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power units in the controversial KNPP, were designed to withstand any natural disaster, including earthquakes and Tsunamis.
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Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes’ ‘Disasters of War’ series is currently on display at Delhi.
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Emerging economies like India, China face the highest economic risk from natural disasters, says a report by Maplecroft.
Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2011, 08:56
Oficials launched a database dubbed the `Google of Central American weather`, designed to predict natural disasters.
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Professor Tim Lenton of the University of Exeter shows that the “tipping points” that trigger these disasters could be anticipated by looking for changes in climate behaviour.
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Landslide probabilities can be predicted by establishing rainstorm threshold totals for any area on the globe.
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An Australian academic has praised the increasing use of social media during disasters.
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Australian PM fights for a new tax to pay for flood, cyclone reconstruction.
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Man-made and natural disasters generated worldwide economic losses of $ 222 bn in 2010.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 19:22
Annual global losses from natural disasters could triple to a whopping USD 185 billion by the end of this century.
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