2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Tsunami
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Semblance of relief
They choose the deep blue sea over the devil (of starvation, in this case), literally. Driven by extreme desperation due to loss of livelihood, tsunami-hit fisherfolk in Indonesia's Banda Aceh area
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Block aid
The uncertainty clouding the fates of thousands of tsunami victims in areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (ltte) deepened with a July 15, 2005, order of Sri Lanka's Supreme
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Tsunami unravelled
New studies provide crucial lessons for predicting quakes
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Build back stronger
un agencies said on May 23, 2005 that even with the help of international aid, it will take at least five to 10 years for countries hit by the December 2004 tsunami to recover fully. "Usually it's
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After 150 years
Sethusamudram project given a go ahead, disregarding all apprehensions
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Online
www.fiftycrows.org worth a caw In the aftermath of the recent tsunami, the media sprung into action: we were deluged with images of the tragedy. The fourth estate had once again displayed
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Green light?
The public domain has no idea why a controversial project got the go ahead
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In the name of tsunami
The battle of us shrimpers against Indian and Thai imports is not yet over. On April 25, 2005, the us International Trade Commission (itc) voted for reviewing its decision to impose
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The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004
<p>Differences in the structure of the ocean floor off the coast of Sumatra could explain why the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake created a much larger tsunami than a similar magnitude quake the following year, according to a study.</p>
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Et tu nature?
The tsunami killed many more women than men, leaving a severe gender imbalance in affected areas, says fresh research by international non-governmental organisation (ngo) Oxfam. Australia-based