|
'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
Ten people were killed and 45 others were injured in an explosion in the Landhi industrial area of Karachi on Monday evening. The terror attack was caused by an explosive device which had been hidden in a fruit cart.
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Nebraska to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm during the period of December 10-12, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9245
Queensland Treasurer and Acting Emergency Services Minister Andrew Fraser has activated financial assistance for 11 local government areas in the Whitsunday region and Queensland's northern areas affected by flooding. Mr Fraser said assistance is now available through the joint State-Commonwealth Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) for the 11 local government areas of Bowen and Whitsunday as well as Burdekin, Cairns, Cardwell, Eacham, Atherton, Johnstone, Townsville, Thuringowa and Mareeba. This announcement followed an earlier one, which stated that NDRRA had been activated for the local government areas of Aramac, Diamantina, Ilfracombe, Jericho, Winton, Barcaldine, Flinders, Isisford and Longreach as a result of severe storms and associated flooding from 22 to 30 December. Assistance for the west follows declarations for several flood-affected areas including the Gold Coast, Logan, Beaudesert and Boonah, Clifton, Stanthorpe and Warwick on the Darling Downs, Cooloola in the Sunshine Coast area and northern areas including Cairns, Johnstone, Cardwell, Mareeba, Atherton and Eacham.
A major fire which broke out in Kolkata's Burra Bazaar around 2 AM on Saturday morning gutted at least 2,500 retail businesses. More than 45 fire tenders were pressed into service, finally bringing the blaze under control earlier today (Tuesday 15th January).
FEMA daily SITREP
World weather impacts
Mozambique faces flood fury
•Date: 15th January 2008• Region: Various
|
