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Opelika Auburn News
April 29, 2018
A mannequin simulating a patient “gave birth,” so students had to practice safely delivering the baby during a disaster scenario. ... First-year medical student Juan Martinez, an observer in Friday's drill, said disaster simulations are crucial for the students to practice skills for their future occupations. “It takesÃâà...
lareviewofbooks
April 29, 2018
EARLY ON IN The Great Quake, Kris Madsen starts her first day as a schoolteacher in Alaska, a place the inexperienced but enthusiastic explorer chose for its location near the top of the alphabet. It's 1962, and Madsen, a Californian who has just finished college, wants to make a good impression. She hasÃâà...
Anchorage Daily News
April 29, 2018
President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Alaska's own Congressional delegation are recklessly sprinting to lease tracts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, pushing an "aggressive" timeline that makes promises of strong environmental standards ring hollow. Many Alaskans haveÃâà...
Spectrum News
April 29, 2018
AUTIN, Texas -- The Texas State Guard is training this weekend, preparing for a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey. Guardsmen are practicing rescue operations, emergency radio communications, and engineer structural assessments. "See the area that was impacted, helping people clear out houses.
Santa Barbara Independent
April 28, 2018
Public and private schools in Santa Barbara are typically thought of as two very different entities, but in the wake of the natural disasters that hit the county this winter, they've found new friends in one another. As the Thomas Fire arrived in Santa Barbara in December, schools throughout the South CoastÃâà...
Thegardenisland.com
April 28, 2018
On Thursday, volunteer leaders contacted the State VOAD (Volunteer Org Assisting Disasters) to make them aware of the new Kauai Flood Kokua (KFK) flow chart for this affected area, and will be participating in the State wide VOAD call today. Volunteers at Hale Halawai assisted individuals havingÃâà...
ABC6OnYourSide.com
April 28, 2018
Franklin County emergency management officials have said as many as 70% of families haven't appropriately prepared for the most common natural disasters in Central Ohio. An EF-1 tornado in Grove City in early April damaged hundreds of homes and knocked out power for days. Your family should create an 72-hourÃâà...
Government Technology
April 26, 2018
Though the rebuilding continues, Riddick and Arocho offered the audience some of their lessons learned to better prepare them for future disasters: ... said, referencing his service in the military, adding that the most effective use of an emergency plan in the middle of a disaster might be as a door stop.
Insurance Journal
April 24, 2018
A close look at Swiss Re's data reveals several worrying trends. Losses from natural and man-made disasters are increasing, markets are not getting better at insuring them, and our own choices aren't helping. First, the natural disaster losses. As I've written before, it's hard not to notice the hurricane andÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 24, 2018
Loretta Hieber Girardet, UNISDR's Chief for the Asia-Pacific, said: “Reporting on the aftermath of a disaster is big news and often is the sole focus of the news media. This workshop prepares journalists to tell equally fascinating stories about how communities are building their resilience against disastersÃâà...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
April 24, 2018
This free informational forum is the fourth in a series co-sponsored by the Cambria FireSafe Focus Group and the county's Fire Safe Council. Anyone who lived through or saw photos of disasters such as the Montecito mudslides or the Thomas Fire, the Chimney Fire, Northern California wildfire complex andÃâà...
Department of Defense
April 24, 2018
Soldiers Practice Disaster Response Skills at Guardian Response Exercise. April 23, 2018; News; By Army Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Sofia | Contact Author; 78th Training DivisionÃâà...
Daily Californian
April 24, 2018
Each semester, BMRC holds an event to train students in case of disaster. In the fall, the organization mimics a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, while in the spring, the training is for man-made disasters, such as shootings or bombings. Student volunteers caked in fake blood had protruding objectsÃâà...
The Guardian
April 24, 2018
'Uncontrollable grief' of Kim Jong-un over North Korea bus disaster. State media describes reaction of regime leader after 32 visiting Chinese died when their coach plunged off a bridge. Justin McCurry in Tokyo. Tue 24 Apr 2018 00.05 EDT Last modified on Tue 24 Apr 2018 00.06 EDT. Share on Facebook Ãâ÷ Share onÃâà...
Reporter Magazine
April 24, 2018
These large events commonly steal the media spotlight for only a short while before they are replaced with the next crisis. However, the effects of these disasters can linger for years after their memory has faded from the public eye. Periodic reminders about the ongoing state of disarray in disaster zones canÃâà...
Hawaii News Now
April 24, 2018
"People are going to need permits to rebuild after a disaster. We could assist them by waiving the permit fee which can be sizable depending on what you're doing," said Department of Emergency Management spokesman, John Cummings. "We have folks from the city taxation office, we'll have someÃâà...
