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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://gulfnews.com/business/general/amlin-returns-to-profit-as-disaster-claims-slow-1.1063998?utm_content=1.1063998&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=%3c%21%5bCDATA%5bAmlin_returns_to_profit_as_disaster_claims_slow%5d%5d%3e&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=%3c%21%5bCDATA%5bBusiness_RSS_feed%5d%5d%3e Booked pretax profit of £184.5m in the six months to end-June compared with a pretax loss of £192m a year earlier Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:56:00 +0200 gulfnews en gulfnews-1703597f3052ecdb0a127f9e3fe2d6d2 NaturalDisasters 20120820165600 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0820/amlin-returns-to-profit-as-disaster-claims-slow-business.html Lloyd's of London insurer Amlin swung back to profit in the first half of 2012, helped by a sharp drop in catastrophe-related claims and higher premiums. Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:08:00 +0200 RTERadio en RTERadio-9f351175de967073525e88a464df11b1 NaturalDisasters 51.4879 -0.177998 20120820140800 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/update-child-injured-houses-damaged-in-sulawesi-quake/539139 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday injuring a child and damaging at least 48 houses just as residents were breaking the Ramadan fast, authorities said. Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:14:00 +0200 thejakartaglobe en thejakartaglobe-4d096ad48863e3e1c8f8e2b14727e89d NaturalDisasters 20120819081400 http://gulf-times.com//site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=526056&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 The quake was originally reported by the US Geological Survey said as having a magnitude of 6.5. The depth was reported at 23km. “The quake was felt strongly for 15 seconds in Palu as people were breaking the fast,” said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency. Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:09:00 +0200 gulf-times en gulf-times-2ac6dc0bbc5394b919c25d5e3f6f42d2 NaturalDisasters -0.898583 119.850601 20120819000900 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/quake-strikes-indonesia-child-injured-houses-damaged A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, injuring a child and damaging at least 48 houses just as residents were breaking the Ramadan fast Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:38:00 +0200 alertnet en alertnet-7f76da142963df32c499d454932c80fc NaturalDisasters -0.898583 119.850601 20120818203800 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/18/us-indonesia-earthquake-idUSBRE87H02G20120818?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews JAKARTA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday injuring a child and damaging at least 48 houses just as residents were breaking the Ramadan fast, authorities said. Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:36:00 +0200 reuters en reuters-62968e5222de79c3e9757edb05b04c50 NaturalDisasters -0.898583 119.850601 20120818183600 http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/quake-strikes-indonesia-child-injured-houses-damaged Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:06 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters (Adds houses damaged, child injured) JAKARTA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck 35 miles southeast of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday injuring a child and damaging at least 48 houses just as residents were breaking the Ramadan fast, authorities said. Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:15:00 +0200 trust en trust-4343248c5c2bdc559936a872c6a7a605 NaturalDisasters -0.898583 119.850601 20120818181500 http://reliefweb.int/report/world/helen-clark-building-resilience-importance-prioritising-disaster-risk-reduction Source: UN Development Programme Country: World , Bangladesh , Ghana , Haiti , Indonesia , Maldives , Mozambique , Nepal , New Zealand , Niger (the) , Thailand Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator ‘Building Resilience: the importance of prioritising disaster risk reduction – a United Nations Development.... Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:12:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-c4e38068af23dc6b90214dd32dcf7044 FoodSecurityFoodAid Environment CivilProtection NaturalDisasters UNbodies 13.5142 2.12039 18.54299 -72.343102 -41.3348 174.807 5.55856 -0.200924 23.7099 90.4071 9.172945 7.179924 -0.609754386580274 73.0953216111583 -6.18287 106.829 -25.9622 32.5737 13.7308 100.521 27.712 85.313 20120815171200 http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/28609-aid-starts-to-pour-in-for-calamity-victims RELIEF aid had started to pour for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the floods that submerged Metro Manila and other provinces in Luzon. Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:24:00 +0200 manilatimes en manilatimes-cb808cdde0d62d878c4bf93fb951d297 NaturalDisasters Market Echo EU-USA DisasterRelief EU-Asia PolicyDevelopment PolicyExternalRelations PolicyHumanitarianAid 20120811062400 http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/28608-expect-more-frequent-severe-floods-un-analyst Residents of Pasig City use improvised “bancas” to cross a flooded street near the city’s public market. A ride costs P10. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN EXTREME climatic events such as typhoons and floods will be more frequent and severe in the future and no country, including the Philippines, is immune.... Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:24:00 +0200 manilatimes en manilatimes-49dcef21b01897e78ddde152c873b0ed ClimateChange NaturalDisasters CivilProtection UNbodies Environment 7.885706 116.984299 20120811062400 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-08/more-than-1-million-battle-philippine-floods/4186366?height=100&ratio=1x1&width=100 More than 1 million people in and around the Philippine capital Manila are battling deadly floods amid relentless monsoon rains. Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:58:00 +0200 abc-au en abc-au-684308e29baf1857cbd261980a4e1abf FinancialCrisis Echo NaturalDisasters 20120810045800 http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-08-08/more-than-1-million-battle-philippine-floods/995830 More than one million people in and around the Philippine capital Manila are battling deadly floods amid relentless monsoon rains. