News About Disaster Management 20-NOV-09 en-us Jakarta (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 - Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam".]]> New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 - The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - The lead US federal disaster agency is hoping to both inform and gather information through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, its top official said Wednesday.]]> Majuro (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - Eight Papua New Guineans adrift on the Pacific Ocean for two months ate driftwood bark and coconut husks to stay alive, one of the survivors said Wednesday.]]> Manila (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - The United Nations on Wednesday nearly doubled its appeal for funds to help the Philippines cope with the effects of back-to-back storms that left over 1,100 people dead and 1.7 million homeless.]]> Troy NY (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 - A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo. Scientists can't say for sure if the volatile mixture at the bottom of the lake will remain still for another 1,000 years or someday explode without warning.]]> Nairobi (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - Climate change is the leading cause of new challenges for the humanitarian community, a survey of G20 governments commissioned by the Red Cross revealed Tuesday.]]> Manila (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - High-rise living has suddenly become more popular in Manila after killer storms caused massive flooding in the Philippine capital, property industry officials said here Tuesday.]]> Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - The death toll in a massive landslide in north China rose to 23 Tuesday, as rescuers battled through the night to clear debris in an apparently fruitless search for survivors, state media reported.]]> Majuro (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - Seven Papua New Guineans adrift in the Pacific Ocean for more than two months have been rescued but two have since died, the captain of the vessel which picked them up said Tuesday.]]>