DISASTER MANAGEMENT - RUSSO DAILY

'Dereliction of duty' by officers responsible for Maine shooter

Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)

The officers failed to notify higher-level commanders when they became aware of "escalating issues" involving Robert Card, and did not conduct a required invest...

Ethiopia landslide kills at least 146

Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)

The disaster occurred at around 10:00 am (0700 GMT) on Monday following heavy rains in Gofa, a mountainous area of South Ethiopia regional state. "The number of...

Trillions Lost in Worker Productivity Due to Eco Anxiety and Lifestyle Changes

Jul 21, 2024 (SPX)

This idea is explored in the Cell Press journal One Earth by Professor Emeritus Ralf Buckley from Griffith University, in a preview of an article led by Profess...

Macron and Starmer reaffirm cooperation on migrants

Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)

The two met on the sidelines of a summit with European leaders as London looks to reset its relationship with the EU and turn the page on rocky post-Brexit rela...

Satnav Enhances Medical and Emergency Response Efforts

Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)

While commonly associated with navigation and directions, satellite navigation is increasingly recognized as a critical tool in various fields, including the he...

200 more Kenyan police deploy to tackle Haiti violence

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

Haitian sources say the new batch brings the total to 400 Kenyan boots on the ground in violence-ravaged Port-au-Prince, part of a closely watched offer to send...

Nepal retrieves more bodies from buses swept away by landslide

Jul 14, 2024 (AFP)

Over 300 officers, including divers, were scouring the river for passengers and the two buses themselves, said Kumar Neupane, spokesperson for Nepal's armed pol...

Nepal recovers first body from buses swept away by landslide

Jul 13, 2024 (AFP)

The force of Friday's landslide in central Chitwan district pushed the vehicles over concrete crash barriers and down a steep embankment, at least 30 metres (10...

Eleven dead in northern Vietnam after landslide buries van

Jul 13, 2024 (AFP)

Northern Vietnam has entered its rainy season, with heavy downpours and flooding making travel along mountain roads treacherous. The landslide hit the 16-seater...

Three found dead in Japan landslide after heavy rain

Jul 13, 2024 (AFP)

Rescue workers had been searching three people -- a man in his 90s, a woman in her 80s, and a man in his 40s -- who were living in a wooden house that collapsed...

27 dead, 15 missing as Indonesia ends landslide search

Jul 13, 2024 (AFP)

The landslide hit a remote village in Bone Balango district on the central island of Sulawesi a week ago following heavy rain. With the search effort called off...

'We can't wait another year': disaster-hit nations call for climate aid

Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)

The appeal came during a meeting of the "loss and damage" fund that concluded Friday amid concerns it is unlikely to be able to approve climate aid until 2025. ...

Colombia calls for creditor help to underpin peace, end cocaine trade

Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)

Leftist President Gustavo Petro has faced multiple obstacles in his efforts to end six decades of conflict between security forces, guerrillas, right-wing param...

Israeli military tells 250,000 residents of Gaza City to flee south

Jul 11, 2024 (UPI)

Leaflets dropped from the air on Wednesday directed residents to use two roads designated as safe routes to evacuate to humanitarian zones in Deir al-Balah and ...

Death toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 23

Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)

Unlicensed mines are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for leftover gold ore without pro...

What we know about the strike on Kyiv's paediatric hospital

Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)

Like similar attacks in the past, the Ukrainian government and the Kremlin gave conflicting versions of what happened. Here's a rundown of what we know about th...

Satellites Assist Relief Operations After Dike Breach in Central China

Jul 09, 2024 (SPX)

The China Centre For Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA) reported that Gaofen-3 02, Gaofen-3 03, Gaofen-1, and Gaofen-4 satellites are providing r...

11 dead, 35 missing after Indonesia landslide

Jul 08, 2024 (AFP)

Unlicensed mines are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for leftover gold ore without pro...

11 dead, 19 missing in Indonesia landslide

Jul 08, 2024 (AFP)

Unlicensed mines are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for leftover gold ore without pro...

Radiation's Impact on Bird Breeding and Microbiomes in Chornobyl

Jul 08, 2024 (SPX)

The Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, encompassing approximately 2,600 km around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, exhibits uneven contamination levels. "The consequen...