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Philippine Typhoon Destruction Prompts UN Aid Appeal
2013-11-12 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan sought to flee a city devastated by the storm in the southern Philippines as emergency aid became bottlenecked and hungry and exhausted locals resorted to looting. The magnitude of the devastation is overwhelming and our communication lines are still down, regional military spokesman Lieutenant Senior Grade Jim Alagao said today in the neighboring city of Cebu. Two Philippine Air Force C-130 planes are making repeated round trips from Cebu to the area that bore the...
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In devastated Philippine city, anger grows, aid elusive
2013-11-11 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hung outside a shattered church in the Philippine coastal city of Tacloban, on a road flanked with uncollected corpses and canyons of debris, is a handwritten sign. It read, "We need help!" Relief supplies are pouring into Tacloban three days after Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, turned this once-vibrant port city of 220,000 into a corpse-choked wasteland. Tacloban city administrator Tecson Juan Lim says the death toll in this city alone "could go up to 10,000."...
Hegel sends US marines to aid typhoon victims in Philippines
2013-11-10 22:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A team of about 90 US marines and sailors headed to the Philippines on Sunday, part of a first wave of promised US military assistance for relief efforts after a devastating typhoon killed at least 10,000 people, US officials said. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this weekend ordered the US military's Pacific Command to assist with search and rescue operations and provide air support in the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. At the same time, US aid groups...
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Early climate aid topped goal, but most not new money study
2013-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rich nations delivered as much as $35 billion in "fast-start' climate assistance from 2010 through 2012, aimed at helping poorer countries shift to cleaner development paths and adapt to the impacts of climate change, exceeding their $30 billion commitment, a new report says. But 80 percent of the total was also counted as "overseas development assistance', suggesting that much of the money was not "new and additional' as donor countries had promised, said Smita Nakhooda, a researcher on climate...
Nautical Charts aid North American boaters and fishermen.
2013-11-08 14:32:17| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Available on pre-programmed micro SD cards for Lowrance, Simrad, and B&G navigation systems, C-MAP MAX-N Local Charts feature up-to-date data from official sources, with detailed presentation of depth areas and contours, spot soundings, NavAids, light sectors, wreck/obstructions, anchorage areas, and small craft facilities. They also provide clearly marked boundaries for Restricted, Caution, Fishing, and Prohibited Areas, helping boaters stay out of danger and on right side of local regulations. This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Navigational Aids |
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