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Air Niugini said in a statement Monday that the four are in stable condition at a Chuuk island hospital and would soon be taken to Guam for further treatment.Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:17:00 +0200startribune-8a92bd91364167ce99bffce19f516778startribuneen6.91771 158.185AirTransportNaturalDisastersUKReferendumEU-PacificEU-AsiaEuropean UnionBoeingAmerican militaryRevolutionary Guard20181001091700https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/09/30/09/26/indonesia-earthquake-horrifying-morrisonAustralia has offered Indonesia whatever help the country needs as it responds to another devastating natural disaster which has killed at least 400 people. At least another 500 people have been seriously injured after a powerful 7.5 magnitude quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday.Sun, 30 Sep 2018 05:38:00 +02009news-8396972c07b40011b4a9f71f7a1e79ee9newsen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersBill ShortenMr MorrisonScott MorrisonOxfamThe AustralianJoko Widodo20180930053800https://au.news.yahoo.com/indonesia-earthquake-horrifying-morrison-232517187--spt.htmlAustralia has offered Indonesia whatever help the country needs as it responds to another devastating natural disaster which has killed at least 400 people. At least another 500 people have been seriously injured after a powerful 7.5 magnitude quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday.Sun, 30 Sep 2018 05:22:00 +0200yahoo-au-5e30e3ef1892a4896e43cefc36316d85yahoo-auen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersBill ShortenMr MorrisonScott MorrisonOxfamThe AustralianJoko Widodo20180930052200http://www.asiaone.com/asia/sulawesi-quake-air-traffic-controller-who-stayed-behind-guide-plane-safety-killedJAKARTA - A 21-year-old air traffic controller in Palu, who continued to carry out his duty when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the city in Central Sulawesi on Friday evening (Sept 28), has been killed in the aftermath of the quake. Mr Anthonius Gunawan Agung was a flight navigation service....Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:20:00 +0200AsiaOne-71242792a9eb009bcf6e08e1c38aef2bAsiaOneen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersHumanitarianAidBatik Air20180929162000http://www.pireport.org/articles/2005/03/28/png-get-tsunami-warnings-japanMELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, Mar. 28) – Papua New Guinea is to start receiving detailed tsunami warnings from Japan. PNG is among six western pacific countries that will get the new alerts via the Japanese Meteorological Agency within minutes of an earthquake of 6.5 or greater on the Richter scale.Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:53:00 +0200pidp-46493f27dd2b6d4cd88bad35277e5c13pidpen-9.48177 147.184NaturalDisastersMeteorological AgencyPacific Tsunami Warning CentreRadio Australia20180928155300https://reliefweb.int/report/world/eighth-pacific-tsunami-drill-set-september-november-2018Over 40 countries around the Pacific Rim will participate in a mock tsunami scenario from September to November 2018. The purpose of this exercise is to test country tsunami decision-making procedures and communication systems and processes. “The events of the 2009 Samoa Islands Region, 2010 Chile,....Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:56:00 +0200reliefWeb-404724b3dae6afaef83f8d645932f176reliefWeben35.6831 139.809NaturalDisastersCrisisResponseUNbodiesUNESCOCarlos ZunigaVladimir RyabininWarning SystemPacific Tsunami Warning CenterThe Pacific Tsunami Warning CenterLieutenant Commander20180921165600https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/asean-weekly-disaster-update-10-16-september-2018Regional Summary of Week 37 and Outlook for Week 38. 1) In Week 37, monsoon season still prevails with large concerns raised over Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) which passed through Philippines and affecting China and Viet Nam. 2) Dry weather continue to persist and became key factor of wild fire in several parts of Indonesia.Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:54:00 +0200reliefWeb-fde187ec43b06550fc644521cf5fa59ereliefWeben14.6096 121.006NaturalDisastersMeteorological CentreASEAN20180917185400http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-17/wa-earthquakes-explained/10255300The largest was the 6.5-magnitude quake at Meckering in 1968 that injured 20 and left hundreds of families homeless. But Western Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, so how do earthquakes even happen here in the first place? No fault line doesn't mean no worries.Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:15:00 +0200abc-au-c93772726938c31c3c93f0b10fdd7652abc-auen-31.627831 117.014503NaturalDisastersPhil Cummins20180917081500http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-17/wa-earthquakes-explained/10255300on Sunday afternoon. West Australian town of Walpole, about 430 kilometres south-east of Perth, with tremors felt as far away as Perth and Albany No serious damage was reported, but the quake was considered "uncommonly large". Some of the largest recorded earthquakes across Australia have happened in WA.Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:30:00 +0200abc-au-fa7c93a81125d38d0808ae096930347dabc-auen-34.976398 116.732002NaturalDisastersPhil Cummins20180917073000https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/papua-new-guineaThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all but essential travel to Hela and Southern Highlands provinces following significantly increased levels of tribal fighting and the declaration of states of emergency by the Papua New Guinea government.Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:16:00 +0200gov-uk-da8293af9fd18905b57ff8ac211107d1gov-uken-6.72367 146.990906NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackPapua New Guinea governmentUK governmentCommonwealth Office20180911121600https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-peoples-republic-korea/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-4-0JAPAN. As of 5 September, 11 people in four prefectures in Kansai (Osaka, Shiga, Aichi, Mie) are known to have died and approximately 470 people in 28 prefectures were injured after Typhoon Jebi struck Japan on 4 September. Over 1,700 houses/buildings are confirmed to have been partially or entirely....Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:59:00 +0200reliefWeb-308d89fe693676f5558d0b327d014b6ereliefWeben37.5424 126.935NaturalDisasters20180910125900https://peru.com/noticias-de-islas-salomon-87358El USGS situó el hipocentro a 53 kilómetros de profundidad bajo el lecho marino, a 128 kilómetros al suroeste de Chirovanga, y a 523 al sudeste de Honiara. Un nuevo terremoto de 6,9 grados de magnitud se ha producido en las Islas Salomón, un día después de otro sismo de 7,7 grados Richter, informó....Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:03:00 +0200peru-d9503db18bc71d2cea6bd5d435a800e6perues-9.62239171888818 160.15841165124Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsNaturalDisastersJhon F. KennedyAnillo de FuegoSegunda Guerra Mundial20180909230300https://www.marketscreener.com/OIL-SEARCH-LIMITED-6491451/news/Oil-Search-a-finalist-in-global-energy-awards-27383255/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20181008Oil Search a finalist in global energy awards. Media release 8 October 2018. Oil Search has been selected as a finalist in the annual S&P Platts Global Energy Awards in the category of Corporate Social Responsibility. The announcement recognises of our efforts following the February earthquake that....Mon, 08 Oct 2018 02:30:00 +02004-traders-2702ec8f58ce0445c75abc714663a1b64-tradersen-6.313798 144.160095NaturalDisastersUNbodies20181008023000http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/322828Some volcanic eruptions, including the most recent large Taupo eruption in New Zealand, may be lying about their age, according to new University of Canterbury research. A study by researchers from the University of Canterbury (UC) and a UC graduate lecturing in geoscience at the University of....Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:14:00 +0200voxy-bd799c357a8212bd0996479504a2d6a7voxyen-35.3499 149.042JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersNuclearEnvironmentJRCNuclearSecurityUniversity of MelbourneCENature CommunicationsBen Kennedy20181008061400https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12139046&ref=rssThe current preferred method for eruption dating, dubbed "wiggle match dating", related sequences of dates from tree rings to a record of natural variation in the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere through time. While this could be used to pinpoint when an eruption killed the tree, it still....Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:55:00 +0200nzherald-666ac6e8a4f107868353311a52b99169nzheralden-4.196161 152.172962JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersNuclearEnvironmentJRCNuclearSecurityBen Kennedy20181008065500https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2018/10/08/mil-osi-new-zealand-volcanic-lies-have-prehistoric-eruptions-being-lying-about-their-age/08 October 2018. Some volcanic eruptions, including the most recent large Taupo eruption in New Zealand, may be lying about their age, according to new University of Canterbury research. Beneath Lake Taupo lurks a massive volcano whose most recent eruption was later than we thought, according to new research.Mon, 08 Oct 2018 07:15:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz-9a64da7f6b77068bce002a19d1e57edaforeignaffairs-nzen-35.3499 149.042JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersNuclearEnvironmentJRCNuclearSecurityUniversity of MelbourneCENature Communications20181008071500https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/science/new-research-rewrites-what-we-know-of-big-volcanic-eruptions/Scientists have re-written the histories of New Zealand eruptions - including the largest in 20,000 years - with new research that also opens up the possibility of predicting big blows decades before they happen. The new study found that carbon dioxide belched from deep below volcanoes could be....Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:18:00 +0200newstalkzb-a5fa7a7dde44c5133727f267ab4becf8newstalkzben41.8955 12.4906NaturalDisastersNuclearEnvironmentJRCSafeguardsJRCNuclearSecurityUniversity of MelbourneBen Kennedy20181008101800