No of intense earthquakes worldwide are likely to increase in 2018. Variations (periodic slowing) in earth’s rotational speed could trigger intense seismic activity, particularly in heavily populated tropical regions where a billion people live. A change of milliseconds, measurable by atomic clocks, can lead to release of vast underground energy, caused by change in behavior... Read More

Airports are critical and fastest access points for ensuring lifesaving support to the affected communities in case of natural and manmade disasters. Airports need to be well prepared to manage the incoming surge of emergency relief and aid material, including better co-ordination between various organizations and aid agencies. Iran is situated in one of most... Read More

Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia (equivalent to the size of New Zealand) caused a dramatic 51 percent increase in the loss of global tree coverin 2016. Planet Earth is caught in a vicious cycle of climate change by the activities of man including indiscreet land use. This leads to extreme heats and droughts in... Read More

The region was still recovering from Hurricane Irma when it was pummeled recently by Hurricane Maria. The nationwide effort by Puerto Rico’s Federal Affairs Administration — along with the Puerto Rico State Agency for Emergency and Disaster Management and a handful of public radio stations on the island — has managed to bring some sort... Read More

Last month, two cargo ships collided at Mumbai coast resulting in a oil spill from one of the ships. Few days ago,oil spillage happened at Chennai Kamarajar port due to crack in the oil tank of a ship. Long lasting disastrous impacts of such oil spill, due to collision of ships or other similar reasons,... Read More

Puerto Rico, with 10 deaths and an estimated US$ 30 billion loss, lies utterly devastated by its most powerful storm in a century. Hurricane Maria caused severe flooding, no electricity for 3.4 million inhabitants and structural damage to many homes. People are struggling with shortage of supplies and water rationing, communication issues, breakdown in flights,... Read More

Typhoons have been dominating the news recently. A marketing and PR agency of Houston, affected severely by Typhoon Harvey, have following recommendation for their clients seeking guidance. “Don’t make this about you”. Messages of help should be tactful and respectful highlighting the chosen charity otherwise you will be seen as opportunistic. The charitable cause should... Read More

An8.2 magnitude earthquake, strongest in a century, struck Mexico before midnight on 7th September 2017. Overall 61 people died in Southern Mexico, 31 of them in the worst hit provincial city of Jushttan De Zaragoza.Thousands of homes were destroyed along with the Main Hospital – forcing   Doctors  to tend to patients in an open lot... Read More

The region must adapt to climate change, not simply rebuild Hurricane Irma, the first Category 5 storm ever for many of the 13 island countries, bulldozed its way across the Eastern Caribbean at speeds up to 300KMH for 3 days,in early September. Severe destruction with entire settlements wiped off, followed  by food and water shortages... Read More

Before US comes out of the shock of storm Harvey, hurricane Irma lashed the state Florida again on Sunday. The wind strength was 177 kmph which damaged about 10 lakh houses along with power cut. City Miami was striked badly by hurricane Irma. Post lashing parts of Caribbean, it headed to coast of Florida. Hurricane... Read More