Disasters Follow

Britain's leading employers' organisation warned Gordon Brown yesterday that unemployment would crash through three million, just ahead of the likeliest date for the next general election.

The most senior figure in nuclear safety has defended the regulation of an atomic power station barely 50 miles from the centre of London that leaked radioactive material for 14 years. Mike Weightman, chief inspector at the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate,[...]

Pripyat Ukraine city - Chernobyl disaster home views

nvestment Bank Lehman Brothers, the 158 year old, fourth largest investment banker in the US declared bankruptcy after concerted efforts for a bailout failed. With total assets of $640 billion, this would be termed as the largest ever bankruptcy filing[...]

29 July 2008 (IRIN) - A sense of urgency after several natural disasters has propelled Asia-Pacific nations into drawing up "concrete, practical" plans for cooperation in disaster management, a senior regional official has said.

The following lists are not all-inclusive. Only disasters involving great loss of life and/or property, historical interest, or unusual circumstances are listed. For additional information and later disasters, see 2008 Disasters, and Current Events: 2008.[...]

Battling California's Wildfires

In these deeply troubling economic times, can religion serve as a bulwark against financial and economic angst, worry and negativity?

Several South Florida-based groups are seeking donations to purchase food and building supplies to help victims of Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Hanna and Tropical Storm Fay in Haiti, which has killed more than 200 people during the[...]

Landslides and rising waters in southeastern provincial reservoirs kept more than half a million people evacuated in Cuba Wednesday, nearly three days after Category 3 Hurricane Ike slammed into the island, leaving what officials say could be up to $4[...]