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Quake, tsunami alert hits Chile as Pinera sworn in as nation's president

LBdailystar Friday, March 12, 2010 9:34:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) ravaged[1]; Bank[1]; earthquake[1]; bank[1]; tsunami[4];

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Entities: Sebastián Piñera[1]; Michelle Bachelet[1]; Augusto Pinochet[1];

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Sebastián Piñera told: “In some way, we are all survivors of this tragedy,”

SANTIAGO: Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rattled nerves in Chile Thursday, as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new leader of the quake-hit nation. "We're going to rebuild Chile together, stone by stone, brick by brick," Pinera pledged in his first speech as president only hours after his inauguration and a 6....

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Moderate quake striles in Japan

australianetworknews Friday, March 12, 2010 9:28:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) earthquake[1]; tsunami[1];

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Last Updated: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:25:00 +1100 A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake has struck off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no immediate tsunami alert. The US Geological Survey says the tremor hit at an epicentre nearly.......

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Clock ticking for an Istanbul earthquake

nature Friday, March 12, 2010 9:03:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) goals[1]; earthquake[10]; Earthquake[1];

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Entities: Tom Parsons[1]; Mustafa Erdik[1];

Other categories: Environment (general);

The magnitude-6.1 earthquake that hit eastern Turkey at 2:32 GMT on 8 March has provoked fresh concerns over whether Istanbul could be the next Turkish site to be hit by a major tremor — and whether it is adequately prepared should a quake strike. According to data from the US Geological Survey, the.......

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13:58 Storm Season for 2010...

prensa-latina-en Friday, March 12, 2010 8:53:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) tropical storms[2];

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Entities: Joe Bastardi[1];

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Joe Bastardi stated: "This will be extreme season this year, more active than that of 2008 and 2009,"

12 de marzo de 2010, 13:58 Washington, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) US experts predicted a 2010 storm season something higher to normal, expecting 15 to 18 tropical storms and five hurricanes to develop in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Mexican Gulf....

More quakes hit Chile as President takes over

Hindu Friday, March 12, 2010 8:49:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) devastated[1]; cause[1]; month's[1]; Tsunami[1]; devastating[1]; tsunami[1];

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Entities: Sebastián Piñera[1]; Don Blakeman[1];

Santiago: A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Friday as a new President was sworn into office. The strongest aftershock, with a magnitude of 6.9, was nearly as strong as the quake that devastated Haiti's capital on January 12. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries....

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UN's Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti

alertnet Friday, March 12, 2010 8:42:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) devastated[1]; month[1]; earthquake[3]; finance[1];

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Entities: Hedi Annabi[1]; John Holmes[1]; René Préval[1]; Eric Beech[1]; Martin Nesirky[1]; Megan Davies[1]; Ban Ki Moon[2]; Jean-Max Bellerive[1]; Edmond Mulet[1];

Other categories: Ban Ki-moon; Security Council; Peace Keeping; Echo;

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Martin Nesirky said: "The Secretary General will also visit a camp for internally displaced persons and engage directly with Haitians still suffering the debilitating consequences of the earthquake,"

* Ban Ki-moon to meet with Haiti's leaders * Will visit camp for displaced earthquake victims By Megan Davies UNITED NATIONS, March 12 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country's leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban's spokesman said....

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Haiti Seeks Normality but Quake Effects Remain

caribseek Friday, March 12, 2010 8:31:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) months[1]; earthquake[2]; cyclones[1]; hurricane[3];

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Entities: Edmond Mulet[1];

PORT AU PRINCE (PL) - Haiti tries to go back to normality gradually two moths after the earthquake that destroyed its capital and other neighbouring cities but several years will pass before everything goes back to the way it was before January 12....

FEMA sells off Hurricane Katrina trailers tainted with formaldehyde

WashingtonPost Friday, March 12, 2010 8:20:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) Hurricane[2]; hurricane[1];

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Entities: David Garratt[1];

In a giant auction, the federal government has agreed to sell for pennies on the dollar most of the 120,000 formaldehyde-tainted trailers it bought nearly five years ago for Hurricane Katrina victims. But the sale of the units, perhaps the most visible symbol of the government's bungled response to.......

