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- Amphibious Reconnaissance Craft used in disaster relief]] Disaster relief (or emergency management) refers to the process of ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
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- Assyrian accounts do not treat it as a disaster, but a great victory, not ... ==The Egyptian disaster according to Herodotus== The Greek historian ...9 KB (1,470 words) - 09:47, 26 January 2023
- which unfortunately resulted in great disaster and near bankruptcy of the ... trip however soon turned to a complete disaster. Many of the passengers ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- Amphibious Reconnaissance Craft used in disaster relief]] Disaster relief (or emergency management) refers to the process of ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
- deal with impending death or disaster; whether this is an actual ... The collection of premonitions to avoid disaster proved to be impractical ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- aid is primarily used for emergency or disaster relief. Although humanitarian ... and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief (for NGHAs). ...20 KB (2,745 words) - 17:19, 9 February 2024
- LORD relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them ... ::"Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us." ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- shelters for the homeless, and providing disaster relief and humanitarian ... United States improved as a result of its disaster relief efforts following ...30 KB (4,473 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- désastre de Lisbonne (Poem on the Lisbon disaster). Voltaire's Candide ... * Brooks, Charles B. Disaster at Lisbon: The Great Earthquake of 1755 ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 04:24, 29 October 2022
- The book is the progenitor of the modern disaster epic in literature and film-making, where a single disaster intertwines the victims, whose ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- believe it may have been a natural disaster or human impact, or some combination of the two. Scientists from the Dodo Research Program announced ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- for Americans to contribute to for disaster relief. A legendary figure ... for Americans to contribute to for disaster relief. Lee was also employed ...11 KB (1,658 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- *January 28, 1986--The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The Space ... *February 1, 2003--The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. During the ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- a major economic and humanitarian disaster, with estimates of the number ... flooded in East China. According to the Disaster Center ...24 KB (3,667 words) - 23:12, 21 January 2023
- clouds over Belarus after the Chernobyl disaster to remove radioactive particles ... * Steinberg, Ted. Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- surrounded Biafrans led to a humanitarian disaster when it emerged that there ... ===Lessons for Disaster relief=== |right|250px|The suffering in Biafra ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- The Infinite Conversation, and The Writing of Disaster. ... *L'Ecriture du désastre, 1980 (The Writing of the Disaster) ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- forces as well as emergency service for disaster relief. In this way, the ... to enforce the law, or to respond to a disaster. A similar common law provision ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- *Disaster Preparedness (RT: Disaster Plan / Business Continuation ... and digitation. They also assist with disaster planning. The educational ...34 KB (4,751 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- ==The Stock Market Crash: a New Disaster Looms== During much of the 1920s and 1930s, between long stints living abroad, Rose lived with her parents ...19 KB (2,983 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- a slight mis-step in a procedure can often mean disaster for the analysis. (For example, a colloid may be formed during precipitation gravimetry.) By ...8 KB (1,266 words) - 19:27, 20 January 2023
- ===1956 Air Disaster=== On June 30, 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 ... (128 of them in the aforementioned 1956 disaster); 25 died in freak errors ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 20:27, 13 September 2021
- aid is primarily used for emergency or disaster relief, while development ... on relieving suffering caused by natural disaster or conflict, rather than ...36 KB (5,305 words) - 06:56, 16 June 2023
- its mission beyond wartime to include disaster relief—a humanitarian ... include assisting in any great national disaster, this service brought the ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist ... as well as natural and non-natural disaster victims. Studies have found ...33 KB (4,406 words) - 05:56, 11 August 2023
- * Bissell, Tom. "ETERNAL WINTER Lessons of the Aral Sea disaster ... * Micklin, Philip. "The Aral Sea Disaster." Annual Review ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- lives. There are many descriptions of the disaster by the surviving passengers ... ==Disaster== [[Image:Titanic iceberg.jpg|thumb|250px|Photograph of ...33 KB (4,881 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- there seems no doubt that some disaster overtook the Scopadae that resulted in the extinction of the family. After the Battle of Marathon, Simonides ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- paid expeditions to the summit. The disaster gained wide publicity and ... team assisted the survivors of the May 10 disaster, but the team eventually ...31 KB (4,841 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- #039;s CCP as an economic and political disaster. In Deng's day, support ... of Mao's rule as having been a disaster for their country. The various ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- of its walls was the result of a natural disaster, rather than a war. This claim was in direct contrast to the claim of Wilhelm Dorpfeld, who ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- of Korean history took a tragic turn toward disaster with her murder, triggering the Donghak Peasant Revolution, First Sino-Japanese War, Russo ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- to determine criminal responsibility for the disaster as well as the operation of the illegal factory. India has been rapidly developing since ...9 KB (1,379 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, ... and the Asian Disaster Reduction Center. [http://www.adrc.or.jp Asian ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- ** hydrogen - not widely used for aircraft since the Hindenburg disaster ... The first aircraft disaster occurred in May 1785 when the town of ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- to continue humanity in case of an upcoming disaster. The message, Intelligent Design, (Nova Distribution, 2007. ISBN 294025222X), 298. ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 06:27, 13 June 2023
