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Phillipines: Public Health Notice
Friday, June 27th, 2008
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Manila Bulletin Online
The Department of Health (DoH) yesterday announced a temporary ban on harvesting and eating fish and mussels from the waters of San Fernando, Romblon, as health and toxicology experts await test results to confirm whether the pesticide carried by the capsized MV Princess of the Stars has leaked and caused water contamination.
More here: (UPDATE) Toxic scare stops search for more bodies
Typhoon: Philippines rescuers may bore hole in ferry
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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TheStar.com | World | Philippines rescuers may bore hole in ferry
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deadly typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday.
A group of 28 ferry passengers and crew washed ashore after drifting at sea for more than a day from the site where their ship was capsized and left most of the hundreds aboard missing and presumed dead, officials said
MOre here: 118 confirmed dead in typhoon
and even more here:28 survivors of ferry sinking named
more tragedy:Owner: Over 860 on board as Philippine ferry capsized
Typhoon “Frank”: Natural disaster in the Phillipines
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
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ABS-CBN News Online (Beta)
PAGASA: ‘Frank’ now likely to hit Metro Manila early Sunday morning
abs-cbnNEWS.com - 6/21/2008 11:51:09 PMMetro Manila and neighboring provinces are now under public storm warning Signal Number 3 as typhoon Frank (international codename Fengshen) agaisn changed course and is now barreling its way towards southern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) said Saturday evening. In an emergency press conference at the National Disaster Coordinating Council at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, PAGASA said the typhoon shifted its course and is now moving in a more northerly direction.
Refugee numbers at highest level in history: UN
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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Refugee numbers at highest level in history: UN - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are more displaced people in the world than at any time in history, with Afghanistan and Iraq the leading countries of origin.Launching its report in London, the UN agency said 67 million people have been forced out of their homes by conflict, persecution and natural disasters.
62 people dead or missing in China rains
Monday, June 16th, 2008
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Heavy rains that hit southern and eastern China have left at least 62 people dead or missing, while over one million residents have been evacuated, the government and state media said yesterday.
朝日新聞社：Powerful earthquake hits Iwate Prefecture in Japan
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
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asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Powerful earthquake hits Iwate PrefectureA - English temblor with a magnitude of 7.2 hit southern Iwate Prefecture at around 8:43 a.m. Saturday, leaving at least five people confirmed dead, 14 missing and more than 150 others injured as of 9 p.m. The earthquake was focused about 10 kilometers underground, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. It registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, and in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture. It was also felt in Tokyo, where it registered a 3 on the intensity scale. |
Samoa storm creates blackout
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
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Samoalive News - The Latest Samoa News Headlines - EPC Emergency Crew Working Around the Clock
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Sunday, 08 June 2008
The freak thunderstorm early Saturday morning in Samoa created alot of damage to the power systems around the country. The thunderstorm damaged some expensive transformers around Apia. Alot of traffic lights along beach road were also damaged.
Kiribati: Banabans Face Looming Water Crisis
Friday, June 6th, 2008
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Pacific Magazine: Banabans Face Looming Water Crisis
Banaba Islanders are facing a looming fresh water crisis brought on by an extended drought.
Mudflow a ‘gross rights violation’
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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Mudflow a ‘gross rights violation’ | The Jakarta Post
The unabated mudflow in the East Java regency of Sidoarjo is a gross human rights violation committed by the state, a commission has concluded.The National Commission on Human Rights said the state continued to neglect the rights of 12,000 families made landless and homeless, their children unable to continue their education, since the disaster began on May 29, 2006.
“We have concluded, after a long investigation, that serious human rights violations have occurred against thousands of people for the last two years in the Lapindo mudflow,” Kabul Supriadi, who headed the commission’s investigation team for the mudflow, said Wednesday during a media conference held to mark the two-year anniversary of the disaster.
‘Barrier lake’ in China threatens up to 1.2 million in earthquake zone - Los Angeles Times
Monday, May 26th, 2008
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Barrier lake’ in China threatens up to 1.2 million in earthquake zone - Los Angeles Times
‘Barrier lake’ in China threatens up to 1.2 million in earthquake zone
‘MIANYANG, CHINA — The Chinese government warned today that as many 1.2 million residents may have to be evacuated because they could be inundated by a swelling “barrier lake” formed by the May 12 earthquake.
The notice was issued hours after a Russian helicopter transported heavy machines over mountains in the northern part of Sichuan province, and hundreds of Chinese soldiers carried in 10 tons of dynamite, to contend with the barrier lake at Tangjiashan, about 2 miles upstream from the town of Beichuan.
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