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Richard Allaway

Tribe returns to old ways on Pinatubo / 1991 eruption drove Aeta away from volcano - 0 views

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  • Tarukan was home to hundreds of families of a Filipino tribe called the Aeta
  • 50 villagers opted to come home to relive a lifestyle they thought they would never see again.
  • The 50,000-member tribe has long survived along the slopes of the volcano by fishing, hunting wild boar, deer, birds and mountain cats and farming beans, rice, sweet potatoes and root crops.
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  • Forced to flee to the lowland valleys below, the Aeta learned a life far different from their mountain habitat. They shed traditional loincloths, sarongs and bare feet for Western dress and shoes, ate from canned foods donated by relief agencies and slept in cramped resettlement centers that resembled refugee camps.
  • In Tarukan, they have built bamboo huts and cleared fields for crops. Papaya and mango trees have been planted. Wild boar and birds are coming back and the acidity of the soil has declined, allowing farmers to resume planting.
Richard Allaway

Business | Natives Who Worship Pinatubo Feel Its Wrath | Seattle Times Newspaper - 0 views

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  • Then in April, when serious seismic activity began warning of an imminent eruption, they fled their homes and the wrath of their god.
Richard Allaway

Australian flood-destroyed towns declared natural disaster zones - Times Online - 0 views

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    Use of the word disaster
Richard Allaway

Haiti Government Overwhelmed as Death Toll Rises - WSJ.com - 0 views

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case study haiti earthquakes hazards disaster ib_geog2009 impact

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    Political consequences
Richard Allaway

On Shaky Ground | California Watch - 0 views

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    A California Watch investigation uncovers systematic failures by the state's chief regulator of construction standards for public schools.
Gemma Archer

BBC News - Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake - 0 views

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Hazards and disasters earthquakes tsunami ib_geog2009 Responses Characteristics of hazards Disasters Vulnerability

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  • cars, ships and even buildings being swept away by a vast wall of water
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      primary effects
  • sparked fires in several areas including Tokyo
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      secondary effects
  • A tsunami warning was extended across the Pacific to include the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hawaii, the Pacific coast of Russia and North and South America.
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  • Strong waves hit Japan's Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, officials said, damaging dozens of coastal communities. Kyodo news agency said a 10-metre wave (33ft) struck the port of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture.
  • massive surge of debris-filled water sweeping away buildings, cars and ships and reaching far inland.
  • Motorists could be seen trying to speed away from the wall of water.
  • Farmland around Sendai was submerged and the waves pushed cars across the runway of the city's airport.
  • Kyodo said at least 15 people had been killed in the earthquake and tsunami. It was believed the death toll could rise significantly.
  • The earthquake also triggered a number of fires, including one at an oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, engulfing storage tanks.
  • here were reports of about 20 people injured in Tokyo after the roof of a hall collapsed on to a graduation ceremony.
  • Residents and workers in Tokyo rushed out of apartment buildings and office blocks and gathered in parks and open spaces as aftershocks continued to hit.
  • In central Tokyo, Jeffrey Balanag said he was stuck in his office in the Shiodome Sumitomo building because the elevators had stopped working.
  • Bullet train services to northern Japan were halted, rapid transit in Tokyo was suspended and some nuclear power plants automatically shut down.
  • Prime Minister Naoto Kan
  • televised address,
Jeff Mather

Seismologist explains aftershocks - 0 views

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earthquake aftershocks christchurch

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    Seismologist Alice Walker discusses with Dr David Kerridge the aftershocks from the September 4 earthquake.
Matt Podbury

AZF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Toulouse explosion human induced

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    Human Induced Hazard
Richard Allaway

Cruise company boss says tourists helping Haiti quake relief effort | World news | guar... - 0 views

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ib_geog2009 hazards earthquakes response case study haiti management

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  • In defence of his company's much-criticised decision to continue sending cruises to the fenced-off and heavily-guarded resort, he said the livelihoods of 230 staff and about 270 local traders depended on their visits
Richard Allaway

Haiti Earthquake: Emergencies - :: Oxfam GB - 0 views

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  • Oxfam has launched several cash-for-work projects, which give those living in camps a chance to earn an income while improving their environment by building latrines and clearing rubble.
  • Oxfam is distributing plastic sheets to help meet emergency needs for shelter. Our immediate goal is to provide sheeting to 28,000 people.
Richard Allaway

Dispatch from Haiti | FP Passport - 0 views

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  • After the earthquake demolished their houses, most of them were able to drag some of their rice, oil, or crackers out of the rubble. They all take a certain pride in the fact that they are now sharing what they have equally among themselves. "We are living communally," says Shelove Lindor, a thoughtful man in glasses. "We are helping one another."
  • In the rough, hilly neighborhood of Delmas, women sell carrots and okra brought in from the nearby countryside.
  • Residents have piled up their garbage in a ravine and are burning it because, one woman explains to me, "it could be bad for the health" to have so much garbage on the street
Richard Allaway

Haiti promised $10bn in aid - double what it asked for | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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  • The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who co-chaired a conference of about 120 countries and international organisations at the United Nations in New York, called the pledges "an impressive sum by any standard". The conference drew $9.9bn of donations to rebuild infrastructure
Richard Allaway

BBC News - Canada to build Haiti government base, PM Harper says - 0 views

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ib_geog2009 earthquakes haiti response case study hazards management

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  • Canada will build a new headquarters for Haiti's government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced at the start of a two-day visit to the country.Mr Harper said Canada would spend CAN$12m (£7.3m) on a temporary base after January's earthquake destroyed many government offices. The base, made of prefabricated modules and inflatable shelters, is to house key ministries for up to a year.
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