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Just before the briefing, a decision was taken at the highest level that he should brief along with home secretary L C Goyal and defence secretary R K Mathur. Tue, 28 Apr 2015 04:06:00 +0200 expressindia en expressindia-e0c76a16b17ad209434ab1e2147e2dc1 NaturalDisasters AirTransport 7.6146933422071 80.7048965436912 23.7099 90.4071 16.8722 96.1249 27.712 85.313 28.5687 77.2168 23.251671 69.66256 20150428040600 http://www.tcpalm.com/news/national/list-10-deadliest-natural-disasters Poor infrastructure, large populations bases and bad timing have led to some of the most horrific natural disasters in recorded history. As the world works to help Nepal recover from devastating earthquake, here is a look back at some of the world’s worst natural disasters. #10 Haiyuan County Earthquake, Dec. Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:57:00 +0200 tcpalm en tcpalm-726c45686655d016161b7f719fd42ff2 NaturalDisasters 16.812309 82.231812 18.54299 -72.343102 22.118561 107.437798 22.5435 88.3342 22.679489 90.643913 36.20015 36.176189 33.5193 36.3135 27.712 85.313 39.61544 118.180199 20150427205700 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/after-the-storm-the-lessons-and-the-future-threats-20150424-1msgpt.html "It was more severe than was probably anticipated," conceded Premier Mike Baird, addressing a news conference on Tuesday, hours after three residents had drowned in their homes in the Hunter Valley town of Dungog. Residents of the old timber and dairy town, population 2500, had grown accustomed to.... Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:45:00 +0200 brisbanetimes en brisbanetimes-5d32307c4e6fb460817753474c91630f NaturalDisasters Echo ClimateChange Environment -32.412361 151.757996 37.5634 -77.4733 -33.8916 151.242 -27.4539 153.027 -32.9796 151.648 20150424164500 http://www.smh.com.au/national/after-the-storm-the-lessons-and-the-future-threats-20150424-1msgpt.html "It was more severe than was probably anticipated," conceded Premier Mike Baird, addressing a news conference on Tuesday, hours after three residents had drowned in their homes in the Hunter Valley town of Dungog. Residents of the old timber and dairy town, population 2500, had grown accustomed to.... Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:35:00 +0200 smh en smh-5d32307c4e6fb460817753474c91630f NaturalDisasters Echo ClimateChange Environment -32.412361 151.757996 37.5634 -77.4733 -33.8916 151.242 -27.4539 153.027 -32.9796 151.648 20150424163500 http://www.compasscayman.com/story.aspx?id=152048 Continued improvements in forecasting the track of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin will lead this year to a slightly smaller cone representing the probable track of the center of a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, a division of the U.S. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:16:00 +0200 caycompass en caycompass-0852f2111d2c3f6d00a6acbc8c59fae8 NaturalDisasters 25.8321 -80.2702 19.31950357372 -81.2540963569887 20150423071600 http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/20/an-inconvenient-truth-cyclones-hurricanes-wildfires-arent-getting-worse/ President Obama issued a stark warning over the weekend about the world’s future if global warming continues. But his alarmism glosses over an inconvenient truth: storms and wildfires aren’t getting worse due to global warming. “Stronger storms. Deeper droughts. Longer wildfire seasons,” Obama said in a video address ahead of Earth Day. Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:24:00 +0200 dailycaller en dailycaller-ada63cf797ee01765b4acd4981d8981b NaturalDisasters ClimateChange Environment 14.6096 121.006 29.29476 -82.117203 20150420222400 http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/just-lot-hot-air-%E2%80%98isis%E2%80%99-struck-un-list-hurricane-names-683716 from the official list of future Pacific hurricane names by the UN's World Meteorological Organization, a WMO spokeswoman announced on Friday. The WMO Hurricane Committee deemed the name inappropriate because of the As the name of an ancient goddess of Egypt, Isis had been on the WMO list of names for hurricanes in 2016. Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:28:00 +0200 albawaba-en en albawaba-en-967f5fdab546a8a69e628968c65a9821 NaturalDisasters UNbodies 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 30.5464749448692 -115.086886992837 33.334 44.3978 30.0779 31.2508 46.20153 6.1666667 20150419162800 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3043821/Isis-names-removed-UN-list-hurricane-names.