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Japan to lift part of Fukushima evacuation order: official
Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)
Japan will lift an exclusion order on an area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, allowing some residents to return to live for the first time since th...
100-tonne radioactive water leak at Fukushima: TEPCO
Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)
A new leak of 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima, the plant's operator said Thursday, after it revealed only one of nine th...
Post-tsunami deaths outnumber disaster toll in one Japan area
Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)
Health complications stemming from Japan's 2011 tsunami have killed more people in one Japanese region than the disaster itself, the local authority said Thursd...
Outsmarting nature during disasters
Feb 18, 2014 (SPX)
The dramatic images of natural disasters in recent years, including hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and the Tohoku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami, show that nature...
Radiation detected at New Mexico nuclear plant
Feb 17, 2014 (AFP)
US investigators were taking samples Sunday at a New Mexico underground nuclear waste site where airborne radiation was detected, though authorities stressed th...
Philippines vows to build back better 100 days after typhoon
Feb 16, 2014 (AFP)
The Philippines vowed Sunday to "build back better" 100 days after its deadliest typhoon left thousands dead and millions without homes. Acknowledging that huge...
British princes help out as storm claims two lives
Feb 15, 2014 (AFP)
Princes William and Harry pitched in to help flood victims as a new winter storm hammered Britain overnight Friday, bringing violent winds and claiming at least...
Study highlights indigenous response to natural disaster
Feb 14, 2014 (SPX)
When a tsunami struck American Samoa in 2009, indigenous institutions on the islands provided effective disaster relief that could help federal emergency manage...
Beckham gives cheer in Philippines typhoon zone
Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)
Football superstar David Beckham visited the Philippines on Thursday to give comfort to survivors of the Asian country's deadliest-ever typhoon -- although not ...
165,000 without power in storm-battered Ireland
Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)
Over 165,000 homes were still without power across Ireland Thursday after strong winds battered the country in what forecasters suspect is the worst storm to hi...
British flood victims angry at lack of help
Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)
The floodwaters are rising in Datchet but there appears to be no one around to help except David Cannon the water-taxi man. This quaint English town may be just...
Bottom-up insight into crowd dynamics
Feb 11, 2014 (SPX)
Stampedes unfortunately occur on too regular a basis. Previously, physicists developed numerous models of crowd evacuation dynamics. Their analyses focused on d...
Floating school offers hope in Nigeria's 'slum on stilts'
Feb 08, 2014 (AFP)
It's been dubbed the "Venice of Africa" but comparisons between the sprawling Lagos community of Makoko and the historic Italian city begin and end at the water...
With billboards, tweets, Philippines thanks world for typhoon aid
Feb 08, 2014 (AFP)
The Philippines said "Thank you" on billboards around the world Saturday in gratitude for the massive outpouring of international help after a typhoon that kill...
Britons rescued from floods as Cameron grapples with crisis
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Britain was lashed by more heavy rain Thursday as firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and Prime Minister David Cameron scrambled to deal with the cri...
Fire erupts at US nuclear waste plant
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to contain a blaze at a US nuclear waste plant in New Mexico, while underground staff were evacuated and some taken to hospital...
Repairs may mean darker hue for Rio's iconic Christ statue
Feb 02, 2014 (AFP)
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue, facing renovation after being struck by lightning last month, could take on a darker hue owing to a shortage of replacement st...
Prisoners again bolt typhoon-damaged Philippine jail
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Almost 200 inmates of a Philippine jail damaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan bolted the prison on Thursday, the second mass jailbreak since the storm, the jail warde...
One in 4 Japan tsunami children needs psychiatric care
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
One in four nursery school children caught up in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster has psychiatric problems caused by the horrors of loss and destruction, with expe...
Mayor of scandal-hit Italy quake town withdraws resignation
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
The mayor of the Italian town of L'Aquila, which was partially destroyed in a deadly 2009 earthquake, withdrew his resignation Wednesday 10 days after stepping ...
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