Research unit seeks new ways to deal with annual disasters
ANU Disasters Research Unit seeks new ways to deal with fires, floods, cyclones, earthquakes. "We can do it."
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ANU Disasters Research Unit seeks new ways to deal with fires, floods, cyclones, earthquakes. "We can do it."
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A Chinese river basin where 110 million people live has been hit by the worst floods since 1963 despite massive mitigation efforts, particularly during the rule of Mao Zedong, overwhelmed by the impact of global warming and outdated infrastructure. Typhoon Doksuri, the most powerful storm in China this year, churned north in late July after making landfall in the south, bringing exceptional rainfall to the Hai river basin, a region that typhoons rarely hit, and precipitation that the Chinese capital has not seen since records began 140 year ago. The basin includes Beijing, Hebei province and...
SHAH ALAM: Flood mitigation is an important issue for voters in Batu Tiga here, says Malaysian United Democratic Alliance Party (Muda) candidate Saiyidah Izzati Nur Razak Maideen.
Where the heavens kiss the peaks.