Los Angeles Times (January 9)
“Five people have died, but officials say the death toll is likely to be higher. More than 9,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed and at least 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders. Experts say L.A. is not out of danger yet and these fires have the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history.”
Tags: Costliest, Damaged, Danger, Death toll, Destroyed, Disaster, Evacuation, L.A., Officials, Residents, Structures, U.S., Wildfire
Washington Post (August 29)
Officials took Hurricane Irene very seriously, issuing evacuation orders and taking extensive measures to avoid injury and damage. The measures seemed to have paid off. Of course, “some of that is luck: a shift a few miles to the west, a tick more ferocity in the winds, and the results might have been far different…At least 15 people in six states were killed in the storm, and as always the casualties seem heartbreakingly random: an 11-year-old Newport News boy dead when a large tree crashed into his apartment; a 15-year-old girl killed in a North Carolina car crash; a Maryland woman struck fatally when a tree toppled the chimney of her house.”
Officials took Hurricane Irene very seriously, issuing evacuation orders and taking extensive measures to avoid injury and damage. The measures seemed to have paid off. Of course, “some of that is luck: a shift a few miles to the west, a tick more ferocity in the winds, and the results might have been far different…At least 15 people in six states were killed in the storm, and as always the casualties seem heartbreakingly random: an 11-year-old Newport News boy dead when a large tree crashed into his apartment; a 15-year-old girl killed in a North Carolina car crash; a Maryland woman struck fatally when a tree toppled the chimney of her house.”
Bloomberg (March 17)
Foreign nationals are increasingly being advised to leave Japan or at least the region until the situation at the Fukushima reactors is resolved. Britain, the U.S., France, Belgium, Germany and Norway are among the nations advising their nationals to consider leaving either Japan or the affected region.
Tags: Evacuation, Foreign nationals, Fukushima, Japan
