to gain access inside a tunnel to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped inside it after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off Sunday and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, F...
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“The rescue operation is almost over,” said JP Mishra, chief public relations officer at East Coast Railway, which has jurisdiction over the area where the derailment occurred. “Our first priority is to take care of the injured passengers and provide proper treatment by shifting them to ...
Over the last decade, 4777 natural disasters occurred worldwide, taking the lives of more than 880,000 people and causing economic losses of USD 685 billion. Since disaster effects are disproportionate, there is a need for effective pre-event, event, and post-event plans. Disaster resilience ...
Indian Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also expressed grief over the deaths and said his ministry officials were on the spot assisting in rescue and relief measures. "Shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic train incident that occurred in Amritsar. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the ...
Indian Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also expressed grief over the deaths and said his ministry officials were on the spot assisting in rescue and relief measures. "Shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic train incident that occurred in Amritsar. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the ...
This study examines the cultural context of coping among survivors of the 2004 tsunami in Tamil Nadu, India. A non-probability, purposive sample of ten emergency responders, who represented a broad range of professions and were directly involved with relief efforts along the coast of South India,...
The aim of this paper is to outline the potential of imaging spectroscopy and GIS techniques as tool for the management of data rich environments, as complex fluvial areas, exposed to geological, geomorphological, and hydrogeological risks. The area of study, the Pescara River Basin is ...
Nepal is characterized by frequent disaster events like; floods and earthquakes where substantial loss of lives, infrastructures and properties is occurred every year. In the period of 1900–2005, as many as 1674 flood events were reported in Terai region of Nepal causing 2856193 casualties (Aryal...
Basic Concepts in Disaster Recovery There are two critical disaster recovery metrics: recovery time objective (RTO), which measures the maximum amount of time a system can remain offline, and recovery point objective (RPO), which measures how much data a business can afford to lose and is assoc...