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Natural Hazards
Posts in this category are about Natural Hazards, including: Floods, Landslides, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, and Fire. These events can cause significant natural, social and economic damage. Better understanding of how, why, and where these events occur will improve disaster prevention and mitigation efforts.
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Los Angeles Blaze Highlights Serious Fire Dangers Posed by Wood Pallets
The need for national fire safety standards for shipping pallets came into focus again Tuesday night, as more than 150 firefighters battled a massive wood pallet fire that erupted in a Los Angeles commercial structure, causing a partial roof ...
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(0)Aerial Demonstration of a New, Environmentally Benign Soil Stabilizer
You've seen it done every forest fire season as fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters rush to combat fires by dropping water, foams and fire retardants.
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ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
KAMPALA, Mar 9 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi
village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday
morning and went to school as usual.
But Mar. 1 was not a
usual day in eastern Uganda.
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