New cyclone barrels toward disaster-struck Indonesia
A new cyclone was barrelling toward Indonesia and threatened to spark more floods and landslides, authorities warned Friday, as the archipelago reeled from a storm that killed more than 200 people, including victims in neighbouring East Timor......»»
A Drowning World: Kenya"s Quiet Slide Underwater
Kenya's great lakes are flooding, in a devastating and long-ignored environmental disaster that is displacing hundreds of thousands of people. From a report: One of the first scientists to realise that something was wrong with the lakes was a geologi.....»»
As climate change brings more natural disasters, debris piles up—increasing health risks
When Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans in the summer of 2005, many residents in Versailles, a Vietnamese-American community in the east of the city, faced disaster for the second time......»»
Was it a flash flood or not? Categorizing disaster types in historical records
One of the important applications of climate knowledge is in the area of disasters. Being able to predict the scale of a potential disaster and the risks a disaster could impose on a community in the future is valuable and crucial information for not.....»»
Chinese Airliner Crashes With 132 Aboard in Country"s South
A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade. From a repo.....»»
Renesas halts operation at Japan plants after earthquake
Japan-based automotive chip vendor Renesas has suspended operations at two semiconductor plants and partially stopped output at a third in Japan after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck east of the Fukushima prefecture on March 16......»»
How a pregnant Ukrainian Instagram influencer was used in a Russian disinformation campaign
On March 9, Russian forces struck a maternity and children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, leaving three dead at the scene and over a dozen injured.Many were horrified by the photos and videos of the aftermath. One photo, in particular, of an injure.....»»
Powerful quake off north Japan kills 4, more than 90 injured
A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday night, smashing furniture, knocking out power and killing four people. A small tsunami reached shore, but the low-risk advisory was lifted by Thursda.....»»
Google buys Micro LED startup Raxium, wants to make AR displays
Everyone in AR wants to buy some Micro LED tech. Enlarge (credit: Raxium) Google is adding more fuel to the AR fire burning inside the company. The Information reports Google has struck a deal to buy Raxium, a "five-year-old.....»»
Study finds that natural disasters can increase discrimination, including towards women
China's Yellow River has a long and tumultuous history of flooding, and has been the cause of the some of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. Before the introduction of dams and other modern disaster management methods, floods would not on.....»»
Powerful quake rattles Japan, tsunami advisory issued
A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the northeast coast near the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster......»»
A perspective on post-disaster and conflict-induced displacement
A collaborative research project led by the University of Huddersfield's Global Disaster Resilience Center and titled "REGARD (REbuildinG AfteR Displacement)," set out to investigate the role of built environment in the context of displacement. Now,.....»»
Citizen seismology helps decipher the 2021 Haiti earthquake
On August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, leaving 2,500 dead, 13,000 injured and roughly 140,000 houses destroyed. This came 11-years after Haiti was struck by a 7.0 earthquake that devastated the capital Port-au-Prince and its sur.....»»
17 die as cyclone lashes Mozambique, Malawi
The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week climbed to 12 on Sunday as it moved towards Malawi killing five more after devastating wind and rain lashed the southern African countries......»»
Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat
Strong, shallow underwater earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippine capital region Monday, but no serious damage was reported and no tsunami warnings were issued......»»
SEA roundup: Softbank no longer investing in Borneo project
SoftBank has pulled out investment in Indonesia's new capital project on Borneo Island, according to Jakarta Post. Indonesia is building what its president Jokowi Widodo called "the world's largest green industrial park" on Borneo Island, including t.....»»
Mozambique cyclone death toll climbs to 12
The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week climbed to 12 on Sunday after devastating wind and rain lashed the southern African country......»»
The Situation at Chernobyl Is Deteriorating
The defunct site of the infamous 1986 meltdown has lost power two weeks after it was seized by Russian forces. Experts fear another nuclear disaster looms......»»
Lava flows as Indonesia"s Mount Merapi continues to erupt
Indonesia's Mount Merapi continued to erupt Friday, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country's most active volcano......»»
Study proposes to involve high school students in mapping natural disaster hazards and impact prevention
Several natural disasters have afflicted various parts of Brazil since 2022 began, from deadly flooding and mudslides due to abnormally heavy rain in the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, to severe drought in Rio Grande do.....»»
Research suggests the strength of democracy in times of crisis
Democracy is often messy, filled with competing voices, political arguments and bureaucratic redundancies. But when it comes to immediate disaster response, it's a clear winner over autocratic systems......»»