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Twitter can help gauge damage by natural disasters in real time
2016-03-13 23:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: By looking at Twitter data, it is possible to determine the damage caused by a natural disaster in just a few hours, say researchers who analysed Twitter activity before, during and after Hurricane Sandy which caused severe damage in the US four years back. Hurricane Sandy caused more damage than any other storm in US history, with an economic impact in the region of $50,000 million. Hundreds of millions of geo-located tweets making reference to this topic were collected from 50 metropolitan...
Being prepared for winter weather = being ready for all disasters
2016-01-08 21:41:41| PortlandOnline
Getting your home or business ready for winter weather also prepares you for earthquakes and other disasters.
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Insurance cost of natural disasters falls in 2015: Munich Re
2016-01-04 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Insurance claims from natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes fell to $27 billion in 2015 as the overall cost of natural catastrophes dropped to its lowest level since 2009, reinsurer Munich Re said on Monday. The climate phenomenon known as 'El Nio' last year helped reduce the development of hurricanes in the North Atlantic, which traditionally cause some of the heaviest claims for the insurance industry, the world's largest reinsurer said in its annual review of natural catastrophes....
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Perry: Factory parties are potential disasters
2015-12-31 06:02:01| Furniture - Topix.net
On Dec. 11, Perry said, members of his office, the Virginia State Police and Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control responded to a party at one of the leased warehouse spaces at the Stanley Furniture property at 1641 Fairystone Park Highway.
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Climate Disasters Pose Growing Threat to Food Security
2015-11-30 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Droughts, floods, storms and other disasters triggered by climate change have risen in frequency and severity, putting many developing countries at risk of growing food insecurity, FAO has warned in a new report released ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris.
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