What you should do

fijitimes Friday, March 12, 2010 8:12:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) tropical storm[2]; hurricane[2];

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During a hurricane or tropical storm event, if you live inland away from the beach, and away from low-lying areas, and your home is well constructed, stay at home....

Triple threat on land and sea

fijitimes Friday, March 12, 2010 8:12:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) flooding[2]; cause[1]; Hurricane[1]; tropical storms[1]; cyclones[2];

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HURRICANES not only pack high winds, but can also cause torrential rains that lead to flash flooding and abnormally high waves and storm surge....

Battened down once more

fijitimes Friday, March 12, 2010 8:12:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) natural disasters[1]; cyclone[1]; floods[1]; flooded[1];

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Entities: Atunaisa Sokomuri[1];

POLICE officers have been called in to be on standby this weekend following an alert of two tropical depressions heading towards Fiji....

Quake-prone India ill-equipped to respond to Haiti-style disaster

alertnet Friday, March 12, 2010 8:11:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) month[1]; earthquake[8]; zones[1]; devastating[1]; tsunami[1];

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Other categories: EMF Health;

NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - Quake-prone India's lack of preparedness to deal with a Haiti-style earthquake will result in a poor and chaotic response with tens of thousands of casualties, the former U.N. chief responsible for immediate international disaster response said on Friday. Arjun Katoch, former head of the U....

Hurricane season may be “extreme,” AccuWeather says

dominicantoday Friday, March 12, 2010 8:02:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) ravaged[1]; Hurricane[1]; tropical storms[1]; hurricane[5];

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Entities: Joe Bastardi[1];

Santo Domingo.- In its early forecast for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season AccuWeather.com says it will be not only more active than last year, but sees the potential for an "extreme season" with above-normal threats....

Chile's coastal communities face long road to recovery

alertnet Friday, March 12, 2010 7:40:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) months[1]; earthquake[1]; tsunami[8];

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Entities: Sebastián Piñera[1];

DICHATO, Chile (AlertNet) - Eight kilometres inland from the coastal town of Dichato a group of firemen poke the muddy grassland with long poles. They painstakingly scour for the dead, hoping to find the bodies of 26 people from Dichato thought to have been washed up in the deadly waves triggered by the tsunami almost two weeks ago....

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(Map) Chile: Change detection analysis based on COSMO-SkyMed - MultiTemporal Coherence (MTC) (as of 8 Mar 2010)

reliefWeb-latestUpdates Friday, March 12, 2010 7:38:00 PM CET | info

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COSMO-SkyMed MultiTemporal Coherence over Concepcion area. This map shows potential changes that have occurred between the acquisition dates of the COSMO-SkyMed Spotlight-2 images (28.02.2010 - 08.03.2010). Such potential changes have been faced with optical VHR pre-post earthquake images....

Haiti: helping hands for tuberculosis patients and disabled people

reliefWeb-latestUpdates Friday, March 12, 2010 7:38:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) earthquake[4]; month's[1];

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Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Echo;

The earthquake that struck Haiti two months ago has brought new challenges for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. The Red Cross is supporting a tuberculosis sanatorium in LÃ©ogane and a rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities in Port-au-Prince....

'Haitian sensation' relief crew take the lead in quake-hit Delmas

reliefWeb-latestUpdates Friday, March 12, 2010 7:38:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) months[2]; earthquake[2]; Mont[2]; hurricane[1];

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Entities: Notre Dame[1];

Other categories: Echo;

By Alex Wynter in Delmas, Port-au-Prince. Photos by José Manuel Jiménez In the intensely can-do atmosphere of Steve McAndrew's relief cell at IFRC base camp in Port-au-Prince, the team led by 20-year-old Nadia Grossaint has inevitably become known as "the Haitian sensation"....

Weeks after the earthquake, Haiti's 'invisible' elderly grow more desperate

WashingtonPost Friday, March 12, 2010 7:20:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) Montreal[1]; earthquake[6]; floods[1]; mortality[1];

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Entities: Pierre Louis[1];

Other categories: Echo;

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- It was always hard to be old in Haiti, but after the earthquake, to be old and poor feels like a curse, say those who are both....

