Disaster
# disaster - Yesterday’s News
Two babies among the ten children killed in Oklahoma tornado
Preliminary causes of death suggest both infants – aged just four and seven months old – died of head trauma.
Massive hailstones fell in Oklahoma before the twister hit
The size of that thing!
Search for tornado survivors as Oklahoma mourns 9 children
“There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, and bedrooms, and classrooms, and, in time, we’re going to need to refill those spaces with love and laughter and community.”
# disaster - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
Twenty children killed in Oklahoma twister
The tornado, which ripped through an elementary school, has killed at least 51 people but the death toll is expected to rise.
# disaster - Thursday 9 May, 2013
Eight die in new Bangladesh garment factory tragedy
The owner of the Tung Hai sweater factory was among the victims.
# disaster - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Column: The Bangladesh factory collapse shows us the deadly cost of cheap fashion
Following the tragic accident at a Bangladesh clothing factory, Penneys has said it will give money to people who lost family members in the collapse – but we as consumers have a responsibility too, says Ruth Tanner.
# disaster - Sunday 28 April, 2013
UPDATE: Police arrest owner of Bangladesh factory
The death toll has now reached 363 but is expected to rise.
No more ‘cries for help’ as hopes for survivors fade at Bangladesh building
The death toll in the building collapse has now reached 363 but it is expected to increase.
# disaster - Monday 15 April, 2013
Column: Climate change – it’s not all just hot air
As former US vice-president Al Gore arrives in Dublin today to speak about climate change, global hunger and poverty, Dom Hunt explains why climate change needs to be recognised as a global issue.
# disaster - Monday 11 March, 2013
416 years ago today: Explosion kills 1pc of Dublin’s population
126 people died, and 40 riverside homes were ruined, when a consignment of gunpowder exploded at the quays.
# disaster - Saturday 12 January, 2013
PHOTOS: One year later, Costa Concordia still not removed from scene of disaster
Officials have promised that the ship, which is twice the size of the Titanic, will be removed by September.
# disaster - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
When Twitter questionnaires go wrong: Here are 12 of the best/worst #AskStevieG tweets
The Liverpool midfielder would be best advised to stay away from the site over the next few hours.
# disaster - Thursday 1 November, 2012
PHOTOS: Fuel shortages and traffic jams as New York tries to get back to normal
The United States is facing a bill of tens of billions of dollars in the wake of ‘Superstorm’ Sandy.
# disaster - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
In photos: Philippines battered by Typhoon Saola
At least eight killed and tens of thousands displaced by Pacific storm.
# disaster - Saturday 21 July, 2012
Costa Concordia hearing delayed until October
However, no trial is expected until the beginning of next year at the earliest.
# disaster - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Fukushima accident a ‘man-made’ disaster
The Fukushima accident was a man-made disaster caused by a culture of “reflexive obedience”, a new report says.
# disaster - Monday 11 June, 2012
Hundreds evacuated as wildfires spread in Colorado, New Mexico
Fire on Colorado grew to more than 80 sq km in one day.
# disaster - Sunday 3 June, 2012
In pics: Tour the town that’s been burning for 50 years
Centralia in Pennsylvania was once a bustling mining town but a fire which spread through its coal mines is still raging half a century on…
# disaster - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
14,000 homeless as search for survivors goes on after Italy quake
At least 16 people were killed in the quake early yesterday morning.
# disaster - Thursday 26 April, 2012
26th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster marked in Ukraine
People lay flowers and lit candles to mark the occasion. Ukraine’s president vowed today that his country is committed to building a new, safer shelter over the damaged Chernobyl reactor.
# disaster - Sunday 22 April, 2012
In pictures: an amazing return to Chernobyl
Incredible images of the “ground zero” of the 1986 accident.
# disaster - Sunday 15 April, 2012
In pictures: The aftermath of the Titanic tragedy
Shivering survivors, grief-stricken relatives waiting on the docks and shock in the White Star Line offices: a pictorial record of the world receiving news that the ‘unsinkable’ ship had done the unthinkable.
# disaster - Saturday 14 April, 2012
Cold mountain: This is the iceberg that sank the Titanic
The significance of this picture was only discovered long after it was taken by a seaman on another liner cruising off Newfoundland at the time Titanic sank.
# disaster - Friday 13 April, 2012
17 bits of tacky Titanic memorabilia
From shower curtains to inflatable slides, here are some of the items you may not want to mark the disaster’s 100th anniversary with…
# disaster - Friday 9 March, 2012
The ocean floor pics that show how the Titanic sank
New images show how the exact break-up of the Titanic might now be understood – and whether the ship had a fatal design flaw.
# disaster - Friday 17 February, 2012
Ex-PM: Japan was unprepared for nuclear crisis
The former Prime Minister acknowledged there were flaws in how authorities handled the Fukushima crisis last year.
# disaster - Thursday 16 February, 2012
Charred bodies and broken beds: Horror of Honduras prison fire emerges
Survivors have described the scenes inside the packed cells as the blaze tore through the jail.
# disaster - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Half a million people still living in camps in Haiti
Plan Ireland’s report on Haiti two years after earthquake reveals major challenges as other NGOs also note scale of work required for country to recover will need international investment.
# disaster - Friday 30 December, 2011
RTÉ accused of “undermining” Stardust Tribunal in 1981
The State papers, released under the 30-year rule, also show that the owners of the Stardust asked the Government to pay their legal fees for appearing at a tribunal of inquiry into the tragedy.
# disaster - Thursday 27 October, 2011
So what DID cause Monday night’s floods?
Theories abound as local authorities, businesses and ordinary citizens count the cost of one evening’s deluge.
Letter in a bottle from Titanic victim goes on display
Jeremiah Burke wrote a goodbye note and threw it overboard in a bottle – a year after his death in the disaster, it washed up near his former home.
# disaster - Wednesday 28 September, 2011
Typhoon Nesat kills at least 20 in the Philippines
As the clean-up begins in the Philippines, the death toll from the storm has risen to 20 people, while another 35 are still unaccounted for.
# disaster - Sunday 11 September, 2011
More than 200 bodies recovered off Zanzibar coast after crowded ferry sinks
At least 200 people have been confirmed dead after a ferry sank off the coast of Zanzibar, an island off Tanzania in Africa. The country is to observe three days of national mourning for the victims of the tragedy.
# disaster - Saturday 27 August, 2011
Heartbreak as injury rules Wallace out of World Cup
Irish flanker out after injuring knee against England this afternoon.
# disaster - Thursday 18 August, 2011
Over €30 million found after Japanese disaster handed in
Police say they have returned the majority of the money to its rightful owners.
# disaster - Monday 11 July, 2011
Dejected Messi booed by fans and frozen out by teammates
The player was confronted by defender Nicolás Burdisso after another disappointing Copa América performance.
# disaster - Sunday 3 July, 2011
Crude oil spills into Yellowstone River after pipe rupture
Hundreds of barrels worth of oil flood 25 miles downstream in Montana river as ExxonMobile pipeline springs leak beneath riverbed.
# disaster - Tuesday 31 May, 2011
The Titanic: Nine things you may not have known about the legendary liner
The world’s most famous – or infamous – ocean liner was launched in Belfast 100 years ago today. Here we look at some of the facts which don’t always make it into the history books.
# disaster - Friday 15 April, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
# disaster - Monday 11 April, 2011
Slideshow: Japan commemorates month anniversary of disaster
People pause to remember earthquake which hit at 6.46am GMT this day a month ago – but work must go on to recover bodies and rebuild towns.
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