Natural Disasters Archives

Drought on the Mississippi: Climate Change Hits the Marine Transportation System

During late Summer and early Fall of 2022, intense heat and drought significantly decreased the water level in the Mississippi River, reaching an unprecedented low point in [Read more...]

May 2, 2024

CCICADA works with FEMA on Flood Mitigation

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April 20, 2021

Lockstep’s Stephen Wilson on a More Secure Approach to Cyber Identity

Lockstep’s Stephen Wilson explains how his company will implement a prototype authenticated smart-phone technology to verify the credentials of emergency responders in the field. This will speed up response times dramatically. [Read more...]

April 11, 2016

The new identify-verification technology being developed by CCICADA and its partners will speed disaster-relief response times following natural disasters and terrorist attacks. In this photo, a US Navy sailor carries a child during a multi-national response to the 2010 earthquake that flattened Haiti. Photo credit: Flickr, Creative Commons, DVIDSHUB

CCICADA Launches ID Verification Project to Speed Responses to Natural and Terrorist Disasters

CCICADA’s new credentialing verification project will speed responses to natural and manmade disasters by developing a smart-phone technology enabling incident managers to instantly and safely verify the identities and credentials of first responders. [Read more...]

March 22, 2016

Superstorm Sandy: Researchers and Scientists Gather at CCICADA to Discuss What They’ve Learned from Hurricane Research

Satellite view of Hurricane Sandy taken by the Goddard Space Center October 2012. Gathering data about a disaster shortly after it happens can greatly assist planners in [Read more...]

January 22, 2015

CCICADA’s Homeland Security Partnership with the US Coast Guard Brings Commandant Zukunft to Rutgers University for a Visit

Admiral Paul F. Zukunft (center), US Coast Guard Commandant, and Dr. Matthew Clark (right), Director, DHS Office of University Programs, listen as CCICADA Director Fred [Read more...]

October 15, 2014

Natural Disasters

Drought on the Mississippi: Climate Change Hits the Marine Transportation System

CCICADA works with FEMA on Flood Mitigation

Lockstep’s Stephen Wilson on a More Secure Approach to Cyber Identity

CCICADA Launches ID Verification Project to Speed Responses to Natural and Terrorist Disasters

Superstorm Sandy: Researchers and Scientists Gather at CCICADA to Discuss What They’ve Learned from Hurricane Research

CCICADA’s Homeland Security Partnership with the US Coast Guard Brings Commandant Zukunft to Rutgers University for a Visit

CCICADA Workshop: S&T Innovations and Applications in Hurricane Sandy Research – October 21-22, 2014

Seminar Series: Utilizing Social Media to Optimize Disaster Response, October 14, 2014

Superstorm Sandy: CCICADA Leads Post-Sandy Research

Flood Mitigation on the Raritan River: A FEMA Region II Project at CCICADA and the NTSCOE