Snowstorm creates extreme avalanche risk

CBC Friday, March 12, 2010 7:19:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Greg Johnson[1];

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Greg Johnson said: "We've got a serious storm on deck. That's affecting the coastal regions right now. At the storm's end a substantial amount of snow will cover weak layers in the snow. North of Pemberton, a number of weaknesses are buried and they're being overloaded,"

Greg Johnson said: "We have been tracking these weak layers since they formed in late January and in a normal winter they would be history by now," "But with the lack of snow we've had this year, these layers are remaining very active and backcountry users are triggering avalanches fairly regularly. We've had a lot of close calls recently and, although this new snow will be tempting, the avalanche conditions in these areas will be very dangerous,"

Heavy snow and dangerous conditions are creating a high risk of avalanches across southern B.C., the Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning backcountry adventurers....

Hurricane Katrina: Five Years Later; Special Tri-City Build Marks Nearly Five Years of Recovery Efforts by The Fuller Center for Housing

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 7:09:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Hurricanes Katrina[1];

SHREVEPORT, La., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It is also the fifth anniversary of The Fuller Center for Housing, a non-profit that jump-started its afforda......

Currents: Taking Stock in the Testimony of the Crowd

nytimes Friday, March 12, 2010 6:52:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) financiers[1]; village[1]; earthquake[2]; banking[1]; jet[1]; hurricane[1];

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Entities: Osama bin Laden[2];

Other categories: Innovation;

Ushahidi, which has become a hero of the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes, may have something larger to tell us about the future of humanitarianism, innovation and the nature of what we label truth....

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Tropical storm lashes Madagascar, kills at least 14

alertnet Friday, March 12, 2010 6:38:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) cyclone[1]; Tropical storm[1]; tropical storm[2]; Catastrophe[1]; flooded[1];

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Entities: George Obulutsa[1]; Richard Lough[1];

* Kills 14, thousands homeless * Government sends emergency food supplies ANTANANARIVO, March 12 (Reuters) - A violent tropical storm battered Madagascar's eastern coastline killing at least 14 people and leaving thousands more homeless, the government said on Friday....

Chile's earthquake knocks out research labs

scidev Friday, March 12, 2010 6:12:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) flooding[1]; village[1]; earthquake[7]; month's[1]; tsunami[4];

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Entities: Juan Fernández[2];

Other categories: Biotechnology;

The massive earthquake in Chile and the resulting tsunami caused extensive damage to research facilities....

Chile government projects $30 billion in quake damage

HonululuAdvetrtiser Friday, March 12, 2010 6:03:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) devastated[1]; forth[1]; month[1]; earthquake[1]; month's[1]; tsunami[3];

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Entities: Federico Quilodrán[1]; Santiago-Chile[1]; Michelle Bachelet[1]; Rodrigo Hinzpeter[1]; Álvaro Uribe[1];

SANTIAGO, Chile — Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example....

Latest News : 6 killed in attack on aid group in Pakistan

tehrantimes Friday, March 12, 2010 5:59:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Khan Afridi[1]; Frontier Province[1]; Ronald Reagan[1]; Abbas Khan[1];

6 killed in attack on aid group in Pakistan ISLAMABAD (Dispatches) — Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said....

In Haiti & Louisiana, family informs Maria Bello's actin

antiguanews Friday, March 12, 2010 5:50:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (NaturalDisasters) months[1]; Hurricane[1]; earthquake[1]; devastating[1]; hurricane[1];

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Entities: Maria Bello[1]; William Hurt[1]; John Wells[1]; Arthur Cohn[1];

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Maria Bello said: "I saw the most devastating things you could imagine,"

A week after an earthquake decimated Haiti, Norristown native Maria Bello traveled there to join forces with Artists for Peace and Justice. "I saw the most devastating things you could imagine," said Bello, star of "The Yellow Handkerchief." "Amputations with no anesthesia, children with no pain killers and spinal cord injuries....

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