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Japan’s disaster plans fail to keep pace with tourist boom
When the ground shook off Iwate prefecture at 9pm on Wednesday, the magnitude 6.0 jolt – the latest in a series of sizeable tremors – barely registered in a country still mopping u...
Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Disasters In Air: A Tale Of 3 Avoidable Crashes
A “real” unavoidable disaster occurred on March 5, 1966 in Japan when a BOAC Boeing 707, soon after take-off, “broke up after encountering an abnormally strong gust of wind that ge...
Hail, floods, and thunderstorms leave a trail of losses across three continents
Aon's latest catastrophe data captures what is becoming an all-too-familiar story for property insurers
Disaster Recovery as a Governance System
Disaster recovery is often discussed as if it were mainly a technical discipline. Build the standby environment, configure replication, document failover, test the process, and the...
Disasters Emergency Committee launches urgent appeal following ‘catastrophic’ Venezuelan earthquake
Humanitarian groups say citizens urgently need shelter, food, water and medical care
CRESA offers tips for readiness in natural disasters
Vancouver resident Donna Ellis, 70, understands the panic and disorder of a natural disaster.
FLOODING WITHOUT MITIGATION PLANS
All stakeholders must do more to minimise the damage Torrential rains are creating an unfortunate potential of avoidable deaths and destruction of property due to a lack of mitigat...
State of emergency in Missouri declared after once-in-a-Millennium rainfall causes catastrophic flooding
Relentless thunderstorms have unleashed devastating flooding across parts of southeastern Missouri, prompting Governor Mike Kehoe to declare a state of emergency as rivers swelled...
EM-DAT: Trump aid cuts could close database storing ‘world’s memory of disasters’
The world’s most comprehensive disaster database – relied on by thousands of climate scientists and... The post EM-DAT: Trump aid cuts could close database storing ‘world’s memory...
In Venezuela, a 'completely ineffective' government worsens earthquake disaster, experts say
Hospitals lacking medicines and equipment. Daily power outages. At least 8 million people in need of humanitarian support. These were the realities in Venezuela before it was hit b...
Seconds before disaster: CCTV shows Wayanad landslide sweeping away fuel tanker
A landslide near Wayanad's tunnel project site caused significant destruction and panic. Two people died and seven others sustained injuries in the sudden debris flow. Several in...
Jacksonville's 4 disasters
The road to recovery from devastation is never easy. This is the story of Jacksonville’s recovery from four major disasters. In James Weldon Johnson’s lifetime, Jacksonville suffer...
An Aerial View of Disaster at a Venezuela Housing Project
What one aerial image of a collapsed building tells us about the aftermath of an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela.
Summer Dangers
by James C. Sherlock This weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and summer and early fall weather can induce disasters in this state. We’ll look at the hurricane threat to all...
⚠️ Bhopal Gas Disaster – A Timeless Lesson in Process Safety with HSE Trainer
 ⚠️ Bhopal Gas Disaster – A Timeless Lesson in Process Safety with HSE Trainer On the night of 2–3 December 1984, the Bhopal Gas Disaster became one of the world's most d...
Disaster Relief in Jamaica Acts Fast Following Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa impacted several countries across the Caribbean, including Jamaica. Melissa first made contact with New Hope, Jamaica, off its west coast on October 28, 2025, and...
Ontario expected to activate disaster funding this week after Canada Day floods
Nearly 5,800 flooded basements have been reported as the city awaits provincial help to get residents back on their feet.
2024 Landslide in PNG and The Next Natural Disaster
Two years after the catastrophic 2024 landslide in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Enga Province, the Highlands remain one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to weather‑driven di...
Survivors, lawmakers seek community-led recovery after disasters
As communities across Hawaii continue recovering from the devastating Kona- low storms, survivors and elected officials are calling for disaster policies that place local organizat...
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