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Kerala MPs protest against Centre's demand for Funds on Airlifting Disaster Victims
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Kerala MPs protest against Centre's demand for Funds on Airlifting Disaster Victims

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala MPs on Saturday staged a demonstration outside Parliament to protest against the Centre's demand for reimbursement of funds used for airlifting survivors during the Mundakkai Chooralmala landslides in Wayanad. CPM MP K. Radhakrishnan has written to the home minister criticizing the Centre's indifferent attitude towards the demand for central assistance for the victims in Wayanad. Kerala has vehemently …

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Starmer promises Hillsborough Law will be introduced by anniversary of disaster
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer promises Hillsborough Law will be introduced by anniversary of disaster

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A “Hillsborough Law” will be introduced in Parliament before the …

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Uninsured flood victims in Greater Shepparton offered caravans close to home
1 year, 9 months ago

Uninsured flood victims in Greater Shepparton offered caravans close to home

ABC  

The owners of homes made uninhabitable by disastrous floods six months ago remain firmly in the recovery phase, with many still displaced. Key points: Owners of uninsured flood damaged houses in northern Victoria are still displaced as they struggle to rebuild The Insurance Council of Australia says a "small but significant" number of Australian homes are uninsurable An expert in …

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Indore temple mishap: Victims’ families allege delay in rescue op
1 year, 9 months ago

Indore temple mishap: Victims’ families allege delay in rescue op

Hindustan Times  

The family members of the victims of the Indore temple stepwell mishap have blamed the district administration for the delay in the rescue operation. Rescuers pull out bodies from a stepwell that collapsed at Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore According to them, many lives could have been saved if the army and national National Disaster Response Force …

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Climate crisis: How evangelical groups like Samaritan’s Purse are changing disaster response.
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate crisis: How evangelical groups like Samaritan’s Purse are changing disaster response.

Slate  

Art Vigil had lived on a rural mountainside farm near Pendaries, New Mexico, a village on the east side of Hermits Peak, for decades. “They were the first ones there.” Shortly after the Mennonites, the evangelical relief behemoth Samaritan’s Purse showed up to help Vigil sift through the debris and clear his property before further damage could be done. But …

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‘Trial By Fire’ Netflix series review: Anatomy of a man-made disaster
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Trial By Fire’ Netflix series review: Anatomy of a man-made disaster

The Hindu  

On June 13, 1997 when a blaze snuffed out 59 lives in Uphaar, one of the biggest cinema halls of Delhi, it also consigned to flames an unwritten agreement between the patrons and the theatre management that the audience are in a safe space when the magic of cinema transports them to an alternate reality. As media reports suggested that …

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Who were the 11 victims of the Shoreham Airshow disaster?
2 years ago

Who were the 11 victims of the Shoreham Airshow disaster?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. None of the victims were …

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‘Here to serve’: Floods put Malaysia youth party in spotlight
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Here to serve’: Floods put Malaysia youth party in spotlight

Al Jazeera  

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysia’s worst flooding in a decade claimed 54 lives and left more than 70,000 people without a home in seven states across the southeast Asian nation after torrential rains, worsened by climate change, in December and early January. “Thankfully, several kayakers came in the early hours of the morning.” The floods were the worst since December …

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In flood-hit German town, a priest struggles to give comfort
3 years, 5 months ago

In flood-hit German town, a priest struggles to give comfort

Associated Press  

AHRWEILER, Germany — The Rev. “Bridges, houses, apartments, utility pipes — everything that actually constitutes this town, what it lives on, has been gone since that night.” Residents of Ahrweiler had been told to expect the Ahr River, a tributary of the Rhine, to crest at 7 meters, but Meyrer said few comprehended what that would mean. “Old people who …

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