What happened yesterday in Japan is horrifying and my heart goes to all the victims. Makes me wonder — is Manila and the rest of the Philippines ready for something like that to smash on our …
- Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
As the world heats up, weather events will increase and overlap, testing the limits of nation’s resiliency and recovery
- Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Each year, millions of people are uprooted from their homes by wars, repression, natural disasters, and climate change. In Uprooted, Volha Charnysh presents a fresh perspective on the developmental consequences of mass displacement, arguing that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen receiving states and benefit local economies. Drawing on extensive research on post-WWII Poland and West Germany, Charnysh shows that the rupture of social ties and increased cultural diversity in affected communities not only decreased social cohesion, but also shored up the demand for state-provided resources, which facilitated the accumulation of state capacity. Over time, areas that received a larger and more diverse influx of migrants achieved higher levels of entrepreneurship, education, and income. With its rich insights and compelling evidence, Uprooted challenges common assumptions about the costs of forced displacement and cultural diversity and proposes a novel mechanism linking wars to state-building. Worked examples or Exercises
- Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The calls cover a period from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 as the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, whipped by powerful winds from a passing hurricane, bore down on the town.
Some historical disasters had huge impacts. Read about these 14 historical disasters you will certainly wish never happened.
Ordinary civilians and rescue workers saved lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
The Oregon Department of Transportation posted a picture on social media Wednesday morning showing a massive rockslide a day earlier along Tyee Access Road about 15 miles west of Sutherlin in Douglas County.
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at…
I had another Tsunami dream. I was looking at the sea shore and I saw the water recede and then a big wave coming back toward the shore. I remember having a tsunami dream many years ago. I believe I was in Hawaii in a high-rise hotel. I saw a tsunami come all the way up to the window where I was standing. I had to be at least 10 floors up. I never thought much about it because at the time I was not having catastrophe dreams. After that, my next tsunami dream was in 2004 not long before the Asian tsunami. Since that time I have had many tsunami dreams of all sorts. I am not preoccupied with catastrophe or particular interested in water events. But the premonition and the dreams have been almost haunting. I do not live in fear of these things but rather I live in knowing. I have had for many years a very strong premonition that a major tsunami would hit the west coast, now I see them in my dreams constantly. I believe this is because we are closer to these events more than anytime before. I do not think it is a coincidence that circumstances have caused my immediate family to move from the west coast. Nevertheless, I continue to pray God's grace upon my friends and loved ones who are still there. I don't think they concern themselves with such things. The question is, should they? The answer to that question is a personal one. As for me, I believe the knowledge that I have and the circumstances of my life have spared me and my children. Even as Lot was directed out of Sodom and Gomorrah before the destruction came.
(Los Angeles Times) Along the California coast and across the world, dozens of deep-sea ocean sensors are the first line of defense that warns officials
No matter how technologically advanced humans become, we'll always spend a good portion of our time pathetically flailing at nature and the various disasters it attempts to grind us down with.
At least 65 percent of the public water supply in the Western U.S. comes from fire-prone areas, and wildfires can taint water with toxins and parasites.
Insurance companies are yet to make damage estimates. In the past 10 years, Canada has had several flood events across the country that each surpassed $1-billion in insurance claims
By: Claire Bernish / (ANTIMEDIA) United States — According to a new report, the Japanese government worked in concert with TEPCO to purposely cover up the meltdown at Fukushima in 2011. “I would say it was a
Visita la entrada para saber más.
- Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June and every month of the year had a…
Permian Basin, large sedimentary basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, U.S., noted for its rich petroleum, natural gas, and potassium deposits. Owing to its economic importance, it is one of the most well-studied geologic regions of the world. Deposits of the Permian Basin are
Trump made an emergency declaration on coronavirus days after the World Health Organization declared the virus a pandemic. Here's what that means.
Is Oregon overdue for a devastating natural disaster?
At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake hit San Francisco, killing 3,000 people and destroying 500 city blocks.
The “National Risk Index” was supposed to help U.S. communities reduce their risks from natural disasters. But is it fatally flawed?
In the spring of 1906 San Francisco was a city boasting 410,000 inhabitants — a world-class metropolis whose citizens, at the dawn of a new century, looked forward with a…
Florida authorities are telling people not to aim their weapons at Hurricane Irma after a Facebook event went viral.
Japan already relies on a system that helps prevent industrial accidents and train derailments by sending warnings as much as a minute before the ground starts shaking. That much time could save lives after a major earthquake in California, but seismologists say a prototype system there lacks funding and has big gaps.
The UN's projection, by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation in Vienna, gave no information about the levels of radiation that could potentially drift over California and other parts of the West Coast.
Canadian experts are preparing for the "big one," a massive earthquake that could hit the Pacific Northwest - leaving thousands dead.
Some historical disasters had huge impacts. Read about these 14 historical disasters you will certainly wish never happened.
