Emergency Preparedness & Response Training Video

23K views · 662 reactions | The State Department's Disaster Assistance Response Teams are the lead on the ground in Jamaica. Composed of first responders from Virginia Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue & Los Angeles County Fire Department , these teams are hard at work bringing relief and assistance to Jamaicans following Hurricane Melissa. | U.S. Department of State | Facebook

Record flooding in southern Thailand underscores strain on emergency response teams Thailand is grappling with the aftermath of devastating flooding in the south, the worst in three centuries. Tens of thousands of people are still trapped in their homes. More than 40,000 help requests and 77,000 affected as Hat Yai's flood crisis deepens. Over 3,000 red-zone cases require urgent evacuation amid widespread damage. Our correspondent, Dusita Saokaew, reports.#Thailand #Disaster #Flood #HatYai | CGT