Τρίτη 13 Οκτωβρίου 2020

 


EX-20201013-71581-IND - Explosion - India - Asia
Three people died and seven more sustained injuries in an explosion apparently caused by a gas cylinder at a building in the Aligarh's Delhi Gate area on Tuesday, police said. While two people died on the spot, one person succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment, they added. The injured are admitted to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital and Malkhan Singh District Hospital, the police said. As per preliminary investigations, it appears that a gas cylinder exploded in the building, they...
RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information
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VI-20201013-71580-CHN - Vehicle Accident - China - Asia
Six crew members went missing Tuesday evening after a sand carrier, affected by typhoon Nangka, capsized in waters in south China, maritime authorities said. The boat, with ten people aboard, capsized at around 8 p.m. at a location of 20.316 degrees north latitude and 110.566 degrees east longitude, while heading for the city of Guangzhou, said the Sansha Maritime Rescue Center in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province. Four of the crew members boarded a lifeboat, and six others went missing,...
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SPS-20201013-71579-MEX - Serious public security incident - Mexico - North-America
Three police officers were wounded during a gun battle Monday in Calera, Zacatecas, in which 14 armed civilians were killed, state Security Minister Arturo Lopez Baltazar said. Police were carrying out tactical operations in the municipality located 29 kilometers from the state capital when they were attacked by gunmen. Of the three officers injured, two had shrapnel wounds and one suffered a gunshot wound. All were reported to be in stable condition. Authorities seized three of the assailants' vehicles,...
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EP-20201013-71578-GUF - Epidemic - French Guiana - South-America
On 30 September 2020, the French Guiana Regional Health Agency (ARS) reported the first detection of Oropouche virus (OROV) in French Guiana. On 22 September 2020 the Pasteur Institute in Cayenne (a member of the French National Reference Laboratory for arboviruses) notified the France IHR National Focal Point of seven laboratory-confirmed cases of Oropouche virus infection in the village of Saul. These cases were identified following clinical investigations of an unusually high number of dengue-like...
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UEV-20201013-71577-RUS - Non-categorized event - Russia - Asia
New mass deaths of marine animals have been discovered off the coast of Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka peninsula where an unexplained event recently killed off up to 95% of seabed life, authorities said Monday. Scientists and witnesses reported seeing dead marine animals along the seabed south of the initial discovery last week, Kamchatka region governor Vladimir Solodov said on Instagram. Neighboring beaches, he said, were not affected. "The evidence shows that the scale of the occurrence is extremely...
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CID-20201013-71575-CHN - Critical Infrastructure Disruption - China - Asia
The southern Chinese province of Hainan has suspended a number of ferry and train services and canceled some flights as the 16th typhoon of the year barrels toward land. The Hainan provincial government issued the second-highest emergency alert for typhoon Nangka at 10 a.m. Tuesday as it was expected to make landfall in the coastal region between Wenchang and Lingshui in Hainan Tuesday evening. Ferry operations across the Qiongzhou Strait between Hainan and Guangdong Province were halted from 3 a.m....
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AC-20201013-71574-AUS - Technological Disaster - Australia - Australia - New-Zealand
A person has died and at least one other person has been taken to hospital after a building partially collapsed at Perth's Curtin University. A glass ceiling is understood to have collapsed in a building under construction at the university's Bentley campus. Police, ambulance and fire rescuers are in attendance. Students have been sent a text alert advising "There has been an accident on the construction site of Building 418" and to avoid the area. The condition of the injured person is not yet known.
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FR-20201013-71573-CAN - Fire - Canada - North-America
Firefighters from three cities are battling a four-alarm fire burning at a commercial, plastic recycling depot in New Westminster's Queensborough area. NEWS 1130 listeners began reporting flames several stories high and thick plumes of acrid black smoke near the Annacis Island Swing Bridge around 7:30 p.m. Monday. New Westminster Fire and Rescue's Assistant Deputy Chief Curtis Bremner is urging people to close their doors and windows and stay away from the area of Derwent Way and Salter Street. "It's...
RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information
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Mathematical tools predict if wave-energy devices stay afloat in the ocean
Ocean waves represent an abundant source of renewable energy. But to best use this natural resource, wave-energy converters need to be capable of physically handling ocean waves of different strengths without capsizing.
Natural Disasters News -- ScienceDaily
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Magnitude comparison distinguishes small earthquakes from chemical explosions in US west
By comparing two magnitude measurements for seismic events recorded locally, researchers can tell whether the event was a small earthquake or a single-fire buried chemical explosion.
Natural Disasters News -- ScienceDaily
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Without the North American monsoon, reining in wildfires gets harder
New research shows that while winter rains can temper the beginning of the wildfire season, monsoon rains are what shut them down. This monsoon season was the second-driest on record, leaving Southern Arizona dry and vulnerable.
Natural Disasters News -- ScienceDaily
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Act now on wildfires, global climate change, human health, study says
Immediate actions are needed to limit the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change that helps fuel wildfires, a new study says.
Natural Disasters News -- ScienceDaily
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Journalistic approach of hydro-geomorphological events in the beginning of the industrial press
Publication date: Available online 12 October 2020Source: International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionAuthor(s): M.N. Antunes, S.S. Pereira, J.L. Zêzere, A.E. Oliveira
ScienceDirect Publication: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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Disaster information acquisition by residents of China's earthquake-stricken areas
Publication date: Available online 12 October 2020Source: International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionAuthor(s): Linmei Zhuang, Jia He, Zhuolin Yong, Xin Deng, Dingde Xu
ScienceDirect Publication: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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The Institutionalization of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies in Indonesia
Publication date: Available online 12 October 2020Source: International Journal of Disaster Risk ReductionAuthor(s): Arnie C. Trinidad, Elizabeth Protacio-De Castro
ScienceDirect Publication: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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Designing COVID-19 Contact Tracing
We are sharing a program design framework we developed for a contact tracing project. It was kindly authorized to be shared as Creative Commons in the hope that others could make use of it. COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program Design FrameworkDownload
InSTEDD - Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters
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