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2024 Disasters in Numbers

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 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …

Quake hits Japan nuclear crisis zone, but plant stable

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's Fukushima area on Monday, but a nuclear plant there that was crippled by a huge quake and tsunami in March remained stable, officials said. The offshore quake struck at 11:45 am (0245 GMT) beneath the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture in the country's north, at a …

Tsunami alert system to be tested on 12th

Over two dozen countries, including Pakistan, will take part next week in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean`s tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, Unesco said on Thursday. Exercise IOWAVE 11 will re-enact the seismic events of Dec 26, 2004, simulating …

Nuclear Seaps Back Into Favour As Japan Begins Energy Debate

Former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan concluded in March that nuclear power was no longer worth the risk after the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. His successor seems less convinced. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's month-old government let a panel of experts begin debate on Japan's energy policy on …

Japan typhoon kills 11, spares nuclear plant

A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 11 people including a woman aged 101, officials and reports said Thursday. Typhoon Roke, which churned across the main island of Honshu and through the already disaster-ravaged northeast, caused flooding and triggered …

Typhoon Headed for Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant

A powerful typhoon struck Japan’s main island on Wednesday, stranding thousands of commuters in Tokyo and poured heavy rain on the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the nation’s tsunami-ravaged northeast. Typhoon-powered waves exploded against a breakwater in Kiho in central Japan on Wednesday. Evacuation advisories went out to more …

Medha Patkar disputes Jaya's stand on nuclear plant

Rejecting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's remarks blaming the Centre for failing to convince the people about the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, social activist Medha Patkar on Monday said it was the collective responsibility of both the Central and State governments to respond to the genuine apprehensions …

India to Topple Japan as World’s 3rd-Largest Economy

In terms of purchasing power parity, post-tsunami Japan economy likely to shrink while India may grow at 7-8% India might become the world’s thirdlargest economy in 2011 by overtaking Japan in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) measured according to the domestic purchasing power of the rupee, otherwise called purchasing …

Ripples from Japan help create wave of protest in Tamil Nadu

There are two words of Japanese origin that the common man in this coastal region has learnt in recent years. And he is scared of both. The first was over half a decade ago, when a mammoth wave crashed on his coast and killed several of his kin. It was …

Bangladesh 6th 'high-risk country’

A leading disaster watchdog has ranked Bangladesh as the world's sixth "high disaster risk country" in terms of its exposure to typhoons, earthquake and tsunamis. The German-based United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in its 'World Risk Report-2011' said Bangladesh ranked second in its risk …

'Indian nuke power plants safe'

A high-level committee appointed to review the safety of Indian nuclear power plants says India’s plants are safe, but has suggested reliable back-up provisions to cool reactors and prevent meltdown. The committee was set up in the wake of the nuclear disaster in Japan, triggered by an earthquake and a …

6.2-Magnitude Aftershock Strikes Off Eastern Japan -USGS

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan's main island, Honshu, on Saturday morning, shortly after three other quakes in the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The latest temblor occurred at 7:08 a.m. (2108 GMT Friday) at a depth of 20.2 kilometers (12.6 miles), according to the …

Big Japan Quakes Still a Risk

Official Says Nuclear Standards Must Be Revised, Could Mean Years of Delays Guidelines for Japan's nuclear plants fail to account for worst-case earthquake and tsunami scenarios and need to be revised, said the head of a government committee drafting new seismic-safety standards, raising the prospect of further delays in the …

Magnitude-7.2 quake shakes Fiji

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rattled Fiji in the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami warning was issued, and no damage or casualties were immediately reported. The 7:30 a.m. (1930 GMT Thursday) quake was deep, some 368.5 miles (593 kilometers) below the surface, the USGS said. …

Quake Off Vancouver, No Damage Reported

A magnitude 6.4 quake struck off Vancouver Island on Friday, some 175 miles northwest of Vancouver on Canada's Pacific coast, but no damage was reported in the city, eyewitnesses said. In the U.S. city of Seattle just south of the border, police reported slight rattling but no signs of damage. …

Upgrade safety at nuclear plants

A committee appointed by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) after the Fukushima nuclear accident in March this year has recommended that India’s nuclear power plants (NPPs) should have an emergency facility that will remain functional during calamities like earthquake or tsunami. The panel chaired by former AERB chairman S K …

Three die as quake hits Indonesia

Three people were killed Tuesday when a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said. The quake struck deep underground shortly after midnight around 400 kilometres (250 miles) south-east of Banda Aceh on the northern of Sumatra, the US Geological Survey said. Falling debris killed a 10-year-old boy as he …

Tsunami aid: Kerala govt put brakes on US boats

Further illustrating the doggedness of its stand towards the US, a WikiLeaks cable shows that the Left in Kerala was sceptical of even philanthropic gestures from the country. The cable sent by US Chennai Consulate on January 29, 2008, says while the Left was willing to accept US charity, its …

6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the northern part of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 12:55 am (1755 GMT on Monday) at a depth of 110 kilometres (70 miles), USGS said, with its epicentre around 400 kilometres (250 miles) south-east of Banda Aceh. …

Typhoon kills 20 in Japan

A typhoon that pummelled western Japan left at least 20 people dead and more than 50 missing, said reports on Sunday, after swollen rivers swept away buildings and landslips crushed houses. One of the victims drowned after flood waters gushed into his car and streets were submerged in scenes that …

Mangroves can shield nuclear plants?

Nuclear safety has emerged as a key issue following the tsunami disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex in Japan. Scientists are calling on the nuclear establishment to adopt natural measures to protect nuclear installations against tsunamis. Leading scientist M.S. Swaminathan has asked the DAE and the ministry of environment and …

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