Twister, rare in Pampanga, hurts 5 students, destroys houses

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:24:21 +0000

A freak act of nature which officials called a twister for lack of a better term injured five students and wrecked structures in Magalang town, Pampanga province, local disaster officials said.

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Classes suspended in 4 Cotabato towns due to heavy rains

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:27:22 +0000

Classes in at least three towns in Cotabato were canceled due to persistent rain, a provincial disaster official said on Tuesday.

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California towns survey quake damage amid more aftershocks

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:07:42 +0000

California towns survey quake damage amid more aftershocks

Communities in the Mojave Desert tallied damage and made emergency repairs to cracked roads and broken pipes Friday as aftershocks from Southern California’s largest earthquake in 20 years kept rumbling.

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5 dead, dozens missing in Uganda landslides – Red Cross

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:43:19 +0000

Five people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides in eastern Uganda’s mountainous Bududa district.

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20 dead, mostly children, in Nigeria building collapse

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:55:09 +0000

20 dead, mostly children, in Nigeria building collapse

Twenty people, mostly children, have been confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday.

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VIDEO: Progress and Challenges to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:18:48 +0000

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the Japanese utility that took on the behemoth task of controlling and decommissioning the six-unit Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture after the March 11, 2011, accident, recently released a video showing progress at the site.  Source: https://www4.tepco.co.jp/en/news/library/archive-e.html?video_uuid=t820ghcq&catid=61795 The disaster began as a 15-meter (49-foot) tsunami inundated and disabled the […]

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