DOST Project NOAH, PAGASA Storm Surge Component MunicipalityProvinceStorm surge height (m) GuinayanganQuezon2.5 Del GallegoCamarines Sur2.5...
View ArticleProject NOAH Completes Development of WebGIS and Hazard Maps for Landslides...
Project NOAH, the flagship disaster prevention and mitigation program of the Department of Science and Technology, is announcing the conclusion of its three component projects: Landslide Hazard...
View ArticleProject NOAH announces Start of ISAIAH
Project NOAH’s initiatives on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) have continually built individual and institutional capacities and resilience using multidisciplinary research and risk...
View ArticleMap Your Community in OpenStreetMap with Project NOAH
Part of the current goals of the Integrated Scenario-based Assessments of Impacts and Hazards (ISAIAH) component of Project NOAH is mapping the building footprints of communities. This effort involves...
View ArticleNCR heat index hits scorching 43°C Thursday afternoon (GMA News Online)
By TJ Dimacali This article was originally published in GMA News Online on April 14, 2016. As if things weren’t hot enough as is, the nation’s capital withered a scorching 43°C heat index on Thursday...
View ArticleProject NOAH starts thermal scanning on Mt. Apo (MindaNews)
By Antonio L. Colina IV This article was originally published in MindaNews on April 20, 2016. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 Apr) – A team from Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)...
View ArticleProject NOAH helps in the mitigation of the Mt. Apo forest fire
Project NOAH continues to answer the call of Disaster Risk Reduction, and this commitment was once again tested by the recent Mt. Apo forest fires. March 26 marked this year’s Black Saturday of the...
View ArticleNOAH Director Featured as one of Top 100 Asian Scientists
Dr. Mahar Lagmay was recently recognized as one of the 100 scientists in a list published by Asian Scientist Magazine. Alongside four National Scientists, he makes up the group of five Filipinos...
View ArticleHow can YOU help build a Disaster Resilient Philippines?
Project NOAH’s risk mapping efforts has been on mapping for the Philippines since the start of its Integrated Scenario-based Assessments of Impacts and Hazards (ISAIAH) component. Another important...
View ArticleProject NOAH, Finalist in International USAID Award
DOST-Project NOAH is one of the five finalists vying for the Harnessing Data for Resilience Recognition Award sponsored by USAID. It competed with over 70 international organizations to join the...
View ArticleProject NOAH Wins USAID Harnessing Data for Resilience Award
After being one of the five finalists, Project NOAH takes home the Harnessing Data for Resilience Recognition Award from the Harnessing the Data Revolution for Resilience Summit in Bangkok, Thailand....
View ArticleNOAH Completes Flood Map of Camiguin
Project NOAH has recently completed the flood hazard map for the province of Camiguin! Screenshot of the new Camiguin flood hazard map on the NOAH website. It can also be recalled that OpenStreetMap...
View ArticleProject NOAH prepares multi-hazard maps of the future
Improved resilience to future disasters means helping communities and ecosystems cope with changing climate conditions. In order to do this, efforts must be made to mainstream Climate Change Adaptation...
View ArticleCavite is now completely mapped!
OpenStreetMap contributors, through the initiative of Project NOAH, have now completed mapping the province of Cavite! Increase in building footprints of Cavite. Since March 2016, OSM contributors have...
View ArticleProject NOAH hosts DILG Local Government Academy for mayors of Region IX to XIII
Last June 27, the newly elected mayors of Regions IX to XIII visited the home base of Project NOAH in the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), University of the Philippines Diliman, to...
View ArticleProject NOAH wins IDC’s Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA) 2016
The International Data Corporation (IDC) named DOST Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) as the best AP Smart City Project under the Public Safety category for IDC’s 2016 Smart...
View Article9th NIGS Lecture Series: Four Years of Project NOAH and Its Future
Poster for the 9th NIGS Lecture Series We would like to invite everyone to attend the 9th NIGS Lecture Series to be held this coming August 23, Tuesday, 3:00 PM at the National Institute of Geological...
View Article19 October 2016, 2 pm Supertyphoon Lawin (Haima) Storm Surge Advisory
UPDATED STORM SURGE ADVISORY FOR SUPERTYPHOON LAWIN HERE 19 Oct 2016, 2:00 PM PST By DOST Project NOAH Legend on the right shows height of storm surges in centimeters (cm). 2 pm, 19 October 2016...
View Article19 October 2016, 8 pm Supertyphoon Lawin (Haima) Storm Surge Advisory
19 Oct 2016, 8:00 PM PST By DOST Project NOAH Legend on the right shows height of storm surges in centimeters (cm). Latest simulation run of DOST Project NOAH. Click on the links for the corresponding...
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