GQ Magazine
April 24, 2018
Bangladesh is the second-largest exporter of clothes in the world, providing cheap labor for almost every top brand in the world; Zara, Benetton, and Joe Fresh were among those directly tied to the Rana Plaza disaster. Five years on, it's impossible to ignore how poor conditions are for garment workersÃâà...
Psychiatric Times
April 24, 2018
Everyone in Puerto Rico (PR) was affected by Hurricane Maria, which made landfall on September 20, 2017 as the largest scale natural disaster in the US during our lifetime. Many months later, Puerto Ricans continue to face unreasonable obstacles that prevent recovery. This article summarizes literatureÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 23, 2018
Homeowners went into last year's disasters in a better place financially than they were during Hurricanes Ike, which hit in 2008, Sandy in 2012, and even Katrina in 2005. The irresponsible lending practices of the late 1990s and 2000s had largely been ended by the Dodd-Frank Act and the ConsumerÃâà...
Independent Online
April 16, 2018
But days after the fire, the victims still had not received the “soft support” they needed from Sassa and were still awaiting disaster relief. Under the Social Assistance Act, Sassa is legally mandated to provide social relief in times of disaster. Sassa is a national entity run by the Department of SocialÃâà...
Noozhawk
April 16, 2018
If not for the back-to-back major disasters in December and January, Santa Barbara County may have had a status quo budget for the next fiscal year, ... Right now, the county is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on a list of disaster-related recovery and mitigation projects, he added.
NHK WORLD
April 16, 2018
... affected areas. The combined information will help the chain quickly identify the needs of local people, assess road damage, and determine passable supply routes. Other convenience store chains, including FamilyMart and Lawson, are taking similar steps to maintain supplies following major disasters.
The Columbian
April 16, 2018
Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. Reach him at lpitts@herald.com. 'We kind of gave him — 'All right, you get a mulligan. You get a do-over here.' ” Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, on the white evangelical response to Donald Trump's alleged tryst with a porn star. “He's newÃâà...
The Week UK
April 16, 2018
While Daniel Ricciardo was celebrating his victory, reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton was left to rue a disappointing weekend. Following his fourth-place finish in Shanghai, Hamilton described his performance as a “disaster”, Sky Sports reports. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff also warned the team “needÃâà...
Maui Now
April 16, 2018
Emergency Proclamation Issued: Gov. David Ige today issued an emergency proclamation for the County of Kauaʻi after unprecedented rains caused flooding and a series of landslides on Kūhiō Highway. “We've mobilized to assist Mayor Carvalho and his emergency management team. The HawaiʻiÃâà...
WVXU
April 16, 2018
McEwan says the strategies get a lot of use. The goal is to break the disaster cycle. "We prepare for disasters, we respond to disasters, we recover from disasters, and before we have to prepare for the next disaster, we want to make it so that the next time we have a hazard it doesn't effect us quite so much.".
Reliefweb
April 1, 2018
The Red Cross Red Crescent aims to respond to disasters as rapidly and effectively as possible, by mobilising its resources (people, money and other assets) and using its network in a coordinated manner so that the initial effects are countered and the needs of the affected communities are met.
Lompoc Record
April 1, 2018
Volunteers with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County distribute emergency food supplies during one of the recent twin disasters that struck the county. ... fire in December and the 1/9 Debris Flow it spawned —prompted the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County to launch a new disaster preparedness plan.
KRWG
April 1, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Grant County in New Mexico as a primary natural disaster area due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in the contiguous counties of Catron, Hidalgo, Luna and Sierra in New Mexico also qualify for naturalÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 1, 2018
Disaster recovery centers are staffed with representatives from the government of Puerto Rico and municipalities in addition to FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration, nongovernmental organizations and the local community. Survivors can get help applying for federal assistance, learn about theÃâà...
Daily Signal
April 1, 2018
Secondly, the act's definition of a disaster worthy of federal aid is so vague that even local disasters that are centered in one state and cost as little as $1 million can be considered federal disasters. The high volume of declared disasters strains the time and resources of FEMA, leaving it less prepared toÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 30, 2018
"This is a natural disaster unfolding slowly," said Sumant Nigam, a professor at the University of Maryland. "Desert advances don't get the same headlines for relief" as other major disasters like hurricanes, Nigam told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Sahara is the world's largest warm weather desertÃâà...
KWTX
March 30, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Bell and Coryell counties as primary natural disaster areas because of drought. Farmers and ranchers in Bosque, Burnet, Falls, Hamilton, Lampasas, McLennan, Milam, and Williamson counties also qualify for natural disaster assistance, the USDA said.
Coeur d'Alene Press
March 30, 2018
The disaster led to major, industry-wide safety changes, including improvements in escape systems, ventilation systems, and training. Every American miner now carries a “self-rescuer” breathing apparatus. It also led to the creation of what is now the Mine Safety and Health Administration. [For moreÃâà...
