April 2014

(CNN/AP) - 12 people were killed Sunday by two separate tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system that moved through the central and southern United States. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management confirmed late Sunday that…

(THE TELEGRAM, CANADA) - The Harper government has been under pressure to address the issue since last year’s stinging critique by the auditor general and the high-profile death of Burton Winters, 14, off Makkovik in Labrador, two…

(CALIFORNIA) - A rescue effort by Yosemite SAR brought Blake Parkinson to the hospital where could tell the dramatic event. Parkinson, 26, had landed on a five-foot outcropping, slamming his back into the rock just as his safety line went…

Cambodia’s beleaguered fire department may have a future high-tech solution to its problems after a team of young scientists from Norton University competing in the 4th Malaysian International Robot Competitions (MIRoC) last week…

Effective preparation for the next disaster—whether it’s a hurricane, plant explosion, active shooter situation or previously unimagined catastrophe—requires examining what worked well and what didn’t in the past.…

(BBC) - The South Korean authorities have arrested four more crew members from the ferry that sank last week, bringing the total number detained to 11. Police have also raided…

UNESCO and the Indian Ocean Commission sent experts from 16 to 18 April to assess the cracked soil and landslide in Anjouan, following rains from Tropical Cyclone Hellen and an earlier 4.8 magnitude earthquake on 12 March 2014. Both…

Nurse Triaging Changes EMS, Missing Stroke Patients, Critical Care Aftermath and we’ll take a look at the crush injury patient in this crossover segment from the Disaster Podcast. If that’s what you’re looking for, you…

Beirut - In Lebanon, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has launched its first series of training workshops addressing the field of mental health. The workshops are scheduled to take place from April 2014 to April…

A couple and their eight-month-old baby girl perished in an accident along Jalan Haji Abdul Manan, near Meru, here. According to police, the 9.20pm incident on Sunday happened when the family’s car, a Proton Satria, was speeding along…