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When the water invariably spills from the blue....Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:41:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-af7dc17ae7670c6340bdd29d28cfb911newsnow-co-uken33.718151 73.060547NuclearDecommissioningClimateChangeTerroristAttackEnvironmentNaturalDisastersEcologyCamilo MoraMalik AminNick ObradovichNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationMassachusetts InstituteEnvironmental Protection Agency20190912134100https://znsbahamas.com/2019/09/11/bacardi-pledges-1-million-to-hurricane-dorian-relief-in-the-bahamas/Bacardi will collaborate with non-profit partners and the Bahamian government to ensure that this cash donation provides immediate and long-term assistance to local relief agencies in their efforts to support the islands and communities that need it most.Wed, 11 Sep 2019 22:09:00 +0200znsbahamas-e22dee3256df79217c3a36e2f5e02719znsbahamasen37.176689 -113.2855NaturalDisastersHurricane MariaBacardi Limited20190911220900https://interestingengineering.com/7-inventions-from-mexico-that-would-go-on-to-change-the-world?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=article&utm_content=09092019If you were going to go on a talk about Latin America’s startup ecosystem, one of the first countries that you bring up would be Mexico. Why? As the second-largest country in Latin America, Mexico has consistently led Latin America in innovation. It’s rich elongated history and constantly evolving....Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:44:00 +0200interestingengineering-bc2b98e3ed7c180a76d62461b1e51061interestingengineeringen19.42705 -99.127571NaturalDisastersManuel GonzálezLuis MiramontesGuillermo GonzálezAdvanced Technology20190909124400https://stluciastar.com/st-lucia-us-combine-against-anonymous-online-efforts-to-discourage-public-acceptance-of-free-usns-medical-services/At a press conference last week, aimed at countering widespread propaganda against the scheduled arrival of US Navy Ship Comfort, Dr Merlene Fredericks-James, Saint Lucia’s Chief Medical Officer, sought to reassure potential recipients of the floating hospital’s services. The USNS Comfort is expected to be in Saint Lucia from September 25 to 30.Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:14:00 +0200stluciastar-dc3299d78f5ccbfccb11d7e2bc7bb133stluciastaren13.8940560073926 -60.9652955270048NaturalDisastersPublic Affairs OfficerUS EmbassyUS NavyOwen KingEuropean UnionMerlene Fredericks20190907181400https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/ssoa-spf090519.phpThe eastern Pacific Ocean margin stretching from Mexico to southern Chile offers seismologists a "natural laboratory" in which to study and test ideas about the processes of subduction zones, which are associated with some of the world's largest recorded earthquakes in the region, as well as phenomena such as volcanism and tsunami generation.Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:51:00 +0200eurekalert-6481f5b5aa4ab0c8f0ed6e6f31e9de12eurekalerten28.48287 -106.743896NaturalDisastersMauricio FuentesUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversity of Arizona20190905215100https://yubanet.com/california/ca-sends-urban-search-rescue-task-forces-allied-personnel-to-assist-in-response-to-hurricane-dorian/Sept. 3, 2019 – At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Governor Gavin Newsom, through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), has approved the deployment of five Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Forces and two California-based US&R Water Rescue....Wed, 04 Sep 2019 05:10:00 +0200yubanet-155f22104b9d477d99df27679f5093b1yubaneten35.359444 -79.11NaturalDisastersGavin NewsomFederal Emergency Management AgencyFire DepartmentHurricane MariaRescue DepartmentHurricane MichaelWorld Trade CenterEmergencyPentagonHurricanes IkeDiego Fire-Rescue DepartmentHurricanes KatrinaHurricane SandyTask ForcesHurricane FlorenceHurricane IreneFire AuthorityAngeles CountyCounty FireHurricane Harvey20190904051000https://www.chron.com/houston/article/Double-Trouble-Underwater-earthquake-reported-as-14410968.phpAuthorities preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Fernand in northeastern Mexico reported that an that an underwater earthquake hit in the Gulf of Mexico about 65 miles southeast of the border city of Matamoros. Tropical Storm Fernand is already producing rain on both sides of the border but....Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:52:00 +0200chron-09cc05270d8f32d5265835fcc76e0b5dchronen18.596439 -90.64016NaturalDisastersCivil ProtectionHurricane CenterNational Hurricane CenterHouston ChroniclePadre Island20190903225200https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2019/09/02/got-damage-claiming-a-casualty-loss-after-a-hurricane-is-trickier-after-tax-reform/figure class="fbs-accordion> A beach home on the west end of Dauphin Island, Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico is left pieces in the wake of Hurricane Katrina Thursday, September 1, 2005. Photographer: Kari Goodnough/Bloomberg News BLOOMBERG NEWS. Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas over the weekend.Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:22:00 +0200forbes-ab2f3c4b5949160126af657452e2491eforbesen32.7934296645992 -86.8266953281178NaturalDisastersTAXUDFederal Emergency Management AgencyHurricane CenterBloomberg NewsBLOOMBERG NEWSNational Flood Insurance ProgramAGINational Hurricane CenterEmergencyHurricane KatrinaJobs Act20190902152200https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/40981294/national-exercise-program-fast-factsTOPOFF 3: April 4-8, 2005 - Takes place in Connecticut and New Jersey. Approximately 10,000 participants from 27 federal agencies, state, county, and local officials and more than 150 private sector and non-government organizations take part. In total, over 275 government and private organizations participate.Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:39:00 +0200wrcbtv-a2f960ef9695327d8c15dc17a1b21fbewrcbtven49.1919 -2.10711NuclearDecommissioningTerroristAttackNaturalDisastersEmergencyUS governmentmember states20190829223900http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2019-08/29/content_75151018.htmSEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged Japan Thursday to be honest with its wartime history and its export curbs against South Korea, which Moon called an economic retaliation for the historical issues. "Japan must be honest. Japan has yet to even state an honest reason for its economic retaliation.Thu, 29 Aug 2019 08:22:00 +0200china.org.cn-96f57ce36351b8731edaf22274751df5china.org.cnen35.2086 110.727NaturalDisastersMoon JaeFederal PoliceInternational StudiesJapanese governmentMeteorological AgencyMoon Jae-in20190829082200https://agenparl.eu/this-week-at-interior-august-23-2019/(AGENPARL) – Washington (DC), ven 23 agosto 2019. This Week at Interior. Secretary Bernhardt was in Tuvalu leading the U-S delegation to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Session…that delegation made up of officials from the White House, State Department, Defense Department, the U-S Coast Guard and more.Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:47:00 +0200agenparl-4ca20930cf0426878dac564e061f79a8agenparlen-7.4723954693164 178.679547603336NaturalDisastersLand ManagementPacific Islands ForumDefense DepartmentFish and Wildlife ServiceU-S Coast GuardState DepartmentNational WildlifeFacebookMike PenceNational Park ServiceMexico-Canada Agreement20190823194700https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/int-seth_borenstein/Seth Borenstein. For Seth Borenstein's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below: Aug 21, 2019 Greenland is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. New York University air and ocean scientist David Holland, who is tracking what is....Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:20:00 +0200japantimes-6e9bc5ddcf571eda9cf974330fee378ejapantimesen64.1812 -51.73ClimateActionClimateChangeEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNASAScott KellyNew York UniversityJapan TimesThe Japan TimesDavid HollandTom CruiseYork UniversitySeth Borenstein20190821072000https://www.dw.com/en/natural-disasters-cause-record-costs-for-insurers-in-2017/a-42024895Munich Re estimates that a total of 710 natural catastrophes in 2017 — including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria , as well as a severe earthquake in Mexico in September, floodings in Asia — caused the loss of about 10,000 lives. Although individual events could not be linked directly to climate....Mon, 19 Aug 2019 02:09:00 +0200deutschewelle-en-9f9d74149dc18480647271cac1c7f87bdeutschewelle-enen19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776ManMadeDisastersClimateChangeNaturalDisastersTorsten JeworrekMunich ReErnst Rauch20190819020900https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7361655/Californias-July-earthquake-caused-vertigo-motion-sickness-people.