British Red Cross-Haiti Earthquake Appeal Update

10 March 2010

Summary It is one month since an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January 2010. The earthquake, which has left the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby towns of Carrefour, Jacmel, Leogane and Petit-Goave in ruins, is the worst to strike the country in 200 years. The Haitian government estimates that more than 230,000 people have been killed and one million are in urgent need of shelter, sanitation, clean water, food and medical care. Haiti is also now bracing itself for another potentially catastrophic problem – the country’s looming rainy season, which threatens to bring further misery to the island.

ECDC Forward look risk assessment for the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) and future influenza season

09 March 2010

Exercise Tangaroa. New Zealands Tsunami test

08 March 2010

On 20th October 2010, New Zealand’s ability to respond to a tsunami event will be tested in ‘Exercise Tangaroa’.

Hailstorm brings chaos to Melbourne

08 March 2010

A hailstorm has struck the Australian city of Melbourne, causing widespread damage and traffic disruption. Emergency crews are mopping up after the downpour but forecasters have warned of more rain to come.

Terrorism’s new target: the enterprise

04 March 2010

Jihadist terror organizations have set economic terrorism as their target, intending to harm and paralyze Western economies, the United Sates in particular, claims Prof. Gabriel Weimann, expert researcher of terrorism over the Internet at the University of Haifa.

EPS (NI) Chair radio interview.

04 March 2010

EPS Branch (NI) Chair Gerry Killen participated in a radio interview yesterday. To hear Gerry's interview please click the link below. Gerrys interview is 50 mins into the radio show.

An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica

04 March 2010

SINGAPORE - An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns.

Two million people have been affected by the massive earthquake that struck central Chile on Saturday

01 March 2010

FEMA and European disaster management agencies meet to discuss large scale disaster preparedness

01 March 2010

Environment agency issues flood warnings

26 February 2010