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Tag: disaster

It’s about time

A new department or a more powerful agency attached under the Office of the President that responds swiftly to disasters and calamities will be...

Iran charges 20 over deadly building collapse

Iran has issued indictments against 20 people after the deadly collapse of a building that triggered widespread anti-corruption protests, the judiciary said on Thursday. The...

Rescuers recover two more bodies from jade mine disaster

Rescuers in northern Myanmar retrieved two more bodies on Thursday after a landslide at an illegally run jade mine and warned that dozens of...

Earthquake, storm and floods: no relief in sight for Haiti as toll rises

The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation's civil protection agency said Tuesday, as...

Haiti rescue: Race against time

Port-au-Prince—At least 724 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti, authorities said Sunday, updating the toll on the disaster-hit nation. An additional...

Jakarta plane loses contact  with control tower minutes after takeoff

Reliable tracking service Flightradar24 says that Flight SJ182 "lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute about 4 minutes after...

Pandemic threat! Is your business prepared?

Disaster, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, is “a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society involving...

Philippine Red Cross, Smart, Nokia test use of drones in disaster response

The Philippine Red Cross, Nokia and PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications (Smart) conducted a series of test flights for drones in areas recently hit by...

Myths vs. facts: Before, during, after disasters

There are people who like to live dangerously, following a fatalist approach in life, intentionally. And there are those who unintentionally live dangerously because...

Sinking cities facing ‘slow-motion disaster’

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Rehabilitation efforts

It has been five years since Typhoon “Yolanda” swept Eastern Visayas with a thumping nightmare from which disaster officials and political leaders were traumatized,...

Modular tents

The city government of Marikina purchased some 500 modular tents for use at evacuation centers during disaster and emergencies. In Barangay Malanday, Marikina City,...

Tanker’s sinking raises fears over environment

BEIJING"•The sinking of an Iranian tanker off China could severely damage marine life, environmental experts warned Monday, as state media reported an oil spill...

Heavy rains submerge 17 barangays in Zamboaga City

Zamboanga City has been placed under State of Calamity. Zamboanga City Council passed the resolution due widespread floodings and landslides in the city's coastal communities. Zamboanga...
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