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Civil Protection and Civil Defence are the central pillar against natural disasters, catastrophes and emergencies. Volunteers and professionals involved in the resiliency systems need the information to perform better in big emergencies.
11 arrests for the South Korea ferry disaster
(BBC) - The South Korean authorities have arrested four more crew members from the ferry that sank last week, bringing the total number detained to 11.
Police have also raided…
Africa, Unesco's map on the situation after the last Cyclone
UNESCO and the Indian Ocean Commission sent experts from 16 to 18 April to assess the cracked soil and landslide in Anjouan, following rains from Tropical Cyclone Hellen and an earlier 4.8 magnitude earthquake on 12 March 2014. Both…
Disaster and humanitarian crises: how to response it?
Frederick M. BURKLE, Jr.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC.
James M. LYZNICKI James J. JAMESCenter for Public Health…
Disaster risk reduction strategies in EU coastal areas
This European policy brief is an output of RISC-KIT (Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts- Toolkit) and PEARL (Preparing for Extreme And Rare events in coastaL regions). It provides some key messages about the development of national…
Rescuecell, EU-funded project to rescue victims of disasters
A project to increase the chances of finding (and rescuing) survivors of natural disasters. With EU funding, Rescuecell involves a consortium of eight hi-tech companies, specialised in the development of innovative technologies based on…
Cyclones in Mexico: 80 confirmed dead and 58 missing
There appears to be no respite from the tropical cyclones affecting Mexico. Official numbers already speak of 80 confirmed dead and 58 unaccounted for. "We were not expecting a storm of this magnitude", said Luis Walton, Mayor of Acapulco,…
Central Europe struck by bad weather; Prague flooded, images of the rescue operations
Massive damage in Prague and the surrounding area where the Moldova, the famous river that crosses the Golden City broke its banks, 5 people dead. The nightmare of the 1980 Prague flood appears to have come back to the minds of the citizens…
OHS, the private company offering health and emergency services worldwide
This too is organised, structured rescue and, for those who provide it, it is also a money-making business.
OHS, Onsite Occupational Health&Safety, founded in 2008 by a US veteran of the medical corps of the Navy Hospital, is an…
October 1871 the Great Chicago Fire - One of the greatest disaster in the United States
From 8th to 10th October 1871, Chicago saw 6 km2 of the city blew away because of a great fire probably caused by a cow. It's about the Great Chicago Fire.
How unprepared are you for an earthquake?
An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. Earthquakes strike suddenly, without warning, and they can occur at any time of the year, day or night.…