- that unaccompanied children from the disaster should be taken to the SOS ... earthquake victims. The magnitude of that disaster found the Government alone ...24 KB (3,487 words) - 06:41, 13 June 2023
- uncharted territories, and finding disaster victims. On the down side ... testing, defusing bombs, finding disaster victims, and exploration ...20 KB (2,897 words) - 02:35, 8 January 2024
- dedicated on the first anniversary of the disaster. Astronauts Laurel Clark ... stones, one for each person killed in the disaster (259 on the plane, 11 on ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) with mobile volcano observatories that can be deployed on demand. ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- In June, Raymond of Toulouse, recognizing the disaster at hand, finally ... The news of the disaster at Béziers quickly spread and afterwards ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the largest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New ...8 KB (1,360 words) - 05:05, 5 November 2022
- (which was overshadowed by the 1955 Le Mans disaster in which 81 spectators were killed), Mercedes withdrew from racing. In 1956, Fangio moved ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 02:02, 8 September 2022
- segments, which occurred after the Challenger disaster. ... linked to the Columbia space shuttle disaster on February 1, 2003, will ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- Paralus was dispatched to inform Athens of the disaster. The rest, with Conon, sought refuge with a friendly ruler in Cyprus. ==Aftermath== ...9 KB (1,437 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- responses to crises, to natural disaster and to humanitarian need. It has helped to break down barriers between people caused by ignorance. Like ...9 KB (1,389 words) - 02:53, 4 November 2022
- profits. Recognizing the potential for economic disaster, the Russian government has taken some steps to regulate commercial fishing on Lake Ladoga, ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- and as Charlton Heston's wife in the disaster epic Earthquake, of 1974. ... marriages in all. The marriage was a disaster from the very beginning ...18 KB (2,786 words) - 07:08, 23 August 2023
- The mixture must be cooled to avoid such a disaster. In practice, the reaction involves a series of tedious adjustments to maintain the temperature ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 02:28, 16 November 2022
- About ten years before the Chernobyl disaster, analyzing the "Browns Ferry" accident, Kapitsa tried to warn the scientific and official ...9 KB (1,369 words) - 03:36, 7 December 2022
- waste management, sustainable development, disaster reduction, air pollution, and noise pollution. Because most environmental issues deal with human ...11 KB (1,440 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- against a cruel ringmaster. It was a critical disaster, torn to shreds by practically all, and closed after 35 previews and 28 performances. The orchestra ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. The disaster has been variously named ... In the aftermath of the disaster, awareness has increased for the ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- may also detonate, as happened in the Texas City disaster of 1947, which led to major changes in regulations for storage and handling. ...18 KB (2,699 words) - 07:39, 25 July 2023
- The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt, waged from 1851 until 1864, against the authority and forces of the Qing Empire in China, conducted ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- to the cause of the space shuttle Challenger disaster were thought to have cooled below their critical temperature. The disaster happened on an ...28 KB (4,420 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- that carries on activities such as disaster relief, operation of schools and charitable hospitals, and other work. However, because the humanitarian ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- environmental conservation issues, disaster-preparedness and the modernization ... environmental conservation issues, disaster-preparedness and the modernization ...22 KB (3,054 words) - 05:01, 15 November 2022
- within sociology, such as the sociology of disaster, focus more narrowly on the issue of how societies handle death. Likewise, cultural anthropology ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- the rich respectively. Government programs like “disaster relief” transfer wealth to people that have suffered loss due to a natural disaster. Social ...21 KB (3,362 words) - 23:23, 3 May 2023
- In post-disaster reactions, formal benefit societies often lend aid to others outside their immediate membership, while ad hoc benefit associations ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- place during Uzziah's reign, and this disaster was strong enough that it is mentioned again later by the prophet Zechariah as a warning for future ...10 KB (1,704 words) - 22:57, 13 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category: Holiday {{Infobox Holiday | |holiday_name=Father's Day |image=Friedrich ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 12:56, 21 January 2023
- #039;s positive response to this disaster contributed to a peace agreement ... *Clarke, Matthew, and Ismet Fanany (eds.). Post-Disaster Reconstruction: ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- villages to prevent the recurrence of a natural disaster, and brick good-luck pavilions were sometimes built to ward off bad luck from surrounding villages ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- began, but was deeply troubled at the impending disaster: "He invited his people… to a banquet… He sent his family on board. They ate and ...11 KB (1,791 words) - 19:31, 30 November 2021
- by her own declaration, following the Titanic disaster, as The Unsinkable Molly Brown and has been known ever after by that appellation. ...10 KB (1,600 words) - 03:54, 6 November 2022
