The Fly Jamaica aircraft, 757-200, headed for Toronto, Canada, had to hastily make a crash landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana after suffering technical problems. Six passengers onboard suffered injuries but are out of danger and are
Active Shooter Training in Multiple Locations Across the Country
More and more people across the country are enrolling themselves in active shooter training programs in an effort to be better prepared against incidents involving gun violence. Florida The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is planning to conduct an active shooter
Earthquake Hits the Western Shoreline of Australia
Thousands of local citizens were disturbed from their sleep as a 5.4 Richter scale reading earthquake erupted in Kojonup, a pastoral region to the south east of Perth. The impact was at its strongest at around 5 am WA time
IDB bankrolls Jamaica’s Disaster Recovery Funds
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has boosted Jamaica’s disaster recovery funds by $ 285 million. The country, with nearly three million inhabitants, figures in the list of top 20 countries in the world that are highly prone to natural disasters. The
Inundations along the Western Shoreline in New Zealand
Intense showers have led to widespread inundations along the western shoreline in New Zealand. Rescue teams are frantically searching for a woman who was last seen around the Haupiri river region. The water from the rains gathered enough momentum to
Twitter Scraps More Than a Million Subscriptions for Promoting Terrorism
More than 1.2 million subscriptions were removed from Twitter. Encouraging terrorist activity between mid 2015 till the close of 2017 was cited as the reason. The data was revealed at a regional convention held in Jakarta aimed at combating terrorist
Shooter Incident at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks
A number of people were seriously wounded at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks when an armed delinquent started shooting on November 8 about forty minutes before midnight. The culprit was allegedly a 20 something youngster of Middle Eastern
Debris Flows – A Hazardous Consequence of Wildfires in California
Debris flows in California have thrown a new angle of complication to the long drawn and painful process of dealing with wildfires. The lack of a comprehensive solution is expected to expose the state to a wide range of damages
Additional Funds for Japan’s Disaster Recovery Budget
The Japanese government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amplified the country’s disaster recovery budget by 935.6 billion yen ($8.3 billion) in the financial budget for the fiscal year 2018 through March 2019. Plans for an additional disaster
Severe Snowfall Expected Across Central Regions Later This Week
Heavy snowfall is expected across central USA as cold air currents from Canada move southwards through the Prairies. Additionally, storms making their way through the Rocky Mountain range have only made the snowfall all the more likely. The storm is