The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if left untreated. The outbreak that occurred in March, 2014, caused worldwide, and intense media attention. The severity and spread-ability of the disease caused interest, and also panic is some...
Beijing and other large urban centers in China suffer from regular problems with high pollution levels. In Beijing, high pollution levels have been recorded on several occasions in recent months without an alert being issued. The high levels of air pollution in major...
In early November 7th 2012, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most devastating storms ever recorded, caused great destruction throughout the Philippines and other parts of the South Pacific. SAFEY, days before the landfall of the storm in the Philippines. Notifications and...
In Indonesia on 11th of April 2012, an undersea earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 8.6, close to Aceh province. Tsunami warnings were issued in the following countries: Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri...
On Friday afternoon the 11th of March 2011, a devastating earthquake occurred outside the eastern coast of Japan. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping...
