Disaster Response
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I was there. I personally identified the cockpit on the inside of the building where it came to rest between the A and B rings, penetrating the B Ring wall, and aircraft parts on t...
Grok 'says' that the Sandy Hook school was closed due to asbestos and even had been flooded by Hurricane Sandy? https://t.co/srjxdIoyD0
One of the ugliest features of Trump-MAGA politics is the use of disasters to spread conspiracy theories, invent new culture-war obsessions, and pit one region of the country again...
Uttrakhand Tunnel Collapse (Explained) In this thread - What was project - How tunnel collapsed - Where are workers trapped - How rescue operation is going on - What is way out E...
As a followup, I just went down a rabbit hole looking into claims the Russians didn't open the sluices at the Khakovka Dam and hence allowed the water level in the reservoir to ris...
Worse still is that this could've been totally avoided only if the babus had done their job properly and stopped floor construction over a fookin 40 ft deep stepwell. They knew abo...
My hotel building in Portugal caught fire this morning and here is what happened afterwards. https://t.co/nqfzcUYzlD
India is one of the only countries to directly aid Syria after the Feb 6 earthquake The war-torn nation has seen 9 million people affected by the quakes & needs ~$400 mn in aid T...
When catastrophe stuck Turkey and Syria in the form of one of the deadliest earthquakes in recent memory, India became one of the first countries to respond. Having witnessed the...
The China Association for Disaster Prevention advises rescue teams not to travel to Turkey as the chances of survival are now minimal. https://t.co/gFIhl4VRLa
1. Penang has declared the African Swine Fever outbreak in the state a "disaster" after cases were reported in five more commercial pig farms in Seberang Perai. Chief Minister Ch...
@TwittahTraz @christogrozev Yes, Tomahawks delivered carbon graphite filaments over power stations causing blackouts while minimizing permanent damage Yet, these sites were later u...
Emergency blackouts are observed all over Ukraine as Russia launched more than 100 X-101 and X-555 missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure. At least one person was killed afte...
These keywords will fetch you extra marks in GS2 - Diplomacyπ² (Part 2) - Disaster Diplomacy - Vaccine Diplomacy - Space Diplomacy - Academic/Intellectual Diplomacy - Diaspora Dipl...
Interesting that, in disasters, 90% of victims are rescued by survivors. Humanitarian responders are only responsible for the remaining 10%. Medical teams are more cost effective...
During the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, a Chinese concrete pump car helped save Japan. Concrete pump was the only method at that time which was effective as fire trucks...
Please remember: The idea that when disaster strikes people panic and social order collapses is very popular. It is also a myth. A huge research literature shows disaster makes peo...
