2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
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Ban on US fruit
the South Korean government temporarily banned the import of fruits from two areas of California on November 7 following the us administration's declaration that harmful insects were
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... USA gives in to loggers
THE spotted owl is creating a flap in USA. A bitter fight over its habitat has driven everyone from President George Bush to the common environmentalist and loggers barmy. This fortnight, the
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Hands off Alaska
The US, it is widely believed, can go to great lengths to lay its hands on oil whether this means having to unleash a full fledged war on faraway Iraq, or throwing open a part of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back home. At least in the la
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A flip and a flop
USA, Australia
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Rattlesnake roundup in Texas
Throughout the second week of March people from the west Texas town of Sweetwater were out with their tongs to catch rattlesnakes. They were preparing to attend the world's largest rattlesnake
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US inflexibility on farm subsidies stalls Doha talks
There is still no sign that the Doha round of talks on cutting farm subsidies and trade barriers are making much progress at ongoing talks in Geneva, with the <font class="UCASE">us</font> demanding t
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Quick fat remedies
Manufacturing drugs to fight obesity may become easier after the discovery of a protein
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Baby from frozen eggs
DOCTORS in the US have successfully performed an experiment where a woman has given birth after being implanted with eggs that had been frozen. Up till now, doctors in the US have been able to
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Refuge under threat
the Republicans in the us Senate will soon introduce a legislation that includes a provision to open some parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in northeastern Alaska, to oil and
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Dangerous dumping
A US judge rejected South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges' legal challenge to the Energy Department's plans to ship 34 metric tonnes of surplus, weapons grade plutonium for conversion to fuel in the