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A misplaced wire label on a container ship and other mishaps likely caused the Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB says

A misplaced wire label, the vulnerability of a bridge and other mishaps in protocols likely caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a large vessel struck it in the spring ...
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Does vulnerability to natural disasters make people more open to sustainable consumption?

Worries about natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes can make people with right-leaning political views ...
The Diplomat

Japan’s Aging Population Will Increase Disaster Vulnerability

Japan’s New Year’s celebrations were cut short by a deadly earthquake that affected the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. More than 230 deaths have been confirmed since the disaster struck the ...
The Conversation

The millions of Americans displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in a year tell a story of vulnerability and recovery

Tricia Wachtendorf is co-director of the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center. James Kendra is co-director of the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center. People often think of ...
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Uttarkashi is only the latest warning: The reasons behind Uttarakhand’s vulnerability to disasters

The devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi's Harsil Valley on Tuesday, that triggered flash floods and a landslide in Uttarkashi, is the latest addition to a grim pattern of ecological disasters in ...