Uganda: Hundreds feared dead in landslide
A mudslide in eastern Uganda Monday evening left at least 80 people dead and over 300 missing. The mudslide, triggered by a day of heavy rain, has buried three villages in Bududa district and displaced more than 2000 people from their homes.
FEMA Advistory Council meets in Washington, DC (ID: 43020)
Washington, DC, February 10, 2010 — Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today swore in Richard Devylder, Special Advisor to the Secretary for the California Emergency Management Agency, and James G. Featherstone, General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department, as members of FEMA?s National Advisory Council (NAC). The NAC?comprised of emergency management and law enforcement leaders from state, local and tribal government and the private sector?advises the FEMA Administrator on all aspects of disaster preparedness and management to ensure close coordination with all partners across the country. “The National Advisory Council helps ensure communication and cooperation among the nation’s broad emergency management team,” said Administrator Fugate. “These new members are experienced and dedicated public servants whose backgrounds in preparedness and emergency management make them valuable additions to the National Advisory Council.” FEMA/Terry Monrad
Barbados, Haiti: Being Prepared
“What is clear is the changing climatic conditions affecting the world, the Caribbean included”: On the heels of two major earthquakes in the region, Barbados Underground wonders “what can we do to mitigate the damage to property and threat to life and limb” as another hurricane season approaches.
Chile: Criticism of Television Coverage of Earthquake Aftermath
Andr s Az car of the blog Hijo del Medio [es] writes about some of the criticisms aimed at Chilean television for its post-earthquake coverage. He supports some of that criticism including its sensationalist nature, for example accompanying shots of looting with ‘terror music.”
Chile: U.S. Citizen’s Account of Earthquake
Cathy Dean, a U.S. citizen living in Santiago, Chile, provides her account on her blog of the recent earthquake the hit on February 27, 2010.
Chile: Architectural Structures Damaged by Earthquake
Many buildings around Chile were damaged by the earthquake. David Basulto of the architecture blog Plataforma Arquitectura [es] collects news and photos of these structures.
