Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Natural Disasters
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Tantrums of the "Christ Child"
A weather event which Peruvians once regarded as a boon is now recognised as causing terrible global disasters
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Readymade bridges
A modular bridge kit made of railroad flatcar decks
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MONEYMAKERS
BIOTECH: Yet another drug company in the US has linked its lot with a biotech firm in a bid to expand its product line. Schering Plough Corp has forged a deal with COR Therapeutics Inc,
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Toxic lakes
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally come up with a full-fledged plan to combat pollution at the Great Lakes on the US-Canadian border. The basin-of the 5 lakes,
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Heated protests over nuclear waste
Global resentment brews as Japan plans to ferry a new consignment of radioactive waste across maritime boundaries, flattening the latest perceptions and innovations of safety
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Temblor trauma
Japan's most ferocious earthquake in 50 years flattened the latest perceptions and innovations of safety
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Weathering El Nino
A warm Pacific current that is the cause of much human misery appears to be brewing again
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A scandal in the storm
All disasters, natural or human-made, have one thing in common; their capacity to maim, cause unmentionable misery, and loss of property and lives. But there is a twist in the tale. The World
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The day the sea raged in
Bangladesh"s early warning system had already warned those vulnerable on the coastline and helped limit the usually terrible human toll to a minimum
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The importance of good neighbourliness
NATURAL disasters may be proposed by God, but they are disposed by man. Though it may not be possible to prevent such disasters, their devastation potential can be contained, depending on the state