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Software update enhances response to 911 calls
May 20, 2013 (UPI)
Software for 911 emergency call handling by PowerPhone has been updated to allow integration with computer-aided dispatch systems. PowerPhone, a provider of 911...
Russia Boosts Emergencies Space Monitoring
May 17, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Emergencies Ministry has finalized deployment of a space monitoring system to help ensuring prompt response to emergency situations in the country, it ...
How should geophysics contribute to disaster planning?
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering - especially when those disasters strike populations who live in ...
Prince Harry tours hurricane-hit New Jersey
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Prince Harry inspected hurricane-damaged areas of the New Jersey shore Tuesday at the tail end of a US tour that has done much to bury his royal PR disaster las...
Finding a sensible balance for natural hazard mitigation with mathematical models
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
Uncertainty issues are paramount in the assessment of risks posed by natural hazards and in developing strategies to alleviate their consequences. In a paper pu...
Even Clinton couldn't get Led Zep to Sandy show
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
Rock music royalty including the Rolling Stones joined last year's charity show for victims of superstorm Sandy -- but even Bill Clinton couldn't convince Led Z...
New York's Sandy lesson: evacuate and get boats
May 03, 2013 (AFP)
New York needs everything from bigger evacuations to better boats if it is to weather another event like last year's Hurricane Sandy, a wide-ranging review show...
Brother admits defeat in tragic Bangladesh search
May 03, 2013 (AFP)
After trudging to every hospital and mortuary in Bangladesh's vast capital following last week's factory disaster, an exhausted Mohammed Jashim finally conceded...
Global networks must be redesigned
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
Our global networks have generated many benefits and new opportunities. However, they have also established highways for failure propagation, which can ultimate...
Hong Kong ferry disaster report finds 'litany of errors'
Apr 30, 2013 (AFP)
A "litany of errors" contributed to a Hong Kong ferry disaster in which 39 people were killed, an inquiry found Tuesday, slamming the marine department for "sys...
Ukraine marks Chernobyl amid efforts to secure reactor
Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)
Ukrainians on Friday lit candles and laid flowers to remember the victims of the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl 27 years ago, as engineers pressed ...
Ukraine marks Chernobyl disaster amid efforts to secure reactor
Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)
Ukrainians on Friday lit candles and laid flowers to remember the victims of the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl 27 years ago, as engineers pressed ...
U.S. lawyer defends Australian asylum seekers
Apr 26, 2013 (UPI)
Former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, defense lawyer Michael Mori wants greater access to people seeking asylum in Australian but kept in detention on the Pacific island...
Landslide kills 14 in Ecuador
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
A landslide swept into a village in northern Ecuador, burying homes and killing at least 14 people, authorities said Wednesday. "There were 14 people killed in ...
Ghana recalls 120 million faulty Chinese condoms
Apr 23, 2013 (AFP)
Ghana is recalling a shipment of 120 million Chinese-made condoms distributed to charities in the country after testing showed that they were riddled with holes...
Hong Kong searches for 6 missing crew after boat crash
Apr 19, 2013 (AFP)
Rescue teams in Hong Kong Friday stepped up the search for six crew members missing at sea after two boats collided in fog, as officials investigated the cause ...
Pakistan quake victims burn tyres at angry protests
Apr 19, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani earthquake victims burnt tyres at angry protests on Friday, accusing the government of failing to provide adequate relief three days after their homes...
Texas fertilizer plant blast 'kills up to 15'
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
A Texas fertilizer factory exploded in a huge fireball Wednesday, destroying many nearby homes and killing between five and 15 people, with one official likenin...
IAEA begins fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday started a fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, where leaks and powercuts have dented public confid...
Fukushima plant springs another radioactive leak
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has sprung yet another leak of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday, the latest in an increasingly long lin...
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