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How should geophysics contribute to disaster planningWashington DC (SPX) May 22, 2013 Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering - especially when those disasters strike populations who live in rapidly growing communities in the developing world with poorly enforced or non-existent building codes. This week in Cancun, a researcher from Yale-National University of Singapore (NUS) College in Singapore is presenting a comparison between large-scale earthquakes and tsunamis in different parts of the world, illustrating how nearly iden ... read more |
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 How should geophysics contribute to disaster planning? Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering - especially when those disasters strike populations who live in rapidly growing communities in the dev ... more | .. |
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 Global networks must be redesigned Our global networks have generated many benefits and new opportunities. However, they have also established highways for failure propagation, which can ultimately result in man-made disasters. For e ... more | .. |
 New York's Sandy lesson: evacuate and get boats 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 showed Friday. ... more | .. |
 Brother admits defeat in tragic Bangladesh search After trudging to every hospital and mortuary in Bangladesh's vast capital following last week's factory disaster, an exhausted Mohammed Jashim finally conceded defeat in his search for his beloved sister. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong ferry disaster report finds 'litany of errors' 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 "systemic failings" in safety standards. ... more |
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 Ukraine marks Chernobyl disaster amid efforts to secure reactor 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 on with efforts to permanently shield the stricken reactor. ... more | .. |
 U.S. lawyer defends Australian asylum seekers 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 of Nauru. ... more | .. |
 Landslide kills 14 in Ecuador A landslide swept into a village in northern Ecuador, burying homes and killing at least 14 people, authorities said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan quake victims burn tyres at angry protests Pakistani earthquake victims burnt tyres at angry protests on Friday, accusing the government of failing to provide adequate relief three days after their homes were destroyed or damaged. ... more |
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 Hong Kong searches for 6 missing crew after boat crash 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 of the latest incident to hit the city's busy waterways. ... more | .. |
 Texas fertilizer plant blast 'kills up to 15' A Texas fertilizer factory exploded in a huge fireball Wednesday, destroying many nearby homes and killing between five and 15 people, with one official likening the blast to a nuclear bomb. ... more | .. |
 IAEA begins fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday started a fresh probe into Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, where leaks and powercuts have dented public confidence in clean-up efforts. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima leaking radioactive water Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has faced a series of radioactive water leaks. ... more |
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Hong Kong ferry crash captains face manslaughter charges Two Hong Kong boat captains appeared in court Thursday accused of manslaughter over a ferry collision last year that claimed 39 lives in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades. ... more | .. |
Fukushima plant abandoning leaky underground pools The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it will abandon seven underground reservoirs storing radioactive water after three of them sprang leaks. ... more | .. |
 Americans back preparation for extreme weather and sea-level rise The majority of Americans express support for stronger coastal development codes, according to a Stanford survey. Images told the story: lower Manhattan in darkness, coastal communities washed away, ... more |
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 Sensory helmet could mean firefighters are not left in the dark A specially-adapted 'tactile helmet', developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield, could provide fire-fighters operating in challenging conditions with vital clues about their surroundin ... more | .. |
 Finland's Fennovoima in talks with Rosatom over reactor Finnish power company Fennovoima said Friday it was in exclusive talks with Russia's Rosatom over building a mid-sized nuclear reactor, after dropping bids by France's Areva and other suppliers. ... more | .. |
Fukushima fuel cooling system stops again:TEPCO One of the systems keeping spent atomic fuel cool at the Fukushima nuclear plant temporarily failed on Friday, the second outage in a matter of weeks, underlining the precarious fix at the plant. ... more | .. |
 US drivers talk and text as much as ever Americans are using cellphones and other gadgets behind the wheel as much as ever, despite widespread awareness of the risks involved, a federal government agency said Friday. ... more |
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