Japan to Release Treated Fukushima Water in Sea, Kyodo Says October 20, 2020 By Aya Takada and Stephen Stapczynski Japan is planning to release millions of gallons of treated radioactive water from its wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant...
Few Requests for Help With Graves Damaged by Hurricane Laura October 5, 2020 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Laura damaged nearly 1,900 graves in Louisiana, but fewer than 25 families have asked for help...
Japan Court Orders Gov’t, TEPCO to Pay in Fukushima Disaster October 1, 2020 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) _ A Japanese court on Wednesday found the government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant...
3 Countries to Assess New Info About 1994 Ferry Sinking September 29, 2020 By David Keyton STOCKHOLM — The governments of Sweden, Finland and Estonia said Monday they will jointly assess what that they called “new...
At Least 10 Dead in Residential Building Collapse in India September 22, 2020 NEW DELHI — A residential building that was due for repairs collapsed in central India early Monday, killing at least...
Hurricane Laura Evacuees Now Facing Threats Of Eviction September 14, 2020 By Chevel Johnson NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Nearly 200 families forced hundreds of miles from their homes when Hurricane Laura struck southwest Louisiana...
What’s Next? Devastating Fires Are Latest Challenge in West September 14, 2020 By Lindsay Whitehurst and Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. — The path of devastation spans thousands of miles where flames have consumed people, homes and cars while...
Hurricane Laura and the California Fires Are Part of the Same Crisis August 27, 2020 By David R Baker, Eric Roston and Brian Eckhouse As Hurricane Laura pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast with nearly 150 mile-per-hour winds, causing water levels to rise almost 10...
Global Tailings Dam Standards Fall Short of Changes Sought by Civil Society Groups June 25, 2020 By Jeff Lewis TORONTO–A sweeping global standard that sets out how the world’s largest miners care for waste dams falls short of measures...
How to Plan for a Disaster During a Disaster May 5, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman On March 5, Tennessee governor Bill Lee announced the state’s first confirmed case of Covid-19. Three weeks later on Easter...