Turkey earthquake, no one is safe, and natural disasters to strike everywhere

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the eastern Turkey on Sunday with the Institute of seimological estimate up to 1000 people have been lying dead under the rubble of dozens of buildings collapsed.A powerful earthquake struck, and the strongest earthquake to hit the country for years, and its aftershocks, the east of the big city and most of the population of the Kurds."The estimated between 500 and 1,000 people were killed in the earthquake," said Professor Mustafa Erdik, director of the Institute Kandilli seismology in Istanbul, at a news conference.Were not talking in the earlier reports of injuries, but not many feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings and officials warned they were struggling to assess the extent of the damage.The death toll passed 600, and now 601. The number of tents provided to 43367 (8639 from international sources). Has provided 165,531 blankets. That a lot of blankets if you can imagine the weight! But remember that it is very cold in the province of Van in the moment, it's so high up! . The number of aftershocks also to 1561, with some of those additional count in the lower numbers.The number of casualties in 4152 is still injured.And killed 596 people.4440 now search and rescue 0.1710 medical workers, search dogs and 18 651 construction equipment and vehicles, including 146 ambulances, generators 143, Width 77.95 portable toilets 0.42711 tents (including 8166 of foreign aid), and 54 tent shelters collective 0.69 in tents purpose, and 65 prefabricated houses 0.2300 homes Maulana 0.160360 blankets and 1179 quilts and 37 mobile kitchens, and kitchen appliances 3051.6899 stoves, catalytic, and sleeping bags 5792, and 1 mobile kitchen exist.Number of aftershocks is now 1400.

Sichuan earthquake "facts" China 2008 eartquake

The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 in the Eastern Sichuan, western China on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 02:28 local time. It occurred at a depth of about 19 kilometers (11.8 miles). The earthquake destroyed many communities, leaving an estimated five million people homeless. Were badly damaged due to landslides and flooded rivers made the land upstream. The government estimated that killed about 70,000 people a direct result of the earthquake. It is expected that the disease and hunger to claim thousands of lives for several months after the earthquake due to hit supplies of clean drinking water and food. The quake was felt across China and other parts of Bangladesh, India, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Several strong aftershocks caused extensive damage after the collapse of thousands of homes and killed thousands of people. Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, occurred as a result of the movement to reverse hit north-east of a fault or defect on the sidelines of the North West direction from the Sichuan Basin. Epicenter of the earthquake and the coordination mechanism consistent with the existence of an event as a result of movement on the Longmenshan error or an error related to tectonically. Earthquake reflects the stresses of tectonic resulting from a convergence of crustal material slowly moving from the Tibetan plateau is high, and to the west, against the crust strong potential in the Sichuan Basin and South East China.On range, continental, and seismic activity in Central and East Asia is the result of convergence north of the Panel for the Panel, India against Eurasia, with a speed of about 50 mm / d. And large-scale convergence of plates that absorb the lifting of the Asian highlands and the movement of crustal material to the east away from the margin of Tibet progress Plateau.The northwest of the Sichuan Basin has previously devastating earthquakes. Killed earthquake measuring 7.5 on August 25, 1933, and more than 9,300 people.

Beiging earthquake

The death toll in China's major earthquake by 4820 to 60,560 as of noon today, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And injured 352,290 people and 26,221 missing in the quake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale hit the southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12 was affected by a total of 45.5 million people in the quake, were evacuated nearly 14.4 million quake-affected people, according to the office. He said 27 aftershocks measuring magnitude 5 above, and four above magnitude 6, and as of Monday noon, 178 aftershocks were monitored power above 4 on the Richter scale struck in Sichuan, and among them, in the office. Sources and medical treatment of victims of the earthquake, nearly 290,000. Has been in the hospital a total of 75,086 injured victims after the earthquake. Among them, 40,644 have been discharged from hospitals 0.23864 are still in the hospital and transferred to other hospitals out of 4274 of Sichuan for treatment. And reached the domestic and foreign donations for earthquake survivors reached 26.1 billion yuan in cash and goods, up 1.5 billion yuan from the previous day. Of the total, transferred 3.68 billion yuan for disaster railway area.The whole Baoji - Chengdu, were damaged by the earthquake, the key road between the north and south in the west of China, linking Chengdu with Baoji city in neighboring Shaanxi Province, to open the Saturday after the passage of 283 hours of closure, allowing batch transport of disaster relief goods to Sichuan. Train carrying relief supplies are urgently needed tents and medicines passed through the railway tunnel No. 109 at 9:53 on Saturday morning, where a freight train of 40 vehicles off the tracks and was trapped, paralyzing the railway in the May 12 earthquake. Electricity was restored partially in 16 counties in Sichuan by Saturday noon, but the blackout was still two hardest hit counties (Beichuan and Lixian) out. Resumed services of telecommunications in all quake regions, except for Hongguang Town, Qingchuan. Hongguang residents were evacuated because of fears of possible further geological disasters.

