Topic: Hazards
For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers are dying, bushfires are more ferocious and more frequent and our natural wonders — the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu, our rainforests — are now at risk. // Kevin Rudd
Rising Sea Level
May 30, 2006
I would say the situation is very scary now, ... ,
even recently, one of the islands by (our) main island capital just disappeared.
It will be very sad if Tuvalu actually disappears. So we only hope that everybody makes an effort to reverse global warming ...>>
Earthquake
May 27, 2006
In the chaos that followed the quake, rumors of an impending tsunami sent thousands of people fleeing to higher ground in cars and motorbikes. The city is around 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the sea, and more than two hours after the quake no tsunami had occu ...>>
Tornado
Mar 28, 2006
Starting at 18:30 a tornado killed two people, destroyed cars and roofs, leaves about 300,000 without energie for hours. The complete railway traffic toward the south was blocked for hours after lightning strikes.
Update:
Since Tuesday morning energie and ...>>
Cyclone Larry
Mar 21, 2006
THE biggest disaster relief operation in 30 years is under way in north Queensland as the army moves in to help an estimated 1000 people left homeless by Cyclone Larry.
More than 400 army personnel and 1000 SES volunteers and staff have converged on the str ...>>
Earthquake
Feb 23, 2006
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 22:19:08 (UTC)
In a depth of 11km an earthquake with magnitude of 7.5 happened yesterday in Mozambique.
7.5 is quite strong and scared people run onto streets leaving their houses. Last similar earthquake occured in 1900 wit ...>>
