# disaster - Sunday 17 November, 2013
# The Philippines
# The Philippines
The funding brings to over €3 million the amount pledged by the Irish Government.
# Philippines
# Philippines
In Tacloban, babies continue to arrive and are the most vulnerable to the region’s problems.
# disaster - Wednesday 13 November, 2013
# Typhoon Haiyan
# Typhoon Haiyan
The UN estimates more than 11.3 million people have been affected with 673,000 made homeless, since Haiyan smashed into the nation’s central islands on Friday.
# disaster - Tuesday 12 November, 2013
# Philippines
# Philippines
Charities are warning that the death toll in the Philippines which is currently estimated to be around 10,000 – is likely to rise.
# disaster - Sunday 10 November, 2013
# Philippines
# Philippines
200 tarpaulins, 85 family tents, 10,000 blankets and other basic food and hygiene necessities are also being sent.
# disaster - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
# Disaster
# Disaster
The earthquake reached 7.2 on the Richter scale.
# disaster - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
Tons of highly toxic water spilled out when workers removed the wrong pipe during works.
# disaster - Thursday 29 August, 2013
# Nairobi
# Nairobi
Bodies were said to be ‘strewn all over’, according to police.
# disaster - Saturday 17 August, 2013
# Philippines
# Philippines
The ferry, which was carrying 831 passengers and crew, collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly.
# disaster - Monday 5 August, 2013
# In Tiers
From The Daily Edge
# In Tiers
Thanks, you really shouldn’t have
# disaster - Friday 5 July, 2013
# Timely
# Timely
The investigation will focus on possible offences between 2006 and 2013 committed by individuals who are potentially responsible for the economic crisis.
# disaster - Saturday 25 May, 2013
# Disaster
# Disaster
The US state is coming to terms with the massive tornado which left 24 people dead and levelled entire neighbourhoods.
# disaster - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
# Oklahoma
# Oklahoma
Preliminary causes of death suggest both infants – aged just four and seven months old – died of head trauma.
# Iceballs
# Iceballs
The size of that thing!
# Disaster
# Disaster
“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
# Disaster
# Disaster
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
# Bangladesh
# Bangladesh
The owner of the Tung Hai sweater factory was among the victims.
# disaster - Saturday 4 May, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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
# Disaster
# Disaster
The death toll has now reached 363 but is expected to rise.
# Disaster
# Disaster
The death toll in the building collapse has now reached 363 but it is expected to increase.
# disaster - Monday 15 April, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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
# Gunpowder Disaster
# Gunpowder Disaster
126 people died, and 40 riverside homes were ruined, when a consignment of gunpowder exploded at the quays.
# disaster - Saturday 12 January, 2013
# Costa Concordia
# Costa Concordia
Officials have promised that the ship, which is twice the size of the Titanic, will be removed by September.
# disaster - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
# Slideshow
From The42
# Slideshow
The Liverpool midfielder would be best advised to stay away from the site over the next few hours.
# disaster - Thursday 1 November, 2012
# Sandy
# Sandy
The United States is facing a bill of tens of billions of dollars in the wake of ‘Superstorm’ Sandy.
# disaster - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
# Flooding
# Flooding
At least eight killed and tens of thousands displaced by Pacific storm.
# disaster - Saturday 21 July, 2012
# Costa Concordia
# Costa Concordia
However, no trial is expected until the beginning of next year at the earliest.
# disaster - Thursday 5 July, 2012
# Japan
# Japan
The Fukushima accident was a man-made disaster caused by a culture of “reflexive obedience”, a new report says.
# disaster - Monday 11 June, 2012
# Wildfire
# Wildfire
Fire on Colorado grew to more than 80 sq km in one day.
# disaster - Sunday 3 June, 2012
# Centralia
# Centralia
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
# Disaster
# Disaster
At least 16 people were killed in the quake early yesterday morning.
# disaster - Thursday 26 April, 2012
# Chernobyl
# Chernobyl
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
# Remembered
# Remembered
Incredible images of the “ground zero” of the 1986 accident.
# disaster - Sunday 15 April, 2012
# Titanic100
# Titanic100
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
# Titanic100
# Titanic100
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
# Titanic100
From The Daily Edge
# Titanic100
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
# Titanic100
# Titanic100
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
# Disaster
# Disaster
The former Prime Minister acknowledged there were flaws in how authorities handled the Fukushima crisis last year.
# disaster - Thursday 16 February, 2012
# Prison Fire
# Prison Fire
Survivors have described the scenes inside the packed cells as the blaze tore through the jail.
# disaster - Thursday 12 January, 2012
# Haiti
# 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.