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:39:00 +0200 radioaustralianews en radioaustralianews-89570d3767bab8fa7a3053096f56dfba NaturalDisasters FinancialCrisis 20120809113900 http://www.news.com.au/world/one-million-people-battle-deadly-floods-in-manila/story-fndir2ev-1226446339531 DEADLY monsoon floods in Manila have left slum dwellers fighting neck-deep waters, and thousands of people are trapped on roofs. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:36:00 +0200 news_com_au en news_com_au-ca1e13b3617e51cbe9d2a948a11a696d NaturalDisasters FinancialCrisis 20120808173600 http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120808-july-flooding-in-china-causes-8-3-billion-of-economic-losses 8/7/12 Disasters Insurance industry faces agriculture losses from China to the United States in July 2012: flooding caused more than $8.3 billion in economic losses across China during July, while the worst drought in decades worsened across much of the United States; severe weather also prompted.... Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:16:00 +0200 homelandsecuritynewswire en homelandsecuritynewswire-34ab55f1b4e57c030f33f9f8957457ae FoodSecurityFoodAid NaturalDisasters EU-USA 38.9051 -77.0162 35.2086 110.727 20120808091600 http://english.china.com/news/china/11020307/20120807/17360958.html HANGZHOU, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Severe tropical storm Haikui strengthened into a typhoon as of 5 p.m. Monday as it approached the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said. While gradually strengthening, Haikui is expected to make landfall on the.... Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:37:00 +0200 china en china-fb3fd591e9dfe429bb10ad2ff5342335 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120807193700 http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/top-stories/28517-shallow-lpa-to-bring-more-rains-in-luzon RAINS continued to drench Metro Manila and nearby provinces on Monday, causing dams to overflow and prompting officials to suspend classes as the death toll from last week’s Typhoon "Gener" (international codename: "Saola") rose to almost 50. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:19:00 +0200 manilatimes en manilatimes-7451b9ca6cf1def67debabf560317682 NaturalDisasters 20120807121900 http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=34618 After two weeks of heavy rains in large parts of the Philippines, including Metro Manila, more rains are expected in the next few days or even until next week. The ditty “rain, rain go away come aga ..... Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:42:00 +0200 asianewsnet en asianewsnet-5d6d0be30efa2e349a3f458f6bdb2741 NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 20120807104200 http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/07/content_15648816.htm Severe tropical storm Haikui strengthened into a typhoon as of 5 pm Monday as it approached the coastal area of East China's Zhejiang province. Rains spawn deadly floods, mudslide Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:28:00 +0200 chinadaily en chinadaily-b8219c036587210cc898ee72f8020956 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120807082800 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/05/c_131762920.htm HANGZHOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tropical storm Haikui has strengthened into a severe tropical storm and is approaching the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday. The NMC said that Haikui has entered the eastern part of the East China Sea around 5 p. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:18:00 +0200 xinhuanet_en en xinhuanet_en-4417a5e98de478f4237af1a67e1056d1 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120806141800 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/06/c_131765160.htm HANGZHOU, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Severe tropical storm Haikui strengthened into a typhoon as of 5 p.m. Monday as it approached the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said. While gradually strengthening, Haikui is expected to make landfall on the.... Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:18:00 +0200 xinhuanet_en en xinhuanet_en-2586e50ef12081e42527b2f4d2c703a8 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120806141800 http://english.china.com/news/china/11020307/20120806/17358910.html HANGZHOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tropical storm Haikui has strengthened into a severe tropical storm and is approaching the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday. The NMC said that Haikui has entered the eastern part of the East China Sea around 5 p. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:28:00 +0200 china en china-f323dbdb4d1403d0c067eeaf34d772c0 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120806132800 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/06/c_131764312.htm By Jin Zhu, Tan Zongyang, Liu Ce BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- With many regions still reeling from torrential rain and floods caused by two typhoons, a new round of wild weather will lash parts of China's coastal areas in coming days, authorities said. As of 9 am Sunday, typhoons Saola and Damrey had wreaked havoc across seven provinces. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:37:00 +0200 xinhuanet_en en xinhuanet_en-a196d1e1151697997f533854f499b557 NaturalDisasters 20120806063700 http://reliefweb.int/report/china/typhoon-haikui-approaching-chinas-eastern-coast Source: Xinhua Country: China HANGHZOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tyhoon Haikui has strengthened into a severe tropical storm and is approaching the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday. The NMC said that Haikui has entered the eastern part of the East China Sea around 5 p. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:49:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-e135dc6f2fc539d7fbf89858e1e75ab3 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120806044900 http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/06/content_15645870.htm With many regions still reeling from torrential rain and floods caused by two typhoons, a new round of wild weather will lash parts of China's coastal areas in coming days, authorities said. