At least 82 people have died after a school collapsed in Haiti on Friday. The death toll rose from 61 to 82 after rescue workers found 20 students and their teacher between two floors of the school. At least 200 more are feared trapped and over 100 have been injured, some seriously. “This morning...
A medical helicopter has crashed near Chicago, Illinois killing the patient, a 13 month old baby girl and three crew members. The crew aboard the helicopter included the pilot, a nurse and a paramedic. The helicopter, operated by Air Angels Inc., was transporting the baby to Children’s Memorial Hospital from Valley West Hospital, when...
Two large wildfires burn uncontrolled north of Los Angeles, California. The blazes, known as the Marek fires, have burned over 3700 acres and caused the evacuation of more than 1200 people. Furthermore, at least 30 mobile homes were destroyed. One confirmed fatality has been reported and described as an unidentified transient who had been...
Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply with several seeing the biggest drop in their history. Asia’s markets have seen the biggest sell off. The Nikkei drop 9.62% to reach a 20 year low. Japan also saw a collapse of a mid size insurance company, Yamato Life Insurance Company, which declared bankruptcy. The...
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the IMF, stressed nations must work together to avert a global recession and warns there is “no domestic solution”...
Stock markets across the world have fallen dramatically as worries that recent government moves might not prevent a global recession. The largest drop was with the the Dow Jones (DJIA), which fell 678.91 points, or more then 7.3%, to below 9,000 to close at 8,579.19. The index has fallen over 2,000 points in the...
Regular readers of this blog well know that I’m a fan of Koko, the gorilla who has been taught sign language. I think that the reaction of people at the Gorilla Foundation to the horrors of 9/11 is quite interesting and worthy of discussion. As soon as Gorilla Foundation officials heard of the 9/11...
The Radiological Threat Awareness Coalition (R-TAC) today released a national survey on homeland security preparedness, showing that at least 81% of those polled said the threat of a “dirty bomb” is serious, yet less than one third (32%) feel prepared for a terrorist attack. The national survey of public sentiment finds that a majority...
George W. Bush, the President of the United States, has said that he will not attend the 2008 Republican National Convention as a result of Hurricane Gustav. During a statement made to the press, Bush told reporters: “In light of these events, I will not be going to Minnesota for the Republican National Convention,”....
Hurricane Gustav is predicted to make landfall on the Gulf Coast, having already caused damage in the Carribean. The storm may be raised to Category 5 according to some sources. At 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center stated that Gustav had sustained winds at least 150 miles per hour and...
The US Navy, US Coast Guard and SRI International — a private security firm — are deploying a suite of advanced port security technologies, trained personnel, and are executing tactical procedures as part of a homeland security experiment in the waters of Tampa Bay through the end of August. Collectively described as an “Adaptive...
The United States Department of Energy maintains emergency response capabilities and assets to quickly respond to potential nuclear and radiological threats within the United States. These capabilities are primarily found at DOE’s two key emergency response facilities — the Remote Sensing Laboratories at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Andrews Air Force Base in...
In 2006, Denys Ray Hughes, 59, of Phoenix, AZ, was found guilty of Attempted Production of a Biological Toxin for Use as a Weapon, Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device and Possession of an Unregistered Silencer, by a federal jury. The evidence at his trial showed that Hughes grew castor bean plants and cultivated...
Book Hill Partners and the Homeland Defense Journal released the results of a survey of 122 homeland security experts on priorities for the next administration in protecting the American people and homeland. The results of the survey — including the fact that 83 percent expect a disaster/terrorist attack — were released at a Homeland...
It is feared that over 700 people have died after a ferry near the Philippines capsized after being hit by Typhoon Fengshen. Only four people from the ferry have been found alive. The ferry left Manila en route to Cebu on Friday, and according to the owners, Sulpicio Lines, contact was lost at about...
Further rain has continued to fall across southern China after the country was devastated by floods earlier this week. 176 people have been confirmed to have died as a result of the flooding, and around 50 more are officially missing. Xinhua, the state news agency in China, has reported that the flooding in the...
Sealed Air Corporation, a packaging company based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey has agreed to settle legal action over the Station nightclub fire on Rhode Island in February 2003. The disaster killed 100 people with more than twice as many injured and this settlement is one of a series over the blaze. The fire...
The United States Navy was forced to withdraw from their Cyclone Nargis relief efforts in Burma today, due to the continued refusal of the ruling State Peace and Development Council government to allow them to deliver aid. Four U.S. naval ships were ordered to depart from the area on Thursday. After 15 failed attempts...
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