New maps of tsunami hazards for Alaska coastal communities (Alaska Department of Natural Resources)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Sep 2016
(Fairbanks, AK) - Six Alaska coastal communities have new maps that will help them prepare for tsunamis in the event of a large earthquake. In collaboration with University of Alaska Fairbanks geoscientists, the Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has published a series of reports that describe potential inundation from tsunami waves for Yakutat, King Cove, Cold Bay, Chignik, Chignik Lagoon and Nikolski....

'Crime tsunami': Victoria records more homicides than NSW and QLD

Edit Canberra Times 29 Sep 2016
Murders in Victoria have surged substantially for the first time in five years, with the state recording more homicides than NSW and Queensland in the past 12 months ... ....

Closest Supermoon In 68 Years Sparks Fears Of Devastating Tidal Waves And Mega Earthquakes After ...

Edit Inquisitr 29 Sep 2016
Supermoon in November sparks tsunami fears [Image by Ronnie Chua/Shutterstock] ... But conspiracy theorists had insisted that the occurrence of major earthquakes in the past around the time of supermoons — such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that devastated Indonesia, the 2010 Chile earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan — proves that supermoons can trigger major earthquakes....

A new ‘how-to’ for tsunami-safe buildings: ‘We’re trying to save lives’

Edit The Seattle Times 28 Sep 2016
New design standards created by a group of engineers would require that hospitals, police stations and schools be strong and tall enough to survive a tsunami and provide shelter ... ....

Civil engineering society issues first-ever tsunami-safe building standards (Oregon State University)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2016
- When the next huge tsunami strikes the western United States, people in and around some newly built coastal structures will be more safe thanks to national construction standards announced today that - for the first time ever in the U.S. - will consider the devastating risks posed by tsunamis ... Above five stories, even-stronger building codes will take precedence over codes to protect smaller structures from tsunamis....

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Edit Atlantic City 28 Sep 2016
Test...Tsunami message number 1...Test nws national tsunami warning center palmer ak 401 pm pdt tue sep 27 2016 ... ....

This dog is at the forefront of cancer research

Edit Fox News 28 Sep 2016
Three to four days a week, Philadelphia veterinarian Clint Kuban drops off his 3-year-old German shepherd, Tsunami, at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center for her eight-hour shift ... ....

Sovereign and Country Risk Management Course - Johannesburg, South Africa - November 7-8-9, 2016 - ...

Edit Business Wire 28 Sep 2016
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Sovereign and Country Risk Management" conference to their offering. Global financial tsunami, European debt crisis and political risk events in the Middle East and Africa have changed the ways analysts look at the sovereign/country risk, counterparty risk and liquidity risk ... The workshop will discuss current issues and effective an ... ....

Cancer immunotherapy is moving fast. Here’s what you need to know.

Edit The Washington Post 28 Sep 2016
The idea of using the body's immune system to fight cancer has been around for a century, but only in the past half a dozen years have dramatic breakthroughs begun rocking the medical world. "That's when the tsunami came," says Drew Pardoll, director of the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunology at Johns Hopkins University, and []. Related.. CDC whistleblower claims agency has been using wrong Zika test ... ....

Nearly half of Canadians don’t support the British monarchy, but they’re still footing Will and ...

Edit The Independent 28 Sep 2016
But the question is, just who's picking up the tab for this tour? ... an organisational tsunami of stylists and supernannies that follows the Duchess of Cambridge wherever she goes....

112 country-made bombs seized from Kooththenkuzhi

Edit The Hindu 28 Sep 2016
They are likely to be safely defused in a day or two ... Kannappan was the Superintendent of Police ... When the police chose to keep a distance from the village following the anti-Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project struggle, eight persons were killed in a blast in Tsunami Colony near neighbouring Idinthakarai ... Police found the explosives in ... ....

Indonesia sends rescuers to evacuate tourists as volcano erupts

Edit Press TV 28 Sep 2016
Authorities in Indonesia have sent rescuers to evacuate some 400 tourists presumed stranded as a volcano near the resort island of Bali starts erupting ... Almost 1,100 other have already been evacuated ... He said hikers have been warned to stay at least three kilometers away from the volcano ... The islands are at frequent risk of earthquakes, tsunamis and active volcanoes, with Bali and Lombok being categorized as high-risk areas ... ....

Tenements for transgenders remain largely empty

Edit The Hindu 28 Sep 2016
Eight months ago, the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board allotted 236 tenements to transgenders at the AIR land in Thiruvottiyur. While people from the community have been moving in, a majority of the tenements still remain unoccupied and empty. “My work and livelihood — everything is here. People also know me here ... Each house is worth Rs 3.85 lakh and was constructed under the Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project (ETRP) ... A ... ....
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