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 …
Much has been written about the 11 March 2011, Mw 9.1 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, that occurred off the northern Japanese coast owing to the unprecedented fury of the tsunami it generated and the destructive impact it had on a coastal nuclear power plant in northern Japan. In any case, the Japanese …
New Zealand civil defense authorities canceled a tsunami warning on Thursday but warned of possible stronger than normal ocean currents around the east coast of the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean north east of the country. It said a tsunami was generated by the …
The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant met with angry shareholders on Tuesday, offering profuse apologies as hecklers shouted abuse from a rowdy floor. But a motion that would have forced the company to abandon its nuclear program was defeated. The management of the operating company, Tokyo Electric …
On October 12, thousands of people living in tsunami-prone villages in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and 25 other countries in the Indian Ocean rim will be evacuated to safety. Tsunami sirens will be switched on in thousands of habitations, ships sailing in the Indian Ocean will be kept on high alert …
Q&A;: M Shashidhar Reddy, NDMA M Shashidhar ReddyNational Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has taken a slew of initiatives on disaster management by involving states and concerned agencies. In an interview with Sanjay Jog, NDMA vice chairman M Shashidhar Reddy takes reviews the present state of disaster management. Excerpts: Is India …
The head of the UN nuclear agency urged a worldwide rethink of safety measures to prevent new nuclear disasters, declaring that in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe "business as usual is not an option.&" But Yukiya Amano, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also acknowledged that improvements are …
U.N. Nuclear Report Shows Japan Safety Shortcomings Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co/Handout Workers in protective suits are seen at a cesium absorption tower at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's water processing facility Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co/Handout Japanese nuclear regulators failed to review and approve …
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday launched new variants of Corolla Altis, priced between Rs.10.53-lakh and Rs.14.77-lakh for petrol versions and Rs.11.46-lakh and Rs.14.55-lakh for diesel versions. The petrol variant comes with an all-new powerful 2ZR Dual VVT-I engine and super CVT-i with 7-speed sequential shiftmatic, producing output of …
The Central government has finally given the go-ahead to the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant in Kovvada in Srikakulam after a review of the safety aspects following the tsunami-linked nuclear disaster in Japan. This will be the biggest nuclear power plant in the country when completed. The Centre had …
The Belleplaine test site, located in the island of Guadeloupe (French Lesser Antilles), includes a three-accelerometer vertical array, designed for liquefaction studies. The seismic response of the soil column at the test site is computed using three methods: the spectral ratio method using the vertical array data, a numerical method …
Merkel's nuclear U-turn driven by Fukushima disaster BERLIN: Germany wants to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on …
Why did one nuclear site in Fukushima escape damage from the earthquake? Mike Weightman is going there to discover what lessons can be learned. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028146.000-nuclear-inspector-what-we-can-learn-from-fukushima.html
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami probably pushed Sony to a $3.2 billion loss in the just-ended fiscal year, the electronics and entertainment giant warned Monday. It was the latest Japanese manufacturer to report a huge financial hit from the disaster. An electricity pylon in front of a Sony plant …
The accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has led to much discussion about the future of nuclear power. I believe one important lesson of the accident has been overlooked. Nuclear power is often touted as a solution to climate change, but Fukushima serves as a warning that far …
Nuclear inspector Weightman said the causes of the Japan N-accident are far beyond the most extreme events the UK could expect to experience. Nuclear reactors in May 18: Nuclear reactors in the UK have a strong safety culture and do not need to make immediate safety improvements, the nuclear watchdog …
