Professor Lee Miles on BBC Radio 4 Today programme

Professor Lee Miles, Professor of Crisis and Disaster Management, was invited onto BBC Radio 4's flagship Today Programme to talk about Hurricane Irma. 

The Disaster Management Centre at Bournemouth University have been working with Caribbean islands on disaster management techniques, providing training on how to deal with disasters such as hurricanes.

Professor Miles spoke to presenter Justin Webb about the destruction caused by the hurricane, the resiliance of such islands to rebuild after the hurricane, and what would happen should a predicted second hurricane hit the island in the days to come.

Watch the video to hear more from Professor Miles about the work of the Disaster Management Centre:

Bournemouth University has just started its first Master's degree in disaster management, for more information visit the MSc Disaster Management course page.

For more information about the work of the Disaster Management Centre, visit www.budmc.uk.