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Based on animals to predict concussions
Before Chengdu City suffered a devastating earthquake 32 years ago, animals had strange behaviors and signs that prices as survivors could notice before the disaster.
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Global climate changed by a volcano
Four centuries ago, a volcano in Peru sprayed huge columns of dust and smoke into the sky. That disaster may have opened a new phase in the history of world climate.
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Latin America faces natural disasters
As noted by the Brazilian government, landslides occurred continuously on February 3 in Itaipava, in Rio de Janeiro, causing at least nine deaths. The constant rain and…
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Thailand warned of a tsunami after an earthquake in Indonesia
Immediately after the earthquake in Indonesia, the Thai disaster warning center issued a tsunami warning on Phuket Island and five neighboring provinces.
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Aircraft tracking disasters
US scientists are putting into use unmanned aircraft specializing in conducting research flights to monitor disasters.
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Natural disasters: cold in Europe and America, drought in China
A frenzy of air is embracing North America and Europe, causing many disturbances in life. In contrast, in China, more than a million people are facing increasingly sever…
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Oxfam: Over two decades, natural disasters quadrupled
The number of weather-related disasters has quadrupled in the past 20 years, according to the charity Oxfam (UK). The organization said that an average of 500 weather-re…
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Climate change threatens the
According to Chinese media, climate change is causing many natural disasters in Tibet, threatening the natural ecosystem in the region.
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Climate change: Vietnam is affected
According to the report of the Development Program - United Nations (UNDP), the Red River Delta and the Mekong Delta will be most severely affected by climate change. Th…
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Flood tide threatens 21 great cities
A series of major cities around the world are under high tide and other disasters involving weather changes threaten, the World Watch Institute said. Of the 33 cities th…
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World before disaster
The prospect of Earth temperature increased by 2 degrees Celsius today
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Indonesia: Tsunami alarm system is still incomplete
On September 19, Indonesian scientists confirmed that the god of life alarm system in Indonesia was still unsatisfactory and emphasized the need to install more sirens a…
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Large flood in Africa
About one million Africans are affected by floods due to heavy rains causing crop failures, dikes and dozens of deaths. Many parts of Ghana have been called a disaster a…
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Ukraine: The second 'Chernobyl disaster'
Twenty people were hospitalized and hundreds evacuated after a yellow phosphorus train dislocated and caught fire in western Ukraine, creating a cloud of toxic gas cover…
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3 alternatives to sea level rise
Prior to the forecast of 1 m sea level rise in 2100, scientists proposed 3 disaster response plans at the meeting organized by Vietnam Union of Science and Technology As…