Mapped: Satellite images reveal how South Korea wildfires spread
Aerial photos and satellite images show large blackened patches across the region, particularly near Uiseong, where the ...
South Korea fires latest: 27 killed and 1,000-year-old Buddhist temples destroyed in biggest wildfire on record
Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size today, with authorities calling them the country’s worst fire disaster on ...
Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers
The United States, which has a testy relationship with the Myanmar military has said it would provide assistance.
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South East Asia's mega-quake: Most powerful to hit Thailand in 200 years leaves thousands feared dead and scores buried alive under hundreds of collapsed buildings
The United Nations has already allocated $5 million to star relief efforts ... on the estimated intensity of ground shaking above, and maps of population density and vulnerability of buildings.
Why sizzling cities are mapping hot spots street by street
Knowable Magazine reports on how in metros like Reno, Nevada, citizen scientists hit the road to collect detailed temperature ...
Desperate search for survivors in Myanmar as death toll surges past 1,600
More than 1,600 people have died after a powerful earthquake hit Myanmar and rattled Thailand, but the extent of the casualties is still emerging as crews try to find people who are missing.
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
Death Toll Rising in Myanmar After Powerful Earthquake
The quake shook a swath of Southeast Asia. Myanmar’s military government said 144 people were killed in just three cities.
Hundreds trapped under rubble of collapsed buildings as Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 1,600
A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with ...
'We're digging people out with our bare hands': Hunt for survivors as Myanmar quake kills at least 144
Hundreds are also injured in Myanmar, according to an army general, as the 7.7 magnitude quake is felt in neighbouring ...
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Devex Newswire: Which awards are spared — and which aren’t — at USAID
Over 5,340 programs, worth $75.9 billion, have been wiped according to documents sent to the U.S. Congress. Plus, the top 20 USAID contractors that lost over $100 million each, and Palestine’s U.N.
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expert reaction to Myanmar earthquake
“Myanmar is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, so this quake is not a surprise. It looks to have occurred on the major Sagaing Fault, which marks the boundary between two ...