14. May 2025 | Early Warning, General
At the end of April 2025, the German Weather Service (DWD), an institutional member of DKKV, put the new ICON-D2 Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) weather forecast model into operation, which was specially developed for short-term forecasts of up to 14 hours. The model enables...
23. Apr 2024 | Delegations, Early Warning
In December 2023, a Delegation from Central Asia came for a study tour to Germany, also visiting the DKKV. Climate Risk Management in Asia is a program implemented by GIZ, focusing on early warning systems for hydro-meteorological disasters during this trip. Foster...
23. Feb 2024 | Early Warning
The cell broadcast is one year old.This is a hazard warning method in which the warning message is sent directly to the cell phone or smartphone. As cell phones and smartphones automatically register with a radio cell when switched on, via which network reception is...
7. Jul 2023 | Early Warning
On 14 June, the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) published the positive evaluation of the nationwide warning day of December 2022. According to this evaluation, more than 90% of the population was reached by at least one warning means,...
4. May 2023 | Early Warning, Frühwarnung, Gastvortrag, Guest contribution, heavy rain, Members, Mitglieder, Starkregen
Disaster management must be trained so that aid arrives efficiently in the event of a crisis – also in international disaster management. In addition to field exercises in which technical equipment such as pumps are used, tabletop exercises are primarily used to...
10. Mar 2023 | Delegationen, Delegations, Early Warning, Risk Communication
As part of a delegation from Rwanda organised by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), we held an exchange with a group of participants from the Ministry of Environment, Rwanda Environment Management Authority, University of Rwanda and the Rwanda...
