The destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy mounted Tuesday morning as electrical fires and record power outages added to the misery of devastating flooding in the Northeast. Freezing Cold and People Without Power By early Tuesday, more than 7 million customers shivered without electricity in 10 states and the District of Columbia in Sandy’s […]
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Catastrophe Guide: How to Survive Disaster, Earthquakes
When a plane crashes or the earth shakes, we tend to view the survivors as the lucky ones. Had they been in the next seat or the apartment across the street, they would have perished.
How Japan Became a Leader in Disaster Preparation
Just before noon on the morning of Sept. 1, 1923, a massive earthquake shook Japan’s Kanto Plain, hitting the busy industrial cities of Tokyo and Yokohama.
News Trickles Out of Burma’s Fishing Disaster
The earthquake that hit Burma last week wasn’t the deadliest disaster to strike the Southeast Asian nation this month.
Feeding on Fallout
Beyond the devastation caused by the Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan faces an even longer-term problem in the lingering effects of radiation emitted by the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan’s Respect: Cultural Differences in Disaster Response
My mother’s golf pro called to tell her he was going home to Canada for two weeks.
Bombs injured kids, exposed weaknesses
The force of the blast threw Rawnaq against the wall of her office at the Ministry of Justice. She instantly thought of her two children in the day care center just two floors below.
Female writer says Letterman show had ‘hostile work environment’
The persistent sexual politics behind the scenes at late-night talk shows is far from a joke, believes former “Late Night with David Letterman” writer Nell Scovell. Under the international agreement between Washington, D.C
Typhoon nears Philippines, as toll rises
A powerful typhoon lumbered toward the storm-battered Philippines on Monday, as the death toll from two devastating storms in the last month climbed to 858.
Filipinos preparing for worst, ‘praying’ for best from Parma
Arturo Fidelino couldn’t sleep.