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490California's magnitude 7.1 earthquake in July swayed a Los Angeles skyscraper more than a foot in each direction and caused VERTIGO and motion sickness in some people Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Ridgecrest, California, on July 5, sending shockwaves as far as Los Angeles 125 miles away Seismic....Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:53:00 +0200dailymail-3e4035b555cd2d3c7ef269af0ecfbee6dailymailen34.0222 -118.244NaturalDisastersIndependence DayCalifornia Institute20190815225300https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/japanese-urged-not-to-see-rare-fish-as-omen-of-earthquakes/ar-AAFOsJj“It was disappointing to find no correlation, but we also want to investigate any connection between mass beachings of dolphins and whales with earthquakes in the future,” Orihara told Kyodo. The oarfish theory’s roots lie in Shokoku Rijin Dana , a collection of mystery stories published in the 18th....Thu, 15 Aug 2019 05:54:00 +0200msn-uk-0a9b47855563028c21a32580fbaa2ff3msn-uken19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776NaturalDisastersThe Guardian20190815055400https://www.animalpolitico.com/2019/09/sentencia-feminicidas-lupita-calcetitas-rojas-edomex/La pareja que en 2017 asesinó en el Estado de México a Lupita, la niña de 4 años cuyo caso fue conocido como Calcetitas Rojas, fue sentenciada a 88 años de prisión por el delito de feminicidio. Los sentenciados son Yadira Medina Pichardo y Pablo Rodríguez Escamilla, madre y padrastro de la menor, respectivamente.Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:03:00 +0200animalpolitico-4b36e5a64708b28f972b5b85627186bbanimalpoliticoes19.42705 -99.127571Sentence 88 years of prison for feminicidas Lupita, the girl murdered in the Edomex in 2017Sentence 88 years of prison for feminicidas Lupita, the girl murdered in the Edomex in 2017NaturalDisastersGetty ImagesBBCLuz MaríaPablo RodríguezCentro PenitenciarioItaru Sasaki20190905180300https://www.elfinancierocr.com/economia-y-politica/mexico-endurecio-reglas-de-construccion-en-1985-pero-no-todos-cumplieron/HKW6EFTOTJB5HGVPZCK54F4YAQ/story/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=feature-most-read&utm_campaign=meteredUn terremoto de 7,1 grados dejó al más de 100 muertos en México, según los primeros reportes de autoridades locales, mientras continúan los rescates en numerosos edificios colapsados, la mayoría en la capital que este martes conmemoró 32 años del terremoto de 1985. México.Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:53:00 +0200elfinancierocr-6f7cf1ddee0c649d31c89c9475344359elfinancierocres19.42705 -99.127571Mexico tightened rules for construction in 1985, but not all metMexico tightened rules for construction in 1985, but not all metNaturalDisastersJonathan UragaMiguel Angel ManceraChristian LedezmaArturo RamírezPaulina GonzálezSergio LópezUniversidad de SantiagoAngel ManceraEnrique Rebsamen20190828235300https://es.noticias.yahoo.com/per%C3%BA-comenzar%C3%A1-instalar-2020-sistema-alerta-temprana-terremotos-012621946.htmlEl sistema de alerta temprana fue anunciado por el Gobierno tras el terremoto ocurrido en México el 7 de septiembre de 2017, pero hasta ahora todavía no se ha puesto en marcha porque el IGP evaluó antes con detalle los sitios más efectivos para instalar los sensores. EFE Lima, 21 ago (EFE).Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:22:00 +0200es-noticias-bbe905f4e1d02bdbd65f053b123ffecfes-noticiases19.42705 -99.127571Peru start to install in 2020 its early warning system of earthquakesPeru start to install in 2020 its early warning system of earthquakesNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAidHernando Tavera20190822102200https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-change-timeline-st-louis-san-francisco-houstonor dismissed by sitting U.S. senators in a Twitter joke . Nor is it a fantastical scenario like The Day After Tomorrow or 2012 that starts with a single crack in the Arctic ice shelf or earthquake tearing through Los Angeles and results, a few weeks or years later, in the end of life on Earth as we know it.Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:26:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-7086b835eef29baabc8ef65bd491c3dfnewsnow-co-uken34.0222 -118.244NaturalDisastersEnvironmentClimateChangeTeen VogueKatharine HayhoeHurricane Harvey20190917132600