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Danny OCallaghan

Haiti and Hurricane Katrina inspire revolutionary new disaster shelters | Housing Netwo... - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...r-shelter-exo-reaction-housing

emergency shelters

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 11 May 14
     
    "Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the UN and other humanitarian organisations scrambled to provide sufficient housing for 1.5 million Haitians. At the end of 2013, around 150,000 people were still living in temporary structures and makeshift tents. Progress to rebuild the country has been slow."
Danny OCallaghan

Fukushima nuclear disaster: three years on 120,000 evacuees remain uprooted | World new... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-three-years-families-uprooted

Fukishima

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 11 Sep 14
     
    "Japan's 2011 plant meltdown has torn apart close families, leaving elderly relatives isolated and villages uninhabited"
Danny OCallaghan

Nepal earthquake: a disaster that shows quakes don't kill people, buildings do | Cities... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-collapse-resilience-kathmandu

earthquake nepal

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 15
     
    "Around three-quarters of all deaths in earthquakes are due to building collapse - and poor people bear the brunt. As rescue efforts continue in Nepal, Robin Cross argues for safer, more resilient reconstruction"
Danny OCallaghan

Nepal donors pledge $3bn for rebuilding in aftermath of earthquakes | Global developmen... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...international-donors-kathmandu

nepal; earthquakes

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 26 Jun 15
     
    "International donors led by India and China have pledged approximately $3bn (£1.91bn) to rebuild Nepal in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that hit the country."
Danny OCallaghan

Tsunamis: how a new discovery could reduce future devastation - video | Science | The G... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...tusnamis-tidal-wave-unsw-video

tsunami

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 05 Jul 15
     
    "Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) explain how a recent discovery could help tsunami-prone areas reduce the impact of future disasters. Before the Japanese tsunami of 2011, the inland reach of such an event had been drastically underestimated. Soil samples from affected areas have proved to be the key to designing measures that can mitigate future disasters "
Danny OCallaghan

Japanese volcano Mount Shindake erupts without warning - video | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...warning-island-evacuated-video

volcano

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 06 Jul 15
     
    "Thick, black ash and rock clouds explode five miles into the air as the moment Mount Shindake erupts without warning on Friday is captured on film. The 140 residents of the southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu are being evacuated. There are no reports of injuries or damage, although several people are yet to be accounted for"
Danny OCallaghan

Japan may install toilets in elevators for earthquake emergencies | World news | The Gu... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ors-for-earthquake-emergencies

earthquake japan

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 06 Jul 15
     
    "Fears over people trapped in lifts after earthquakes has led the government to consider safeguards including emergency supply of drinking water"
Danny OCallaghan

Motion of Tectonic Plates   - 1 views

apl.maps.arcgis.com/...MapJournal

plates

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 06 Jul 15
     
    "This story map tells the tale of Earth's tectonic plates, their secret conspiracies, awe-inspiring exhibitions and subtle impacts on the maps and geospatial information we so often take for granted as unambiguous. But is it? You will find yourself hovering over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, or swimming in magma deep within the Earth's core. Have fun and we hope your voyage is fruitful!"
Danny OCallaghan

Residents forced to flee after Mexico's Colima volcano erupts - video | World news | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...olcano-erupts-evacuation-video

volcano

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 15 Jul 15
     
    "Hundreds of people living in the shadow of the Colima volcano in western Mexico are evacuated after a spectacular smoke and lava show raised concern the eruption could become the biggest in a century. Half a dozen hamlets in Colima state are affected. The Colima volcano, also know as the Volcano of Fire, has erupted more than 40 times since the 16th century"
Danny OCallaghan

Montserrat: Living with a volcano - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-latin-america-33865822

montserrat

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 20 Aug 15
     
    "Soufriere Hills erupted 75 times in a single month in 1997 and is still one of the most active volcanoes in the world"
Danny OCallaghan

Sakurajima volcano: chance of large eruption 'extremely high' | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-large-eruption-extremely-high

volcano

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 25 Aug 15
     
    "Japan raises eruption warning for southern volcano to second-highest level and tells thousands of residents to prepare for a possible evacuation"
Danny OCallaghan

Nepal's farmers struggle to overcome terrible legacy of earthquakes | Abdul Malek | Glo... - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...me-terrible-legacy-earthquakes

nepal earthquake

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 25 Aug 15
     
    "Nearly three months on from Nepal's major quake, remote farming communities are battling huge losses as monsoons threaten further landslides"
Danny OCallaghan

Nepal landslides triggered by monsoon rains kill at least 15 as two villages buried | W... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...east-15-as-two-villages-buried

nepal earthquake

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 25 Aug 15
     
    "More people are thought to be buried and a further 13 have been injured after heavy overnight rains; rescuers are still making their way to the region"
Danny OCallaghan

Nepal begins to assess its cultural losses after earthquake | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ltural-losses-after-earthquake

nepal earthquake

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 15
     
    "Many internationally recognised monuments preserved intact for centuries have been destroyed, but hope remains that Nepal's shattered heritage sites can be rebuilt"
Danny OCallaghan

Geographical Association - Nepal earthquake 2015 - 0 views

www.geography.org.uk/...nepalearthquake2015

nepal earthquake

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 May 15
     
    "Nepal earthquake 2015"
Danny OCallaghan

Predicting earthquakes: why seismologists have a mountain to climb | World news | The O... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-seismologists-iceland-volcano

Prediction

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 11 Sep 14
     
    "Pinpointing volcanic eruptions in Iceland is one thing but what about earthquakes? Well, they're a bit like London buses…"
Danny OCallaghan

BBC Science - Four ways to be killed by a volcano - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/21938018

volcano

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 30 Sep 14
     
    "Active volcanoes are dangerous places. They can wipe out whole cities and kill large numbers of people."
Danny OCallaghan

Lava stream burns house in rural Hawaii town | US news | theguardian.com - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...stream-burns-house-hawaii-town

hawaii

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  • Danny OCallaghan on 22 Nov 14
     
    "Lava flow from Kilauea volcano has been advancing for months"
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