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Isis was removed from the official list of future Pacific hurricane names by the UN's World Meteorological Organization, a WMO spokeswoman announced on Friday. The WMO Hurricane Committee deemed the name inappropriate because of the eponymous militant group. Sat, 18 Apr 2015 04:05:00 +0200 mailonsunday en mailonsunday-9a61b6d840a88a4cc0be52b6a7a7e4d2 NaturalDisasters UNbodies 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 30.5464749448692 -115.086886992837 33.334 44.3978 30.0779 31.2508 46.20153 6.1666667 33.5193 36.3135 20150418040500 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3043821/Isis-names-removed-UN-list-hurricane-names.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Isis was removed from the official list of future Pacific hurricane names by the UN's World Meteorological Organization, a WMO spokeswoman announced on Friday. The WMO Hurricane Committee deemed the name inappropriate because of the eponymous militant group. Sat, 18 Apr 2015 03:58:00 +0200 dailymail en dailymail-9a61b6d840a88a4cc0be52b6a7a7e4d2 NaturalDisasters UNbodies 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 30.5464749448692 -115.086886992837 33.334 44.3978 30.0779 31.2508 46.20153 6.1666667 33.5193 36.3135 20150418035800 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3043821/Isis-names-removed-UN-list-hurricane-names.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Isis removed from list of hurricane names by UN's World Meteorological Organization Name of ancient goddess of Egypt was on WMO list for hurricanes in 2016; Organization deemed name inappropriate and replaced it with name Ivette; WMO has rotating lists of names for various regions that run from A to.... Sat, 18 Apr 2015 02:57:00 +0200 dailymail en dailymail-082416a3ab6459fa9767e6c5a0cb2e7a NaturalDisasters UNbodies 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 30.5464749448692 -115.086886992837 33.334 44.3978 30.0779 31.2508 46.20153 6.1666667 33.5193 36.3135 20150418025700 http://phys.org/news/2015-04-quiet-hurricane-season.html The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will be significantly less active than the overall averages from 1950 to the present, according to researchers at North Carolina State University. The 2015 season should see four to six named storms forming in the Atlantic basin, which includes the entire Atlantic.... Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:10:00 +0200 phys en phys-fd4a22e99a6e73a9db5ea27eed6d3df4 NaturalDisasters 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 16.7355831265113 -62.1926122338006 -80.4089766027397 21.4758574737051 20150414131000 http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/April/04-14-03.htm Mori asks Congress to release funds for Chuuk, Yap. By Jasmine Stole. HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Marianas Variety, April 13, 2015) – Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori sent a request to the FSM Congress for $4.8 million to be used for immediate relief assistance for people of Chuuk and Yap.... Tue, 14 Apr 2015 04:34:00 +0200 pidp en pidp-465873a8c460af7fe71d0b38712d601d NaturalDisasters Echo 6.91771 158.185 47.071389 -119.214444 41.832222 -78.586111 36.892778 -83.602222 13.4402033779116 144.776219013027 38.466148 -101.757202 20150414043400 http://reliefweb.int/report/vanuatu/one-month-cyclone-pam-seeds-resilience-being-planted-across-vanuatu by Tom Perry. One month on from one of the most devastating natural disasters to ever hit the South Pacific, international aid organisation CARE has now begun distributing thousands of seeds to Vanuatu’s hardest-hit southern islands. The seeds – which include nutritious fruit and vegetables such as.... Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:13:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-7c8eb8fea0fd8e3dac669ef2ada19f1a NaturalDisasters EuropeAid Echo -18.8189983539241 169.143653165742 -35.3499 149.042 20150413121300 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/916204.shtml Australia's ability to respond to humanitarian disasters has greatly increased after Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Friday the purchase of two additional Boeing strategic lift aircraft. The acquisition of the latest pair of C-17A Globemaster III aircraft brings the number in the Royal Australian Air Force's ( RAAF's) possession to eight. