Natural Disasters
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Assessing the Global Impact: Floods and Infectious Diseases Over Three Decades
Newswise — Natural flood disasters affect more people than any other environmental hazard and hinder sustainable development. These events have…
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Enormous storm Lee lashes New England and Canada with wind, heavy rain, pounding surf
Activity at the Scituate Boat Ramp prior to Hurricane Lee. Stuart Cahill | Getty Images No longer bearing the title…
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Poor infrastructure and rising sea levels exacerbated flooding in Libya, says expert
Thousands of people are dead and at least 10,000 missing after devastating flooding in Libya. The Mediterranean storm brought heavy…
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Morocco earthquake: Assessing donations, health impact and other post-disaster issues
Morocco earthquake: Assessing donations, health impact and other post-disaster issues
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Emergency Preparedness Expert Available to Discuss Morocco Earthquake Disaster
ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 12, 2023) — The death toll from a devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday…
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Libya storm death toll expected to swell as sea washes bodies ashore
A man stands next to a damaged car, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya, in Derna, Libya…
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GW Search & Rescue Expert Available to Discuss Devastating Earthquake in Morocco
“Rescuers have begun to reach some remote mountain villages in Morocco that were hardest hit by the strongest earthquake in…
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Morocco quake survivors struggle in shelters, with some villages yet to receive help
A woman sits amongst the rubble of her village that was almost completely destroyed by Friday’s earthquake, on September 11,…
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