http://www.mail.com/subjects/24608-natural-hazards.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24608-natural-hazards.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107352-hurricane-center-beware-storm-surge.html MIAMI (AP) — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public. Simply put, storm surge is the abnormal rise of sea wate... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:48:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107352-hurricane-center-beware-storm-surge.html 2013-05-24T14:48:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2062602-china-city-quashes-protest-petro-plant.html BEIJING (AP) — After word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain purchases. Microbloggers say government fliers urged people not to demonstrate, and schools were told to stay open to keep students on campus. And w... Sun, 05 May 2013 01:16:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2062602-china-city-quashes-protest-petro-plant.html 2013-05-05T01:16:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992468-japan-moves-to-revamp-troubled-power-industry.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp its troubled electricity industry and foster more competition by obliging utilities to split power generation and distribution into separate businesses. The plan is meant to encourage more innovation and modernization of the power grid as the country grapples with its energy policy following t... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:37:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992468-japan-moves-to-revamp-troubled-power-industry.html 2013-04-02T08:37:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1963708-pritzker-prize-winner-ito-seeks-ideas-nature.html TOKYO (AP) — When he says why he especially likes Sendai Mediatheque, the public library that ranks among his most famous works, Toyo Ito, the Japanese architect awarded the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, says he likes to see people napping and relaxing inside the transparent structure. Ito, the sixth Japanese to win the honor likened to a Nobel Prize ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:29:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1963708-pritzker-prize-winner-ito-seeks-ideas-nature.html 2013-03-19T00:29:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956812-global-warming-fueled-somali-drought.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Global warming may have contributed to low rain levels in Somalia in 2011 where tens of thousands died in a famine, research by British climate scientists suggests. Scientists with Britain's weather service studied weather patterns in East Africa in 2010 and 2011 and found that yearly precipitation known as the short rains failed in ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:37:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1956812-global-warming-fueled-somali-drought.html 2013-03-15T16:37:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1940172-forest-service-fires-burn.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one. The move, quietly made in a letter late last month by Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, brings the agency more in line with the National Parks Service ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:45:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1940172-forest-service-fires-burn.html 2013-03-08T08:45:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1937402-tsunami-hit-towns-barren-rebuilding-lags.html RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AP) — Like tens of thousands of people who lost everything in the tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coast two years ago, 83-year-old Hide Sato is living in one-room temporary housing, and longing for a home of her own. Chances are she will be waiting at least a few more years. The dozens of temporary housing camps built f... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:15:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1937402-tsunami-hit-towns-barren-rebuilding-lags.html 2013-03-08T03:15:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns in a report released Tuesday. The compilation of more than 1,000 scientific studies is part of the National Climate Assessment an... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html 2013-02-05T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807416-sandy-report-details-nys-storm.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Floodgates for tunnels, subways and airports, as well as a network of safe havens like old civil defense shelters, should be among quick, simple preventive measures that New York installs ahead of future storms, according to a report by an expert panel examining Superstorm Sandy's effects. The 205-page report obtained by The Associated... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807416-sandy-report-details-nys-storm.html 2013-01-08T23:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1797184-superstorm-sandy-tops-2012-insurance-claims.html BERLIN (AP) — Natural disasters cost insurers $65 billion last year, with the United States accounting for nine-tenths of the bill and Superstorm Sandy prompting payouts of $25 billion, a leading insurance company said Thursday. However, Munich Re AG said that the total insured losses worldwide were down from a record $119 billion in 2011, when devastatin... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1797184-superstorm-sandy-tops-2012-insurance-claims.html 2013-01-03T11:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1793162-wash-dock-resembles-japan-ore.html A scientist who examined the dock that recently washed ashore on Washington's Olympic Peninsula says it looks just like the one that came ashore on a central Oregon beach last summer, suggesting it also is a piece of tsunami debris from Japan. John Chapman, an assistant professor of fisheries at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center, sa... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1793162-wash-dock-resembles-japan-ore.html 2012-12-31T15:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1780614-weather-prevents-dock-inspection-wash-coast.html SEATTLE (AP) — A dock that apparently was ripped away from Japanese waters by a tsunami and drifted for more than a year and a half has washed ashore on one of the most remote beaches on the U.S. West Coast. It was spotted Tuesday by the Coast Guard on Washington's rugged Olympic Peninsula. Tsunami debris experts didn't try to reach it by ground until Thu... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1780614-weather-prevents-dock-inspection-wash-coast.html 2012-12-21T03:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747464-safety-compete-typhoon-hit-philippines.html NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government's geological hazard maps show why this farming community was largely washed away by a strong typhoon: "highly susceptible to flooding and landslides." That didn't stop some villagers from rebuilding even with bodies still lying under the mud. Most of the about 420 people confirmed dead from Typhoon ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747464-safety-compete-typhoon-hit-philippines.html 2012-12-07T00:52:00Z