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 05:51:00 +0200 globaltimes en globaltimes-b982b3b727e5c3f144f101478a37f645 AirTransport NaturalDisasters -43.5235 172.638 35.6831 139.809 -17.7404 168.321 -27.636789 152.701599 38.9051 -77.0162 -25.32029 152.561295 -27.4539 153.027 20150410055100 http://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather Footage has emerged online of a large twister wreaking havoc in Iowa as tornadoes tear through parts of the United States’ Midwest. The SES is warning people to prepare for flash flooding after the BOM issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of NSW. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 05:30:00 +0200 9news en 9news-ca07fc6cf2ddb0ca0c0a93ef53c4fd0b NaturalDisasters 42.0746200841834 -93.5000382397323 -33.475 -70.6475 20150410053000 http://allafrica.com/stories/201504091110.html With global crises on the rise, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that its new registration system will enable it to build a global roster of foreign medical response teams ready to deploy in response to tsunamis, typhoons, floods and outbreaks, such as Ebola and cholera. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:50:00 +0200 allafrica en allafrica-52c9f691f54e2e62ad02d3156a16eeca CommunicableDiseases EnterpriseEurope2 UNbodies NaturalDisasters 14.6096 121.006 18.54299 -72.343102 -17.7404 168.321 9.55038 -13.6716 46.20153 6.1666667 -35.3499 149.042 8.48612 -13.2391 6.30077 -10.7972 20150409125000 http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/231776623 UN agency kicks off registry of vetted medical emergency teams, drawing lessons from past crises. U.N. - Top Stories Thursday 9th April, 2015 8 April 2015 - With global crises on the rise, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that its new registration system will enable.... Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:06:00 +0200 irishsun en irishsun-5b735c266eaa9bb997a56ff383163ba3 NaturalDisasters CommunicableDiseases UNbodies EnterpriseEurope2 14.6096 121.006 18.54299 -72.343102 -17.7404 168.321 9.55038 -13.6716 46.20153 6.1666667 -35.3499 149.042 8.48612 -13.2391 6.30077 -10.7972 20150408230600 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=50520 ) today announced that its new registration system will enable it to build a global roster of foreign medical response teams ready to deploy in response to tsunamis, typhoons, floods and outbreaks, such as Ebola and cholera. The Global Foreign Medical Teams Registry – which goes live today – sets.... Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:59:00 +0200 un-org en un-org-846317cafaccbb24d4df5e196ef4c6aa NaturalDisasters CommunicableDiseases UNbodies EnterpriseEurope2 14.6096 121.006 18.54299 -72.343102 -17.7404 168.321 9.55038 -13.6716 46.20153 6.1666667 -35.3499 149.042 8.48612 -13.2391 6.30077 -10.7972 20150408205900 http://reliefweb.int/map/chile/world-events-echo-daily-map-742015 Haiti - Severe weather • Heavy rains affected Haiti over 3-5 April, causing floods and damage, including in the capital Port-au-Prince. At least six people were killed and 8,000 houses were damaged (as of 6 April, media). • Isolated heavy rainfall may still affect some areas of Haiti in the evening of 7 April. Wed, 08 Apr 2015 07:25:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-dc9266602aab65428f20e6fc83aee371 UNbodies NaturalDisasters Conflict ICRC SecurityCouncil 18.54299 -72.343102 23.7099 90.4071 15.36144 44.209499 15.65985 43.94434 15.69324 43.603142 33.5193 36.3135 -20.1653 57.4964 -33.475 -70.6475 20150408072500 http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2015/April/04-08-02.htm Far eastern islands of Yap yet to receive relief. By Jasmine Stol. HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Marianas Variety, April 8, 2015) – As Federated States of Micronesia officials continue to assess the outer, smaller islands of Yap and Chuuk states, more details of damage is being released and at last count, the FSM.... Wed, 08 Apr 2015 04:18:00 +0200 pidp en pidp-712a4aa303d400c7ec821b229e34abf4 NaturalDisasters 6.91771 158.185 13.4402033779116 144.776219013027 20150408041800 http://reliefweb.int/report/vanuatu/vanuatu-cyclone-pam-response-march-2015 April 4 2015. Accessibility to remote communities has proven to be a logistical challenge for aid agencies throughout cyclone ravaged Vanuatu, and it’s these communities that are oftentimes in the greatest need of support. GlobalMedic is flying our relief supplies via helicopter in order to reduce.... Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:10:00 +0200 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-00ba36a3681823cd3632f2cfca7af446 Echo NaturalDisasters 43.7208 -79.4126 -17.7404 168.321 -7.4723954693164 178.679547603336 20150405131000 http://www.lepopulaire.fr/limousin/actualite/departement/haute-vienne/2015/04/25/pompiers-de-l-urgence-internationale-une-equipe-de-6-personnes-va-intervenir-au-nepal_11419181.html Un mois après leur intervention à Madagascar, pays ravagé par un cyclone et trois tempêtes tropicales, les pompiers de l’urgence internationale - qui œuvrent pour porter secours et assistance aux pays victimes de catastrophes naturelles ou humanitaires - sont à nouveau en alerte. Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:07:00 +0200 lepopulaire fr lepopulaire-335bb21844ed1c7a93c3256131f5c6ee NaturalDisasters 27.712 85.313 -18.90765 47.527679 27.712021 85.31295 35.2086 110.727 28.5687 77.2168 20150425190700 http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=34636&Cr=Vanuatu&Cr1= 20 avril 2015 #150 Des milliers d'enfants victimes des ravages causés par le passage du cyclone Pam le mois dernier à Vanuatu devraient recevoir de nouveaux certificats grâce à une initiative soutenue par les Nations Unies, a salué lundi le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance ( «.... Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:44:00 +0200 un-org-newscentre fr un-org-newscentre-f53716070caabac8b8df4c2dd88b8ef2 UNbodies NaturalDisasters -17.7404 168.321 20150421014400 http://reliefweb.int/report/vanuatu/vanuatu-lunicef-lance-une-campagne-denregistrement-des-naissances-suite-au-passage-de 20 avril 2015 – Des milliers d'enfants victimes des ravages causés par le passage du cyclone Pam le mois dernier à Vanuatu devraient recevoir de nouveaux certificats grâce à une initiative soutenue par les Nations Unies, a salué lundi le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF). Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:22:00 +0200 reliefWeb fr reliefWeb-853daf8f7283c49aeeaa43e0e0ecf7ee NaturalDisasters UNbodies -17.7404 168.321 20150420202200 http://fr.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idFRKBN0N81TQ20150417 GENEVE (Reuters) - "Isis", un des acronymes anglais du groupe djihadiste Etat islamique, a été retiré de la liste officielle des noms de cyclones définie par les Nations unies, a annoncé vendredi l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM), qui dépend de l'Onu. Sat, 18 Apr 2015 01:11:00 +0200 reuters-fr fr reuters-fr-88740758eba38fc6390473890fb93f71 NaturalDisasters 19.42705 -99.127571 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 29.9564 -90.0987 20150418011100 http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/921116/isis-acronyme-anglais-de-lei-ne-sera-pas-un-nom-de-cyclone.html "Isis", un des acronymes anglais du groupe djihadiste Etat islamique, a été retiré de la liste officielle des noms de cyclones définie par les Nations unies, a annoncé vendredi l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM), qui dépend de l'Onu. Le comité des ouragans de l'OMM, composé d'experts de 27.... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:08:00 +0200 lorientlejour fr lorientlejour-c844c91a9fcf49344d5072759f9f2242 NaturalDisasters 19.42705 -99.127571 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 29.9564 -90.0987 20150417210800 http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2015/04/17/97001-20150417FILWWW00284-ivette-remplace-isis-dans-les-noms-de-cyclone.php Isis, un des acronymes anglais du groupe djihadiste Etat islamique, a été retiré de la liste officielle des noms de cyclones définie par les Nations unies, a annoncé l'Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM), qui dépend de l'Onu. Le comité des ouragans de l'OMM, composé d'experts de 27 pays et.... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 18:13:00 +0200 lefigaro fr lefigaro-829f02c4be3a4986f0da72179441007e NaturalDisasters 9.97113150118843 -84.1967472156257 29.9564 -90.0987 20150417181300 http://www.ladepeche.pf/Penurie-de-sang-dans-le-principal-hopital-du-Vanuatu_a4725.html Les stocks ont atteint des niveaux dangereusement bas, et l'établissement de Port-Vila pourrait bientôt se retrouver complètement à sec. Cette situation est due au passage du cyclone Pam : de nombreux blessés ont été évacués des îles pour être soignés dans la capitale, et les gens ont moins de temps.... Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:34:00 +0200 ladepeche-pf fr ladepeche-pf-8ffd663b4aa427551a850461175a923c