Texas Tribune
March 30, 2018
And those documents, lawyers and advocates say, don't offer enough information to adequately plan for an event like this type of chemical plant disaster. Arkema didn't lay out plans for the Aug. 31 scenario because it wasn't required to. Even internal documents gave employees minimal instruction — justÃâà...
News@Northeastern
March 30, 2018
The pace of disasters is quickening, according to Fears, who serves as the senior director of resilience policy at the National Security Council. He noted that 2017 was a year of record-breaking hurricanes, wildfires, and floods, which touched the lives of 8 percent of all Americans and caused $300 billion inÃâà...
MLive.com
March 30, 2018
LANSING, MI -- Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved a request for a physical and economic disaster declaration for four Michigan counties. The declaration means residents and businesses affected by severe flooding in February are eligible to applyÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 30, 2018
DHAKA: A Bangladesh court has sentenced the mother of the owner of the notorious Rana Plaza factory complex, which collapsed killing more than 1,100 people, to six years in jail for graft, a prosecutor said Friday (Mar 30). A special court in Dhaka found Morzina Begum guilty and handed down the jailÃâà...
The Patriot Ledger
March 30, 2018
Vessel disasters, a fisherman falling overboard and deck injuries are the three leading causes of death in commercial fishing, and this week's training worked to prepare local fishermen for all three. Each fisherman went through six modules: four outdoor, hands-on sessions and two classroom hours.
NBC2 News
March 29, 2018
Having a waterfront view can be a slice of paradise, but Roger Barlow remembers how he felt last summer when Hurricane Irma was roaring toward Southwest Florida. "They were predicting three feet of water in the street that meant 3 feet in the house," said Barlow. While he's fortunate the surge wasn't asÃâà...
Naples Herald
March 25, 2018
But Honore's most valuable advice spoken Thursday for how to recover for a disaster was to be ready for disaster before it strikes. Preparedness is most of the fight, he says, keeping five to seven days worth of drinking water and food is the most important thing. Disasters cause lost time for recovery andÃâà...
SFGate
March 25, 2018
This week SF Travel Association executive Laurie Armstrong Gossy tells the tale of a near disaster on a business trip to Australia and New Zealand. Read on to see how it turned into a memorable story... As I head home from a business trip to Australia tomorrow, I still can't believe what happened on myÃâà...
The Guardian
March 25, 2018
Of course the food is going to be a disaster of a calamity of a travesty. Except that my experience at Albert's Schloss in Manchester recently taught me never to make assumptions. There, the superb live music was matched by the cracking food. Why shouldn't Studio 88 be the same? Surely it's in my favourÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 25, 2018
(Pajhwok): Senior official of the Foreign Ministry Najib Fahim has been appointed State Minister of Natural Disaster Management, according to Presidential Order. His appointment came in compliance to the first presidential decree of the New Year, the president prayed for his success in the new occupationÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 25, 2018
BEIRUT, March 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children are more vulnerable now than ever due to conflicts and natural disasters with millions without homes or families, leaving them easy prey for human traffickers, Indian Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi warned on Friday. Ahead of a second summitÃâà...
Nation News
March 25, 2018
“Despite the high vulnerability of the Caribbean Region to natural disasters and the effect they can have on mental health and psychosocial well-being, social resilience is often overlooked in mitigation and rebuilding efforts,” the CDB said. “It is critical that a country's response to any disaster includes aÃâà...
The Guardian
March 25, 2018
Torrey Canyon disaster: 26 March 1967. When the supertanker ran aground off the south-west coast of the UK, photographer Jane Bown travelled to Cornwall to document the devastating effects of the 117,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled. Greg Whitmore Ãâ÷ @G_Whizzz. Sat 24 Mar 2018 13.45 EDT Last modified on Sat 24 MarÃâà...
NHK WORLD
March 25, 2018
Japan's health ministry will form a team of medical workers to help deliver care to evacuees in the event of a major natural disaster. The ministry will launch the Disaster Health Emergency Assistance Team, or DHEAT, system in the next fiscal year that starts in April. The team will include doctors, publicÃâà...
Natural Resources Defense Council
March 24, 2018
Congress has passed a massive, bipartisan budget bill that includes provisions to make the nation safer, stronger, and more secure in the face of worsening catastrophic storms and natural disasters. The proposed budget would fund the pre-disaster mitigation and flood mapping programs at levelsÃâà...
Business Insider
March 24, 2018
President Donald Trump's fiscal stimulus may have set global financial markets on a "collision course for disaster," according to Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners' chief investment officer. Minerd, who manages $305 billion in assets, writes in a research note to be released later Friday that the stimulus willÃâà...
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