What ships, and when.
One new long form survival guide every Friday at 08:00 UTC, paired with the Weekly Briefing. Each guide is hand written from primary sources (USGS, NOAA, WHO, FEMA, CDC, country agencies) and reviewed before publication. Dates here are commitments, when one slips, this page updates and we say so.
- LiveEarthquakes & tsunamis14 minHow to survive an earthquake while travelling
The Drop-Cover-Hold-On rule, why doorways are a myth, what to do in a high rise hotel, and how to read a tsunami evacuation sign in a country you don't know.
Open the guide → - LiveEarthquakes & tsunamis14 minTsunami evacuation, for travellers
Reading the natural warning signs your phone won't get to in time, how the global PTWC network actually works, and country specific signage.
Open the guide → - LiveEarthquakes & tsunamis12 minAftershocks: what the next 72 hours look like
The Båth's-law rule of thumb, why the largest aftershock often comes hours later, and how to evaluate hotel re-entry safely.
Open the guide → - LiveEarthquakes & tsunamis13 minEarthquake Early Warning, country by country
JMA's mature system, ShakeAlert in California, SASMEX in Mexico, GeoNet's Long-or-Strong rule, what the alert sounds like and how much warning you actually get.
Open the guide → - LiveHurricanes, typhoons & cyclones12 minReading the NOAA cone of uncertainty
Why the cone is a probability of the storm centre's path, not a damage zone, and the four ways travellers consistently misread it.
Open the guide → - LiveHurricanes, typhoons & cyclones14 minSurviving hurricane season as a traveller
Saffir-Simpson in plain English, NOAA NHC vs JTWC vs JMA cones, why the Caribbean season is different from the Pacific, and the 72 hour rule.
Open the guide → - LiveWildfires13 minHow to survive a wildfire while travelling
The PG&E watch-vs-warning ladder, going-out-the-door logistics, why smoke kills more people than flame, and when to shelter in place.
Open the guide → - LiveWildfires12 minSmoke days: when to leave a city
AQI 300 is when healthy adults' lung function measurably drops within hours. The 24 hour decision tree for travellers in smoke-affected destinations.
Open the guide → - LiveFloods & flash floods12 minFlash-flood survival, for travellers
Reading a flood watch vs warning, why slot canyons and dry washes are deceptive, and what to do if you're caught driving.
Open the guide → - LiveFloods & flash floods11 minDriving in monsoon Asia
Why Bangkok, Manila, Mumbai, and Jakarta flood differently, and the specific roads, vehicle classes, and hours travellers should avoid.
Open the guide → - LiveVolcanic eruptions12 minVolcanic eruption survival, for travellers
Why ashfall grounds aircraft for days, the four stage VAAC alert system, and what the red, orange, yellow, green levels actually mean on the ground.
Open the guide → - LiveVolcanic eruptions10 minReading VAAC alerts as a flyer
How the nine Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres carve up the world, why a yellow alert closes some routes for 48 hours, and what airlines owe you under EU 261.
Open the guide → - LiveDisease outbreaks11 minWhen an outbreak hits a destination you've booked
Reading WHO DON, CDC THN levels, and ECDC threat reports, and the questions to ask before changing or keeping a trip.
Open the guide → - LiveDisease outbreaks11 minVaccines that actually move the needle for travellers
The high-impact short list (yellow fever, hepatitis A, typhoid, rabies pre-exposure) versus the long tail. Which vaccines countries actually require.
Open the guide → - LiveConflict, terrorism & unrest11 minReading political instability before you fly
ACLED, FCDO, State Dept, and the local English-language press as a four-source triangulation for whether a destination is actually unsafe.
Open the guide → - LiveConflict, terrorism & unrest11 minBorder closures: what to do when one is announced
The 24 hour playbook from the moment a closure rumour breaks to the moment your flight is cancelled, and the embassy actions that actually help.
Open the guide → - LiveAir quality, heat & cold11 minAir quality, for travellers
Reading AQI when you're used to PM2.5 (and vice versa), N95 vs surgical mask in real conditions, and the cities where the quoted number lies.
Open the guide → - LiveAir quality, heat & cold11 minHeat-dome travel: cities that get dangerous
Wet-bulb temperature in plain English, the cities where summer trips are now seasonally inadvisable, and the cooling protocol when air-con fails.
Open the guide → - LiveGeneral travel safety13 minStaying safe in cities, anywhere
The repeatable urban-discipline checklist that works in Bogotá, Bangkok, Brussels, and Brisbane: bag worn front, phone on a strap, ride-share over street taxis, the things travel guides keep saying because they keep being true.
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Friday, 08:00 UTC.
The Weekly Briefing publishes every Friday at 08:00 UTC. The accompanying guide ships the same hour. Both link to each other, and both are free to cite.
Highest-traffic decisions.
The first 16 guides cover the eight hazard classes that drive almost every “should I cancel” query travellers face. Once that core is shipped we go deeper into country specific briefings.
We say so here.
If a guide misses its date, research takes longer than expected, a primary source is updated mid-draft, this page updates and the topic landing reflects the new commitment. Same honesty bar as /sources.