Disasters

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Action Plans to protect your business from natural disasters, utility outages, resource failures, and inaccessibility.

THE government’s chief scientific adviser has warned that climate change could destabilise populations across Europe, potentially triggering a wave of migrants heading for cooler regions such as the British Isles and Scandinavia.

Residents of the Gulf Coast may have weathered this year’s hurricane season so far with below average activity, but they may be in for a wet and stormy winter thanks to El Nino.

The full extent of the west's responsibility for Chinese emissions of greenhouse gases has been revealed by a new study. The report shows that half of the recent rise in China's carbon dioxide pollution is caused by the manufacturing of goods for other[...]

Britain's leading employers' organisation warned Gordon Brown yesterday that unemployment would crash through three million, just ahead of the likeliest date for the next general election.

The most senior figure in nuclear safety has defended the regulation of an atomic power station barely 50 miles from the centre of London that leaked radioactive material for 14 years. Mike Weightman, chief inspector at the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate,[...]

Pripyat Ukraine city - Chernobyl disaster home views

nvestment Bank Lehman Brothers, the 158 year old, fourth largest investment banker in the US declared bankruptcy after concerted efforts for a bailout failed. With total assets of $640 billion, this would be termed as the largest ever bankruptcy filing[...]

29 July 2008 (IRIN) - A sense of urgency after several natural disasters has propelled Asia-Pacific nations into drawing up "concrete, practical" plans for cooperation in disaster management, a senior regional official has said.