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Natural disasters make 2011 costliest year

Natural disasters cost the global economy 380 billion dollars last year, making it the costliest year ever recorded. One of the world’s biggest reinsurance companies, Munich Re, has collected data on the cost of natural disasters si [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Natural Disasters Contingency Planning

We have recurring natural disasters, seasonal in their patterns, just like the floods in the monsoon season. That's when things could go wrong with damages to structures, property, and even loss of life. With natural [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Natural Disasters Contingency Planning

We have recurring natural disasters, seasonal in their patterns, just like the floods in the monsoon season. That's when things could wrong with damages to structures, property, and even loss of life. With natural disasters i [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Natural Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes And Ore

The process, called creep cavitation, involves fluid being pumped through pores in deformed rock in mid-crustal sheer zones, which are approximately 15 km below the Earth's surface. The fluid transfer through the middle crust also plays a [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

No natural disaster can divert Cuba from its course

NO nation in the world that can stand up to nature when it is unleashed in all its fury. That is what happened in Cuba, and almost the entire country suffered the worst devastation in the island’s hurricane history. Three meteorologic [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Syria prepares for a 'natural disaster'

The announcement came as Israel staged a missile attack drill that was to wind down on Thursday. A cabinet meeting chaired by Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri examined "measures to be taken by the civil defense in the coming d [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

India tops $27 bn global natural disaster claims

Insurance companies across the globe settled claims for $27.6 billion on natural disasters in 2007, even as 40 per cent of the property losses were insured with India figuring among the worst hit countries, says a report. “Individua [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

How Natural Disasters Work.

Volcanic Mountains are the results of Volcanic eruptions, as the magma (that is produced with in the upper parts of earths mantle) shoots out of a vent and cools it builds on itself and forms hills or mountains. Magma that breaks th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Natural disaster wouldn't hike tax

Glynn County homeowners wouldn't see their property taxes increase dramatically just because their house was destroyed by a natural disaster or crime under a measure backed by the county's legislative delegation. House Bill 1282, sponsored [...]