Helping people and limiting damage: Researchers identify technology needs for disaster response

From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means ...
The Kathmandu Post on MSN

Disaster after disaster

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

ISRO-funded earthquake forecasting project launched at IIT Mandi

In the wake of Himachal Pradesh being classified entirely under Seismic Zone-VI, the highest risk category in India’s updated earthquake map, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has launched a ...
Los Angeles Times

Lessons from the Myanmar earthquake: Disaster preparedness

Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said. The ...
The Conversation

Disaster authoritarianism: how autocratic regimes deal with earthquakes

Nimesh Dhungana does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Opinion
The Daily StarOpinion

Rajuk’s short-sighted DAP puts millions at risk in a major quake

Unplanned urbanisation, violations of the National Building Code and the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), and rampant filling of wetlands with sand for housing projects have made Dhaka the riskiest city in ...