powerfull Japan disaster

Government agency the Nuclear Regulatory taught with a focus on five scenarios, including the possibility of the earthquake on both the tsunami struck the reactor, and when assessing the nuclear safety under the title of "stress tests" What is called for inclusion in the wake of the crisis Daiichi Fukushima, government sources said Wednesday.The Agency for Nuclear Safety and industrial aims to compile the draft plan, later this week, perhaps, for how they will conduct safety assessments, which will be implemented in two phases. And another watchdog, the Commission on nuclear safety, check whether the project plan reactors appropriate.Nuclear idled for a regular check-ups will be subject for the first stage for the resumption of the process, with the study of the extent of assistance that key facilities will be able to withstand damage in the event of severe natural disasters on the scale more expected.waves of tsunami to the compound of Gush near the Unit 4 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear complex in the Dai Ichi Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeast of Japan.The the second phase of tests will be more comprehensive and implemented in all nuclear power plants. Based on these results, Japan's nuclear reactors that are currently in a process that can be suspended.The sources said that the first phase of the analysis may adopt a simpler method of the second stage, in a way that does not go away from what has been achieved to reduce the actual study, but whether can withstand a certain level of impact.The method called PSA uses the digital data representing all possible accidents and the frequency of earthquakes that may occur in nuclear power plants and their impact. But can not evaluate each of the five cases by method.Of five scenarios, the two remaining from the reactor when it loses power, and when you are working to take the heat from the reactor using sea water, but fails. And flooded the road leading to the compound of Dai Ichi Fukushima nuclear power plant as the tsunami struck established after the devastating earthquake in the town of Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeast of Japan.The stages I and II of the analysis conducted by the utilities operating nuclear power will provide plants and agency of nuclear safety, and will consider the decision of the Agency by the Nuclear Safety Commission.

Distribution infrastructure (AJK)

A senior official of the planning committee in the government is going to start a project of Rs 165.13 million for the restoration of infrastructure for the distribution of power that were damaged by the floods in 2010, heavy rains and ground sliding, and Pakistan as observers. "The main objective of the project is to restore power to areas affected by floods in the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), which totally or partially damaged by the floods in July and August 2010." Sponsoring agency is the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit while the AJK Electricity Department is the executing agency. To overcome the damage in AJK, has developed a strategy for the construction and rehabilitation of the existing system on the basis of war damages provided through financial aid to China."The reconstruction of infrastructure for distribution in AJK reverse the devastating effects of flooding and the revival of economic activity in the regions and enable people to return to normal life, and the provision of electricity to areas that were turned into darkness because of damage to electrical and said work." This project will support the Government of AJK to achieve the target set to collect the revenue official sector.The industrial, agricultural and social Floods and heavy rains damaged the ground and sliding the line of 11KV, 0.4-volt lines, distribution transformers and other equipment in different areas of AJK. The project was designed to restore and rehabilitate the infrastructure of energy to the pre-flood level.Planning wing of the Commission's assessment and said that was not disposed of the equipment and replace the damaged material referred to. Has sponsored work on the income from the damaged equipment (transformers and columns). It was reported that wing may be provided tangible benefits after the completion of the project including the increase in revenue to the Planning Commission. He also pointed out that the sponsors did not mention the annual operating and maintenance costs and 2807000 Rs. "This project is rehabilitation rather than new projects. May justify the sponsors of the annual operating and maintenance costs, because the project is not new project, and part of the original project."

Pakistan floods update

Dumping nearly one year after devastating floods vast areas of land in various parts of Pakistan, which affects more than 20 million people, many of the survivors are still struggling to rebuild their lives in the monsoon season this year is about to rain start.The The first season of 2011 began to fall, according to the Meteorological Office, and this raises anxiety.He good reason to fear. Said Kamal Ahmed, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), last week, floods killed seven people in South Waziristan after heavy rains led to the houses collapsing.Early this month, the media in Islamabad that the authority had worked out a plan emergency for an emergency new floods. "NDMA following two plans to flooding, including a plan for the worst-case scenario under which they can be affected for up to six million people, and the likely scenario under which 2.2 million people could be a potential victim," as many said.But still skeptical. "My fields have been destroyed, reduced to my house of sticks of wood, and my wrist was broken while trying to save my family," said Azeemullah Khan, a village in Charsadda district. "I'm still struggling to earn a living or just put food on the table. Helped some NGOs to us at first, but then left us alone." Warned Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations Valerie Amos last week, "according to officials government does not mean anything to me. families affected by floods in the need to continue to provide support to rebuild their lives. monsoon 2011, is about to start and up to two million people and once again in danger of flooding, due in part to lack of funds for reconstruction ". there is a need for significant efforts immediately to reduce the vulnerability of these families and the implementation of urgent healing and prevention of flood preparedness work on the banks of the river, and irrigation canals and other infrastructure."
"The [2010] floods had a severe impact on people's lives, homes and property," said the report of the Government's assessment: "Most people do not know when it will be able to resume their lives," and the floods, it noted, wiped out "severely damaged" about 2 per cent of the Pakistan's annual growth rate and $ 10 billion on economic infrastructure. "The flood-affected areas and was always lagging behind in terms of social and economic indicators, education, compared with areas not affected by the floods," the report said. He added that "the loss of livelihoods and infrastructure, pushing them behind the other. The people most affected are mostly small farmers and unskilled workers." At least 1,200 people died in the floods, and the second in the world in the worst 10 years, according to the center, based in Belgium for research Epidemiology of Disasters.According Amos to the UN, there is still a need for more than $ 600 million to support early recovery activities, including water wells, the rehabilitation and renewal and primary health care system and the rebuilding of schools. "I'm very concerned," said Fahin the Federal Investigation Agency official, "the lack of funds prevents the pre-positioning of necessary medical supplies, and the continued beyond July of diseases at the provincial level early warning system."