More than 41,000 people have now been confirmed dead across Turkey and Syria following last week's earthquakes. Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced 35,418 fatalities had been recorded in Turkey alone - making it the country's worst disaster in a ...
Earthquakes and landslides Some experts think the landslides in Sichuan were related to the magnitude-8.0 Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008. The quake has caused a change in the structure of the Earth’s surface, making it more likely that land will slide in the rain, according to geologist...
B On September 8, Morocco was hit by one of its worst earthquakes on record, destroying entire villages and killing over 3, 000 people. I interviewed a woman who lived through the earthquake.Therese Sar a Delannay's house in Marrakesh initially appeared undamaged after the earthquake which ro...
Mother nature at her worst; earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and fires can destroy homes and business in a matter of seconds, forcing appraisers to work under extraordinary circumstances for months or years to help communities rebuild. Three appraisers share their experiences working in the aftermath ...
Natural disasters such as earthquakes tsunamis and floods can often come at the least expected time.Others such as hurricanes are increasing in severity and destruction.Typically those poor countries are the worst hit for they have the least resources to deal with the destruction and rebuild their ...
A year after one of the worst earthquakes in American history, the effects of the temblor can still be felt in both subtle and conspicuous ways. For the vast majority of people in the region, life returned to normal not long after the 7.1 magnitude temblor struck. The wood-slat seats of...
In 2006, Asian countries faced another round of disasters, again tsunami, with a string of climate-related disasters: typhoons, mudslides, and earthquakes. The Philippines was no exception. Befor...
First, we will take a look at the HaitiEarthquakeof 2010. This is one of the more recent natural disasters.It had a magnitude of 7.0, which is one of the strongest earthquakes the world has ever seen. It rocked Haiti and left aftershocks that were felt by many.This natural disaster caus...
This unleashed a wave of flood waters that would spread across the country for nine years. The act is believed to be the most devastating environmental attack of all time, both in terms of environmental destruction and loss of human life. Four million people were forced from their homes as...
'Japan is no stranger to large earthquakes, but the size of it has surprised the scientific community. It ruptured a fault 500 kilometres long. We knew there was a plate subducting there; what we didn't know was that it could fail on that scale. It tells us you can't rule out these...