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KL proposes joint action to face disasters
Singapore :: Singapore | 16 days ago
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Malaysia has called for a coordinated effort in the Asia-Pacific region to tackle emergencies and natural disasters, such as the devastating typhoons which struck Vietnam and the Philippines recently...Kohilan Pillay said Apec could leverage the strengths...
Tags: UN Climate Change Conference, Singapore, Global warming, Disaster preparedness, Climate change, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Environment
2 lakh people stay homeless
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 17 days ago
Credibility There are certain issues of paramount importance but instead of addressing those, donors are spending money on researches, the chief guest of the session Farhad said. Citing his visit to the Aila-affected areas, he said repairing embankments is more important...
Tags: climate change, natural disaster, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Adaptation to global warming, Disaster, Global warming, ActionAid, Charities, Disaster Accident, Environment
Major Asian cities face climate disaster: WWF
Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities such as Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are vulnerable to ‘brutal’ damage from climate change without global action, environmental group WWF warned on Thursday.
Tags: Major, Asian, cities, face, climate, disaster, WWF, Pakistan, Islamabad, Jakarta, Climate change, World Wrestling Entertainment, World Wide Fund for Nature, Disaster Accident, Environment, allnews
World Bank and Italian Government Strengthen Collaboration on Disaster Risk Management
The World Bank and the Italian Civil Protection Department (CPD) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join efforts towards advancing the agenda of disaster risk reduction, sustainable recovery, and reconstruction in disaster-prone developing...
Tags: World Bank, GFDRR, Emergency management, Disaster risk reduction, Italian Civil Protection Department, Disaster, disaster risk, Disaster Accident, Environment, risk management, Guido Bertolaso, Italy, Preparedness, Civil defense, Rome, The World Bank, Business Finance
more earthquake in Indonesia ahead
Indonesia is predicted to again hit by an earthquake more powerful than the earthquake on west sumatera 30 September 09. This is because the two tectonic plates under the island of Sumatra was still adjusting. This was stated by earthquake experts...
Tags: earthquake, indonesia, padang, west sumatera, disaster, EOS, allnews, Indian Ocean earthquake, Sumatra, Simeulue Regency, Aceh, Indian Ocean, Earthquake engineering, Disaster Accident, Physical oceanography, West Sumatra, Paramesh Banerjee
Boat Accident in Malappuram,Kerala; Kills Several School going children
Nov 4,2009 Malappuram: A Boat accident has been reported in Kerala's northern District Malappuram. Boat carrying several School children (about 31) sunk in middle of river at Moorkanad. Several students are feared dead, majority of them where returning...
Tags: boat, accident, kerala, malappuram, moorkanad, Subulussalam, HSS, Moorkanad accident, death, toll, latest news, india, disaster, students
Avoiding Space Travel Disaster
Dangerous debris near rocket launches could be tracked in real time by combining tricks from particle colliders, moon landings and vulture tracking, a new study finds. In a paper to be published in Acta Astronautica, physicist Philip Metzger...
Earthquake
A strong Earthquake jolted Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan today at 1:53 a.m 23 Oct 2009 According to unofficial sources, this earthquake, which hit Islamabad,Rawalpindi,Peshawar,Mansehra,Kabul and other areas measured 6.5 on the Richter scale. According...
Tags: Earthquake, Disaster
15 percent of evacuees in La Union went back to their homes
Manila, Philippines--Number of evacuees from La Union was rapidly decreasing. Acccording to the latest records of the La Union Provincial Disaster Council, 15 percent of the evacuees returned their homes. As of now,...
Tags: La Union, Disaster, La Union Provincial Disaster Council
Thousands in Dubai take part in Philippines charity walk at Safa Park
Dubai: More than Dh400,000 was raised on Friday at a charity walk to raise funds for those affected by the natural disasters in the Philippines.The Filipino community was out in full force at the early morning Safa Park event - the Giothon Hakbang...
Tags: philippines, charity, walk, thousands, dubai, disaster
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