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The National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast that Typhoon Linfa will hit coastal regions stretching from Shantou City in....Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:45:00 +0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-5a8c36d26577d72955f34fd946491e91NaturalDisasters23.7505409354667 120.96966788308235.2086 110.72723.35548 116.67579720150708154500http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20150806-building-resilient-urban-infrastructure-to-cope-with-climate-challengesIn addition to urban flooding, global climate change is predicted to bring increased coastal flooding, like that associated with Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy, as well as extreme heat. As extreme weather events like these occur more frequently, global climate change may demand that we recalibrate our definition of “rare.Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:46:00 +0200homelandsecuritynewswireenhomelandsecuritynewswire-83410898b8182bc98f2273b7aeea78b8NaturalDisastersClimateChangeEnvironment33.509 -112.1120150806164600http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/a-chilling-update-on-the-ticking-seismic-bomb-off-the-u-s-northwest-coast/?partner=rss&emc=rssThe Cascadia fault off the Northwest Coast has generated a sequence of great earthquakes over millenniums. , seismologists say. Credit USGS.gov Another is due When the next very big earthquake hits, the northwest edge of the continent, from California to Canada and the continental shelf to the....Tue, 14 Jul 2015 02:05:00 +0200nytimesennytimes-f8fb6a3357bd50f33b810b031f318064NaturalDisasters47.273382 -122.48490538.9051 -77.016244.051849 -123.08260347.6762 -122.29738.855 -94.61166745.3742 -75.650741.66695 -83.41942547.0437 -122.89237.7483 -122.41338.032222 -101.09861144.9562 -122.99143.218333 -116.55138935.6831 139.80945.4422 -122.64220150714020500http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/a-chilling-update-on-the-ticking-seismic-bomb-off-the-u-s-northwest-coast/?partner=rss&emc=rssThe Cascadia fault off the Northwest Coast has generated a sequence of great earthquakes over millenniums. , seismologists say. Credit USGS.gov Another is due When the next very big earthquake hits, the northwest edge of the continent, from California to Canada and the continental shelf to the....Tue, 14 Jul 2015 01:04:00 +0200nytimesennytimes-33667a2645e8a0577cd8d3aca4dfea79NaturalDisasters47.273382 -122.48490544.051849 -123.08260338.9051 -77.016235.6831 139.80938.855 -94.61166747.6762 -122.29745.4422 -122.64245.3742 -75.650747.0437 -122.89241.66695 -83.41942537.7483 -122.41344.9562 -122.99143.218333 -116.55138920150714010400http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2015/08/05/local-disaster-councils-alert-hanna-enters-par-422895LOCAL government units and disaster councils have been alerted as the typhoon east of extreme northern Luzon has entered the Philippine area of responsibility Wednesday morning and was named "Hanna." The City and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, are ready to respond to any emergencies.Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:07:00 +0200sunstarensunstar-36a1d75d73eb5bbc9fcdfea7dd1a48beNaturalDisasters51.4879 -0.17799820150805120700http://phys.org/news/2015-08-nasa-terra-satellite-molave-regain.htmlOn Aug. 11 at 8:05 a.m. EDT the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this infrared image fragmented strong storms (red) in Tropical Storm Molave's northern quadrant. Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team. Tropical Depression Molave showed a burst of thunderstorm....Wed, 12 Aug 2015 00:23:00 +0200physenphys-86998fdba3abb42efb5c401d60cf492aNaturalDisasters35.257439 139.67430120150812002300http://phys.org/news/2015-08-satellite-fan-shaped-tropical-storm-molave.htmlThe VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi satellite captured this visible picture of a fan-shaped Tropical Storm Molave on August 13 at 02:34 UTC. Credit: NRL/NASA/NOAA. When NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew over Tropical Storm Molave in the North Pacific early on August 13, it looked like a....Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:06:00 +0200physenphys-0af13d5dba9b30e0d08a96f10d749727NaturalDisasters40.680019 141.36529520150813180600