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Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 12, 2018
Losses from natural disasters have surged
The U.N. office for disaster risk reduction said that worldwide reported economic losses from climate-related disasters surged to total nearly $2.9 trillion over the past 20 years. Climate change is…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 30, 2018
Earthquake rattles Indonesia Island
A massive quake & tsunami ravaged the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, leaving 384 dead and hundreds missing. Indonesia is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 24, 2018
Uganda in high alert over Ebola
Authorities in Uganda are on high alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday confirmed a case of Ebola on its border with Uganda. The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe illness in…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 20, 2018
Nigeria declares national disaster over flooding
The Nigerian government on Monday declared a national disaster over flooding that has affected four states – Kogi, Niger, Anambra and Delta. The declaration was made by the head of the National…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 17, 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut batters south China
The world's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Mangkhut, continued its path of destruction across Southeast Asia over the weekend, reaching mainland China on Sunday afternoon after battering Hong…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 15, 2018
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina
The powerful hurricane hit parts of North Carolina on Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm, surge of floodwater, and heavy rains. When the maximum sustained winds of a tropical storm reach 74…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 5, 2018
Typhoon strikes Japan
The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years battered the west of the country on Tuesday (Sep 4) with violent winds and heavy rain, killing seven and injuring scores more. Flights, trains and…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 17, 2018
Eastern Congolese cities braces for Ebola
Congo is on the war footing, gearing up to prevent another outbreak. The Ebola virus disease is a haemorrhagic fever caused by the ebolaviruses. It spreads through direct contact and body fluids such…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 27, 2018
Paris on flooding alert
Paris residents have been advised to stay away from the Seine after a high flooding alert issued due to the excessive amount of rain causing the river to overflow its banks..
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 6, 2017
Category five monster
Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, has hit the Caribbean, with officials warning of its potentially catastrophic effects..
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 14, 2017
Climate catastrophe in Asia?
Asia will be among the worst affected by rising temperatures, extreme weather patterns and floods is caused by climate change. According to the research done by the Asian Development Bank, the…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 6, 2017
Flash flooding in Taiwan
Heavy rainfall hit northern Taiwan this week, killing at least 2 people, leaving few missing and injuring more than 20. Heavy rain toppled electricity pylon near New Taipei's Jinshan Nuclear Power…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 19, 2017
Nature - the ignition point
On June 17, a massive forest fire in central Portugal killed 60 people and left several injured. The Portuguese government has declared three days of national mourning in wake of the incident to…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 15, 2017
London tragedy: a tryst with history
For keen followers of history, the tragic fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower resulting in the death of at least 12 people in London on 14th June, 2017, will remind the devastating‘Great London Fire’…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 14, 2017
Massive fire engulfs Grenfell Tower
A huge fire consumed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in Kensington, West London, resulting in the deaths of at least six and leaving more than twenty in critical condition. It took more than 200…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 13, 2017
Dozens killed in Bangladesh landslides
A number of landslides triggered by heavy monsoons in Bangladesh have resulted in the deaths of more than 46 people in the country. Many of the victims are from tribal communities in the remote hill…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 7, 2017
A war will end all …
Russia and United States have shared an interesting history, both countries have engaged in a Cold War, in the years following the world’s two major World Wars. Vladimir Putin reminds us that we are…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 7, 2017
Iran twin attacks
Terror group ISIS claims responsibility for the twin attacks in Iran. On 7th June 2017, the Iranian parliament and mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini the founder of Iranian Republic was attacked.…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 5, 2017
London Bridge terror attack
Twelve people have been arrested after the London terror attack which left seven people dead and 48 injured. The arrests in Barking, east London, followed a raid at a flat belonging to one of the…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 1, 2017
Can terror be tamed?
Following the bomb blast that took place in Manchester, on 22nd May 2017, families of victims have delayed all funeral processes as the investigation is still ‘underway’. One of Manchester’s biggest…