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• Natural Disasters List May 12, 2013

  
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  Recent Natural Disasters 2013: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report. Familiar with this natural disaster? Kindly write your experience in a few sentence in the comment box below.  Keep this page open or visit later to get update report. ...
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• Light earthquake in Cebu today

  
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  M 4.1 light shallow earthquake shakes Cebu, Philippines today, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported. According to the PHIVOLCS, the quakes epicenter was located 9 km NE of San Carlos City (NEGROS OCCIDENTAL). It was 19 km deep. Cebu Earthquake date: 12 May 2013 - 09:38:37 AM ...
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• Cyclone Mahasen Updates For Bangladesh and Myanmar

  
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  The 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season has already started. Tropical cyclone Mahasen originating in the southeast Bay of Bengal is a potential major threat to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Cyclone Mahasen trajectory, updates follows below. You can also follow latest up da tes and discuss about this Cyclone @ ...
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• Tianzhu, China landslide claims 5

  
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  Landslide in Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province of China has claimed lives of at least five people and injured three others, Xinhua reports. Landslide disaster occurred at around 5 a.m. Sunday morning in Gaoniang township, Tianzhu County of China. Heavy rainfall caused landslide in the area. Detail landslide damage ...
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• Drought, Rainstorms Affect Millions across CHINA

  
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  Global Disasters/ Significant Events – Sunday 12  May 2013 Drought Affecting 3.58 Million Hectares of Farmland Scorching drought in China’s western and central regions has affected at least 3.58 million hectares of farmland, drought relief authorities said. “Affected land used to grow crops totaled 2.13 ...
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• TS MAHASEN: The Rain Monster

  
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  Tropical Storm MAHASEN Intensifying  MAHASEN, which formed over Indian Ocean near Bay of Bengal early Saturday, is forecast to intensify into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ by Monday morning, said India Meteorological Department (IMD). Tropical Storm MAHASEN. Base Image:  8km Res Visible/Shortwave IR Image  ...
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• Minds traumatised by disaster heal themselves without therapy

  
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  Aid agencies that promote one-off counselling sessions after major traumas only prolong victims suffering One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded hit on Boxing Day 2004. The resulting tsunami devastated huge swaths of the Indian Ocean coastline and left an estimated quarter of a million people dead across ...
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• Investing in preparation for potential disasters is a “no brainer”, Elizabeth Longworth, Director of UNISDR

  
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  Analysis: Getting governments to cough up for DRR By John James Photo: Jason Gutierrez/IRIN Survivors pass through their devastated village in Mindanao, Philippines, following Typhoon Bopha (Dec 2012) HIGHLIGHTS Funding argument not yet won Disaster preparedness saves lives Donors putting more money into resilience ...
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• Another Candidate For Dad Of The Year…

  
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• Underground Landfill Fire Burning 1,200 Feet from 8,700 Tons of Nuclear Waste

  
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  An underground fire is burning at a waste dump 1,200 feet away from where 8,700 tons of nuclear waste is stored in Bridgeton, MO near St. Louis; the EPA is cutting and running from the problem, Rolling Stone reports. Our politicians would rather sweep this problem under the rug because it does not fit in with ...
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• Natural Disasters List May 11, 2013-Mizoram, India landslide clams 10

  
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  Recent Natural Disasters 2013: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report. Familiar with this natural disaster? Kindly write your experience in a few sentence in the comment box below.  Keep this page open or visit later to get update report. ...
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• Landslide in Mizoram, India claims 10

  
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  Thunderstorm and landslides in Mizoram, India have claimed lives of 10 people with seven reported missing. 10 bodies, including five of women, have been recovered from landslide in Laipuitlang area in Aizawl, Rediff News reports. Landslide also swept away nine houses in Laipuitland area. Thunderstorm accompanied by ...
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• Ice storm in Manitoba, Canada damages houses

  
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  Extensive ice storm at Ochre Beach on Dauphin Lake in Manitoba, Canada has damaged at least 20 houses. A state of emergency has been declared in the Rural Municipality of Ochre River, Canada based CTV reports. Emergency Medical Services and the local fire department are helping in rescue works currently. Great ...
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• Justinianic Plague Was Caused By The Bacterium Yersinia Pestis, Skeletal DNA Evidence Confirms

  
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  The Justinianic Plague of the 6th-8th century was almost without a doubt caused by the bacterium Y. pestis , according to new research from Universität Mainz. The research was done by analyzing DNA taken from the skeletons of plague victims in early medieval cemetery of Aschheim in Bavaria. The Plague, ...
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• සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #117: පැහැබර අහසක් කිසිදා නොදුටු චීන දරුවෝ

  
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  My latest column in Ravaya broadsheet newspaper (in Sinhala) looks at China’s air pollution problems that keep getting worse, taking pollutant readings off the charts. Urban air quality in Winter 2012/13 was so bad that Chinese themselves called it ‘Airpolcalypse‘. නාගරික ...
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• Storm Plans for Disabled Are Inadequate, U.S. Says

  
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  New York City violated federal law because its emergency management plans failed to address the needs of the disabled during Tropical Storm Irene, the government said on Friday.        
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• INTERVIEW: With Bridgette Meinhold, Author of ‘Urgent Architecture’

  
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  When Inhabitat’s Architecture Editor ,  Bridgette Meinhold , heard about the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the massive devastation it caused, she wanted to help, and was drawn to start investigating different options for temporary shelters and disaster relief housing. This exploration gradually broadened to a ...
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• NHS 111- warnings over seriously flawed health cover

  
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  Patients have already lost confidence in the 111 non-emergency number because it is providing a “seriously flawed” service in some parts of the country, one of Britain’s most senior doctors has warned. Dr Clare Gerada, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, attacked the Government for putting ...
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• AP govt plans to set up three Disaster Response Force units

  
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  Andhra Pradesh government is planning to set up a State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), which will be stationed at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. “Discussions are on and a meeting has been … Continue reading →
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• Natural Disasters List May 10, 2013-Kenya flash flood claims 10

  
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  Recent Natural Disasters 2013: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report. Familiar with this natural disaster? Kindly write your experience in a few sentence in the comment box below.  Keep this page open or visit later to get update report. ...
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