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:08:00 +0200 chinadaily en chinadaily-547f04aad7428955572b96bc66aec9ca NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120806020800 http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/06/content_15645843.htm Tropical storm Haikui has strengthened into a severe tropical storm and is approaching the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang province. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:38:00 +0200 chinadaily en chinadaily-6846a3f52821308953d9ad552c53c2f1 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120806013800 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/05/c_131762920.htm HANGZHOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tropical storm Haikui has strengthened into a severe tropical storm and is approaching the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday. The NMC said that Haikui has entered the eastern part of the East China Sea around 5 p. Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:44:00 +0200 xinhuanet_en en xinhuanet_en-f323dbdb4d1403d0c067eeaf34d772c0 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120805174400 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/05/c_131762836.htm HANGHZOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tyhoon Haikui has strengthened into a severe tropical storm and is approaching the coastal area of east China's Zhejiang Province, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday. The NMC said that Haikui has entered the eastern part of the East China Sea around 5 p. Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:13:00 +0200 xinhuanet_en en xinhuanet_en-3654336456c81dccbd14e49bceb44267 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120805161300 http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/05/content_15645724.htm Heavy rains will hit many areas in South and East China from Sunday to Tuesday with the approach of tropical storm Haikui. 7 provinces hit hard by double typhoons Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:32:00 +0200 chinadaily en chinadaily-b5dc22a05530fafad13eaf143b90c441 NaturalDisasters 35.2086 110.727 20120805153200 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/asia/china-storms/index.html Hong Kong (CNN) -- Two tropical cyclones have made landfall in eastern China, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from coastal areas as the Philippines and Taiwan assess the damage that one of the storms left in its wake. Tropical Storm Saola plowed into the southeastern.... Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:04:00 +0200 cnn en cnn-f786f86f58e37f04945003e4bc4a73b0 NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 22.4222282068564 114.157925233557 35.2086 110.727 20120803160400 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/03/world/asia/china-storms/index.html Hong Kong (CNN) -- Two tropical cyclones have made landfall in eastern China, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from coastal areas as the Philippines and Taiwan assess the damage that one of the storms left in its wake. Tropical Storm Saola plowed into the southeastern.... Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:10:00 +0200 cnn en cnn-df696e76b2fa2bc131c2730a858ca9bd NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 22.4222282068564 114.157925233557 35.2086 110.727 20120803131000 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ab2b369e38e8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news The first of two typhoons struck the east coast last night, with another set to make landfall early today, threatening devastation inland. Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:05:00 +0200 scmp en scmp-80126744bdd044fad0ec7b5d0a743e36 NaturalDisasters 20120803000500 http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=207930 DESPITE facing its own difficulties after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan has assured Fiji that its policy of aid to the country has not changed. Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:23:00 +0200 fijitimes en fijitimes-6fe067918ec0dea98065cbaa75a18921 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 -18.1426 178.431 20120730002300 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2b5a29f543c8310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong%20kong&s=news Severe Typhoon Vicente didn't just fell more than 1,000 trees across the city, it also delivered some strange packages to a seaside community. Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:33:00 +0200 scmp en scmp-8179da53d2c6a02c1379df10a39a3e02 NaturalDisasters EnvironmentalProtection Environment Ecology 20120727003300 http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2012-07/24128058-when-disaster-strikes-champion-of-america-s-cats-and-dogs-ensures-help-is-on-the-way-008.htm Mars Petcare US Pledges $200,000 to Support Red Star' Rescue Services First Deployment Helps Animal Victims of Colorado Wildfires WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire... Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:17:00 +0200 finanznachrichten-en en finanznachrichten-en-4b7b0c0bf04e719fbadd8302c7121260 NaturalDisasters OHIM 38.9051 -77.0162 35.866667 -93.530556 63.158333 -149.43 41.3 -80.85 20120724181700 http://reliefweb.int/report/japan/thailand-offers-%E0%B8%BF5-million-japan-disaster-relief Source: Government of Thailand Country: Japan , Thailand BANGKOK, 23 July 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given Japan 5 million baht to help the country with its disaster relief efforts in the southwestern region, which was recently hit by flooding and mudslide. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:11:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-adc503d56c10c1968a04485a80c71055 NaturalDisasters 35.6831 139.809 13.7703017743177 100.626440699347 20120724091100 http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/08/24/352004/Tembin-to.htm (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Typhoon Tembin was moving at a slow but steady pace off the East Coast of Taitung County. The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) stated that the typhoon will make landfall today at noon. The CWB also forecasted that Taiwan would feel the impact between today and Saturday. Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:08:00 +0200 ChinaPost en ChinaPost-238e543269a80f68b273b0303f9ef31b NaturalDisasters 20120823210800