How FEMA is preparing for Hurricane Milton so soon after Helene NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Craig Fugate, former FEMA administrator, about the challenges the U.S. faces with the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton weeks after Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Milton went from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane within two days, and it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday …
Democratic Azad Party Chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday questioned the safety of the Kashmiri Pandits and said that that the Kashmiri Pandit employees should be shifted to Jammu till the situation improves in Kashmir. They can come back once the situation normalizes,” said Ghulam Nabi Azad. He said that life is more …
Frequent hospital fires have put at risk the lives of Covid-19 patients in healthcare facilities across the country, calling for urgent preventive measures. An article on ‘Fire Safety hazards: How safe are our hospitals’ published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine observes that no hospital estimates accurately at the time of designing and execution, the electricity load. It is …
Authorities are urging people to be careful on the water after a spate of drownings in Victoria and New South Wales. Key points: Seven people have died in Victorian waterways in the past 10 days, while several others have drowned in NSW Victoria reported record drownings in the second half of 2020 Surf Life Saving Australia is urging people to …