When disaster strikes in remote regions, the fault lines in inter-state crisis management, official communication, and the very fabric of Indian federal solidarity come to the surface. Such was the case in recent days as a devastating sequence of rain-induced landslides and flash floods battered...
Audio recording of the conversation between Capt. Francesco Schettino and Port Authority officials after the doomed Italian luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia struck rocks on January 13, 2012 was released on the morning of January 17, 2012 and reported by ABC News. At least six people were...
Establishing emergency communication networks in disaster-hit areas can often take time, hampering rescue teams in their efforts to save lives.
But a new system of autonomous flying robots being developed at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) could make establishing...
Four workers suffer fractures after explosion at power plant
Metal container housing nuclear reactor was not damaged in blast
Confirmed death toll stands at 574, but hundreds are still missing
Region still being hit by aftershocks, some as powerful as magnitude 6
Millions left without power and...