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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US asbestos industry seeks escape clause in law
Asbestos related litigation in the us runs into billions of dollars today. So much so that the amount is estimated to exceed the combined cost of destruction caused by 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew
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Salty solutions
Research has now established the benefits of sea water plants
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Riding the waves
Adaptive sampling, a new oceanographic technique, will provide an accurate picture of complicated coastal environments
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Unique agreement
CHINA and the US have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enforce the UN ban on drift-net fishing in the North Pacific. The MOU is the first of its kind since the ban came into force on
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MEXICO
Stricter environment standards have put the brakes on the entry of Mexican trucks into US soil under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The agreement calling for the free
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A price to pay
US Mission in Iraq The fear of worsening economic crisis has the Americans agonising over the costs of a long-drawn engagement in Iraq. There is increasing pessimism about the us's "mission'
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Strict US norms for motorcycles
The US Environmental Protection Agency has kickstarted the cleanup drive for highway motorcycles by revising their emission standards after two and a half decades. The new norms, which are more stringent, were notified on December 23 and will come into ef
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Carry on drinking
Contrary to popular belief that red wine is more cardio-protective than white wine or beer, a study suggests that all of them have equal presumptive health benefits. Gary Friedman and his colleagues
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A slip of speed
IN AN embarrassing confession, the US- based Intel Corp, one of the world's giants in microprocessor technology, has admitted that a snag in the software used to measure the speed of Pentium
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Fat fabrication
CALORIE-CONSCIOUS eaters, wary of potato crisps with their high fat content, can now wolf them down. Olestra, a zero-calorie artificial fat, developed by the multinational Procter & Gamble, got