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CHINA (Reuters) – Typhoon Merbok, the second typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong Province on Monday night, moving northward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. The typhoon brought strong gales to the Dapeng Peninsula where it made landfall at around 23:00 on Monday, with waves of up to five meters high seen belting a pier. Local maritime authorities had earlier banned all ships […]
CHINA (Reuters) – Downpours swept across much of central and east China on Monday causing flash floods and leading to subsequent disasters such as landslides across many parts. The rain-triggered floods on Monday washed away the road base and caused a collapse of several sections of a local main road in the county of Yongjia of east China’s Zhejiang Province. A bridge section was closed to motorists after its piers were severely damaged in the […]
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – One woman was killed on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday (June 12) after a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Turkey, rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to the Greek capital Athens. The epicenter of the quake was about 84 kilometers (52 miles) northwest of the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, in the sea south of Lesbos. The National Observatory of Athens put […]
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) – The United Nations called on the international community to solidify its actions to better cope with disaster relief amidst global pressures from climate change, Amina Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, told media in Cancun on Thursday (May 25). Speaking on the sidelines of the Global Platform For Disaster Risk Reduction Conference, she said substantial progress was being made in order to better protect people and cut losses from natural […]
Stockton, United States (Reuters) – A large fire at a wood pallet yard in Stockton, California, was threatening some homes and gutted several vehicles in a residential neighborhood on Thursday (May 25). Aerial video from the local NBC News affiliate showed portions of the pallet yard ablaze as fire crews worked to battle the fire which burned adjacent to a residential neighborhood. The affiliate said the four-alarm fire prompted some evacuations in downtown Stockton and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – A third set of human remains found following the recovery of South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry has been identified as one of the missing victims, officials said Thursday. Cho Eun-Hwa, a 17-year-old girl from Danwon High School, was named by the maritime ministry in a statement. The wreck was salvaged in March and towed to the port of Mokpo last month so authorities could find the remains of nine unaccounted […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) – The fate of the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner hung in the balance Friday as his defense lawyers prepared to sum up and Italy’s highest court readied its ruling. Schettino, dubbed “Captain Coward” by the press for abandoning the stricken ship during the 2012 nighttime disaster that killed 32 people, will be jailed if the court upholds his 16-year and one month sentence. His lawyers were set to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – An earthquake early Thursday killed at least four people in a remote area of northwest China’s Xinjiang region, state media reported. The shallow 5.4-magnitude quake struck at 5:58 am (2158 GMT Wednesday) 213 kilometers (133 miles) south-southwest of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, the United States Geological Survey said. Xinhua news agency said four people had been confirmed dead and some injured were sent to hospital. The remote and […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) –About 100 people took part in a disaster training drill in downtown Tokyo on Friday (March 10), a day before the sixth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and subsequent nuclear crisis. Participants were able to experience walking through a plastic tent filled with yellow smoke, get hands-on training using automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and receive free emergency rations. “I participate every year. I was surprised at the number of available automated […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 30 – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) member agencies met to prepare for TY Nina Post Disaster Needs Assessment, on December 29, at the NDRRMC Conference Room, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. NDRRMC Executive Director and Civil Defense Administrator Usec Ricardo B Jalad chaired the meeting attended by representatives from member agencies namely, DILG, DSWD, NEDA, DA, DOH, DSWD, DTI, DepEd, CHED, BFAR, NIA, DOH, DPWH, NCIP, DOE, […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Countries and mega-cities across Asia are highly exposed to natural hazards ranging from cyclones to earthquakes, but people in sub-Saharan Africa are more vulnerable, according to a report released Wednesday. Nearly 1.4 billion people in South Asia — India, Bangladesh, Pakistan — face at least one major threat from Nature, especially flooding, severe storms boosted by rising seas, and quakes. In the case of Bangladesh, 100 percent of its population is […]
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Humanitarian aid began pouring into Fiji Tuesday, as the death toll from super-cyclone Winston rose to 29 and officials warned the devastated Pacific nation’s recovery could take months. With authorities still struggling to grasp the scale of the disaster on remote island communities, Australian and New Zealand planes arrived laden with desperately needed supplies of food, water and medicine. Government spokesman Ewan Perrin said the news was grim from villages which […]
