DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

108 reported unaccounted for in US landslide

Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)

A total of 108 people have been reported missing or unaccounted for after a landslide in the northwestern US state of Washington, a local emergency official sai...

Eight killed, 108 unaccounted for in huge US landslide

Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)

More than 100 people remained unaccounted for Monday after a devastating landslide in the US state of Washington which killed at least eight and sounded "like a...

Up to 18 unaccounted for in deadly US landslide

Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)

Up to 18 people were unaccounted for more than 24 hours after a massive landslide slammed into a mountainside community killing four in the northwestern United ...

Hunt for Chinese crew missing after ship collision off Japan

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

Japanese fishermen took part in efforts to clean up an oil spill in a major Tokyo waterway Thursday as the search continued for eight Chinese missing after two ...

Fukushima operator halts water decontamination system

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it has temporarily shut down a decontamination system that scrubs radiation-tainted wate...

Safety lapses rapped after US nuclear plant fire

Mar 15, 2014 (AFP)

A fire which sparked the evacuation of a major underground US nuclear waste plant last month was preventable, according to a report out Friday highlighting safe...

Contaminated Fukushima water may be dumped as problems mount

Mar 13, 2014 (Voice of Russia)

Contaminated water at the battered Fukushima plant has taken precedence over everything else. As the larger cleanup effort continues and storage space for the w...

31 dead, nine missing in China lorry blast

Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)

A total of 31 people were killed and nine were missing after two lorries carrying dangerous chemicals collided in a Chinese tunnel, triggering a huge explosion,...

Malaysia under fire over 'chaotic' search for jet

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

Malaysia denied that the hunt for a missing jet was in disarray after the search veered far from the plane's planned route and China said that conflicting infor...

Thousands sue nuclear giants over Japan Fukushima disaster

Mar 12, 2014 (AFP)

A class action lawsuit against nuclear suppliers General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi has ballooned to more than 4,000 claimants who are seeking damages over t...

Crowdsourcing search for missing plane is overloaded

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

A crowdsourcing effort to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane using satellite imagery overloaded the computer network with an "unprecedented" amount of t...

Japan marks 3rd anniversary of quake-tsunami disasterw

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Japan on Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away 18,000 victims, destroyed coastal communities, and sparked a nuclear...

Iranian people-smuggling link as Malaysia jet search widens

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Two suspect men who flew on a missing Malaysian airliner appear to have been Iranian illegal immigrants, officials said Tuesday, lessening fears of terrorism bu...

Patience running out among Japan's disaster refugees

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

The Takeyamas have tried to move on and forget the enormous waves that swept away relatives, their home and the lives they once had. But the couple, both in the...

Fukushima: three years on and still a long road ahead

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

In complete darkness, a group of men tried everything they could to save the Fukushima nuclear plant from catastrophe. Their struggle was in vain. Three years l...

Australia rescues 13 shipwrecked Iranians off Pakistan

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

An Australian warship has rescued 13 Iranians shipwrecked off Pakistan on its way to the Middle East to join an international force conducting counter-terrorist...

UN report sees $1.45 tn global warming cost: media

Feb 28, 2014 (AFP)

Global warming will reduce the world's crop production by up to two percent every decade and wreak $1.45 trillion of economic damage by the end of this century,...

Corpses still being found in Philippine typhoon zone

Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)

Bodies are still being found under the wreckage almost four months after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the Philippines as survivors struggle to rebuild their liv...

Tunisian navy 'rescues 98 sub-Saharan migrants'

Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)

The Tunisian navy rescued 98 sub-Saharan migrants Wednesday, including a nine-year-old Congolese boy in critical condition, after their boat started taking on w...

Nepal government to set up contact office at Mt. Qomolangma base camp

Feb 25, 2014 (XNA)

In a bid to make Nepal's mountaineering more safe and organized, the Nepal government has decided to set up a contact office at Mount Qomolangma (Everest) base ...