Disaster

2016-05-04 02:37:30

US plan to dump peanuts is a potential disaster, aid groups warn

The announcement that the U.S. will ship 500 metric tons of packaged, dry-roasted peanuts to Haiti later this year has been met with a swift backlash. The program amounts to a goods dump that could cause more harm than good, more than 60 Haitian and ...Read more

2016-05-04 01:41:15

Fishery Disaster Tests Mettle of Vietnam's New Government

An apparent environmental disaster off Vietnam's central coastal region, estimated by some as one of the country's worst ever toxic spills, represents newly appointed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc's first big political test. How Phuc strikes a ...Read more

2016-05-04 03:11:15

Disaster relief committee calls it quits

Disaster relief committee calls it quits. By Jason Miller, The Intelligencer. Tuesday, May 3, 2016 2:14:23 EDT PM. Intelligencer file photo A sign warns of flooding in Foxboro in April 19, 2014. The committee created to help raise funds to assist with ...Read more

2016-05-04 02:15:00

Donors support disaster fund concept

The United Way came up with the idea of creating a broader fund to help victims of other disasters, of which there have been many, including numerous fires that have left families homeless, and the flooding that affected dozens of property owners in ...Read more

2016-05-03 22:29:46

Nursing Students Participate in Disaster Readiness Drill in Rural Kentucky

Mother Nature's unpredictable character can wreak havoc on a community if it is not prepared to handle a disaster. Students from UT's College of Nursing recently participated in a disaster preparedness drill conducted by the Appalachia Community Health ...Read more

2016-05-03 03:45:00

FEMA denies state's appeal for federal disaster declaration

Louisiana's appeal for a major disaster declaration after storms and tornadoes devastated several Louisiana communities in late February has been denied by FEMA. Gov. John Bel Edwards last month appealed FEMA's original denial of Individual Assistance ...Read more

2016-05-03 21:00:00

Yet another way borrowers are getting screwed: Inside the long-lasting ...

Yet another way borrowers are getting screwed: Inside the long-lasting disaster of American loan serviving. Nearly a decade after the financial crisis, why are so many of the people responsible for loans so bad at it? David Dayen Follow · Share; WhatsApp.Read more

2016-05-03 21:00:00

Rangers fans fury at graffiti mocking Ibrox disaster

Rangers fans have reacted with fury after graffiti was spray-painted beside the steps outside Ibrox Stadium mocking the victims of the Ibrox disaster. The message said “Haha 66” in reference to the 66 people that were killed in 1971 in a crush at the ...Read more

2016-05-03 14:03:45

Criminal investigators 'preparing most detailed report ever' into Hillsborough ...

An independent criminal investigation into the events of the disaster is running parallel to an IPCC probe into an alleged police cover-up blaming supporters, with both investigations expected to conclude by the turn of the year ahead of the CPS ...Read more

2016-05-03 23:34:13

Republicans are facing an electoral disaster in November – and it's not Donald ...

Republicans are facing an electoral disaster in November - and it's not Donald Trump's fault Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Friday, April 22, 2016, at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington, Del. As his top ...Read more