- ===Disaster and rescue=== In early October the two companies reached ... * Christy, Howard A. "Weather, Disaster and Responsibility: An ...42 KB (6,112 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- | Amoco Haven tanker disaster | Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy | 1991 | 144,000 | |- | Odyssey | 700|nmi|km|-1 off Nova Scotia, Canada ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- whose strict anti-Gentile policy had led to the disaster of the Jewish Revolt against Rome. In his last years, Yochanan taught at Berur Hayil ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.'" (Jeremiah 36:29-31) ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- The True Story of Britain's Greatest Military Disaster. London: Portrait, 2005. ISBN 978-0749950682 ==External links== All links retrieved ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- #039; fields has created an ecological disaster in Keoladeo National Park ... 510,000 m³), resulting in an ecological disaster with the marshlands turning ...24 KB (3,401 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- republic, often engaging in humanitarian and disaster-relief efforts nation wide as well. More recently, the ROK military has increased participation ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- enemy, saying: "from the north disaster will be poured out on all ... king directly that resistance would bring disaster, but in the current political ...32 KB (5,493 words) - 08:37, 31 July 2022
- This deluge was not universal, but a local disaster confined to the lower valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, affecting an area perhaps 400 miles ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 21:47, 25 October 2022
- *Campos, Paul. 2005. Disaster and Disgrace--Legal Brief--Michael Brown is Clearly Unqualified to Head FEMA. But What Exactly is he Qualified ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- Indian War, which up to that point had been a disaster for the United States. Many American Indians in the Northwest Territory had sided with the British ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 05:54, 31 July 2023
- , Israel's only official emergency medical, disaster, and ambulance service. It is an official member of the International Committee of the Red Cross. ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- credited with having predicted the financial disaster. One article published in 1929 implied that his automobile accident may have been part of a conspiracy. ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- died there, just as they were; for as the disaster passed all bounds, men, ... recovery of the Athenian fleet after the Sicilian disaster. ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 22:51, 5 May 2023
- *Disaster Reduction and Management *Education and Awareness *Energy *Finance *Forests *Fresh Water *Health *Human Settlements *Indicators ...14 KB (1,869 words) - 00:30, 27 February 2023
- # Al-Qaria (The Calamity, The Stunning Blow, The Disaster), 11 ayat, one rukus, Makkan sura # At-Takathur (Rivalry In World Increase, Competition ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- played a key role in sparing Bangladesh from disaster. ==Storm history== Akash 2007 track.png [[Image:Akash 14 may 2007 1102Z.jpg|thumb|right ...14 KB (1,970 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- Gentiles (in this case the Romans) brought disaster. Thus 1 Maccabees—as well as the other books of this genre--faced a major political obstacle to ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work ... ==Challenger Disaster== [[Image:Challenger explosion.jpg|thumb|right ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief Programs was created ... missions have been affected by a natural disaster, civil war, or endemic disease ...42 KB (6,193 words) - 17:12, 25 February 2024
- trying to warn his people of their imminent disaster, lay untouched for three days until it was unceremoniously dumped into a mass grave. ...12 KB (1,889 words) - 16:24, 27 December 2023
- seals, and sea lions. As a reaction to this disaster, activists were mobilized to create environmental regulation, environmental education, and what ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- Gustloff - The Greatest Marine Disaster in History". ... remains the worst maritime disaster, killing an estimated 6000 people ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- among Christian denominations in disaster relief. The Mennonite Disaster ... The Mennonite Central Committee provides disaster relief around the world ...44 KB (6,423 words) - 10:32, 10 March 2023
- stm Tsunami: Anatomy of a disaster]. BBC News. Retrieved August ... in the world. The earliest recorded disaster was the tsunami associated ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Vannevar Bush (pronounced van-NEE-ver) (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his work ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- center until the earthquake of 262. After the disaster, the emperor Claudius Gothicus restored Cyrene, naming it Claudiopolis, but the restorations ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- in holding off the English was followed by disaster at the Battle of Crécy, an English victory. After this, the Estates General, or Parliament ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 05:59, 5 April 2024
- enable Scotland to recover from the financial disaster wrought by the Darien scheme through English assistance and the lifting of measures put in place ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- exploded, and sank within two minutes. The disaster killed 635 men and officers, along with Admiral Makarov. At 10:15 a.m., the Pobieda was also crippled ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 10:20, 22 September 2023
- been in the forefront of poverty alleviation, disaster response and peace and justice activism. Volunteerism is an important principle. ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 04:32, 9 November 2022
- their residents were asleep. In light of this disaster, the mountain was designated a Decade Volcano in 1991 [http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2002/02_01_31 ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 17:53, 25 October 2022
- occurred three weeks after the Port Chicago disaster, in which 258 out of the 320 African-American sailors in the ordnance battalion refused to load any ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- and natural powers, sickness, childbirth, disaster, distress, dreams, building of settlements, military campaigns, agriculture, administrative ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 00:58, 18 November 2022
