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40000 Filipinos run big storms
Environment

40000 Filipinos run big storms

More than 40,000 Filipinos were evacuated to safe shelters when Typhoon Bopha, the strongest storm struck the island nation during the year, landed in the south of the c…

December 16, 2018
Bangkok prepares to flood
Environment

Bangkok prepares to flood

Mayor of Bangkok Sukhumbhand Paribatra late October 23 has warned that capital residents are prepared to deal with the cataclysm when flood water from the suburbs is mov…

December 16, 2018
15 minutes in hell at the heart of a tornado
Environment

15 minutes in hell at the heart of a tornado

Rod Pace, a hospital emergency services manager in Joplin City, Misssouri State, has just finished work on Sunday evening. He was about to stay for another 15 minutes to…

December 16, 2018
5 things to know about tornadoes
Environment

5 things to know about tornadoes

Tornadoes are dangerous weather phenomena, but the risk of casualties they cause can be reduced to the lowest level if every citizen knows something simple.

December 16, 2018
Tanks for fish
Environment

Tanks for fish

25 expired tanks are pushed into the Gulf of Thailand to provide shelter for fish and other marine species.

December 16, 2018
Post-flood disaster in South India
Environment

Post-flood disaster in South India

Flooding in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in early October has gradually shrunk. However, millions of people are still unable to return to their home…

December 16, 2018
Storm No. 4: Constantly calling for shelter boats
Environment

Storm No. 4: Constantly calling for shelter boats

In the wake of the storm No. 4, on September 23, 2009, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control consecutively directed the localities to…

December 16, 2018
The 'shelter' through the apocalypse
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The 'shelter' through the apocalypse

If you want to survive the earthquake or tsunami that can happen in the end of the world, you should go to the plateau in Africa, where there is vast land, no sea and no…

December 15, 2018