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Quakes Could Collapse Kathmandu
Over 90 percent of the buildings in Kathmandu could collapse in the event of an earthquake. Credit: Naresh Newar/IPSBy Naresh NewarKATHMANDU, Jul 12 2013 (IPS)As the chief of building codes and...
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Haitian Government Applies Make-up to Misery
A woman and a girl carry water along a road near a painted portion of the Jalousie neighbourhood in September 2013. Four gallons of water weighs about 11.4 kilogrammes. Credit: HGW/Marc Schindler Saint...
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When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe
In the face of severe food shortages and with no relief aid, the elderly like Zeinab Wambui, from lower Mukurweini, Central Kenya, are facing very tough times. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPSBy Miriam...
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Fracking, Seismic Activity Grow Hand in Hand in Mexico
Map of seismic activity from October 2013 to March 2014 in the state of Nuevo León in northeast Mexico. Credit: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónBy Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Apr 3 2014 (IPS)Scientists...
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Chile Graduates in Earthquake Preparedness
President Michelle Bachelet visiting a shelter on Apr. 3 in Camarones, one of the areas worst-hit by the quake, 2,000 km north of Santiago. Credit: Office of the Chilean PresidentBy Marianela...
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Want to Help Nepal Recover from the Quake? Cancel its Debt, Says Rights Group
School children in Nepal’s Matatirtha village practice an earthquake drill in the event of a natural disaster. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal on Apr. 25, 2015, has endangered the lives of close to...
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Families in Quake-Hit Nepal Desperate to Get on With Their Lives
Sixty-five-year-old Rita Rai still has not received emergency relief in the remote village of Mahadevsthan in Kavre district, 100 km south of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Credit: Naresh Newar/IPSBy...
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The Biggest Lessons Nepal Will Take Away From This Tragedy
Experts have said for years that Kathmandu is an extremely high-risk city in the event of seismic activity, yet Nepal was caught off guard when a massive earthquake struck on Apr. 25, 2015. Credit:...
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Donor Conference to Tackle Nepal Reconstruction
A family stands beside a damaged house near Naglebhare, Nepal. The housing sector bore the brunt of the April earthquake, accounting for three-fifths of all damages. Credit: Asian Development...
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Red Tape Snarls Nepal’s Ambitious Poverty-Alleviation Plans
Juna Bhujel (looking at the camera) at the Mankha VDC office to complain about non-payment of disaster relief funds to reconstruct housing. She lost her home in Nepal’s April 2015 earthquake. Credit:...
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Mexico’s Disaster Response System Severely Stretched by Quake
The Sept. 19, 2017 earthquake toppled nearly 50 buildings in Mexico City, and left many uninhabitable. Fire fighters carry out an inspection the day after in an apartment building that is still...
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Marginalised Minorities and Homeless Especially Hard-hit by Mexico’s Quake
A community of 35 Nahñú indigenous families, from the central state of Querétaro, set up a camp in front of the old building that they occupied in the center of Mexico City, which was heavily damaged...
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