Not exact matches
One
of the hard lessons many small businesses are learning after the
devastating impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is that a
disaster plan is essential — even if you think you'll never need to use it.
In light
of the
devastating hurricanes that happened in the Caribbean over the last couple
of months, we've become increasingly focused on the
impacts of major natural
disasters.
«The lack
of transparency in assigning public funds and the discriminatory
impact on how vulnerable communities in particular are
devastated by austerity may become evident again as Puerto Rico awaits
disaster relief funds, and communities await to see how those funds will be distributed,» she wrote.
The investigation was requested by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is concerned about the potential
impact tsunamis might have on new and existing nuclear power plants, especially in light
of the
devastating tsunami in Japan in March that sparked the greatest nuclear
disaster in years.
The
devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear
disaster in Japan had a high mental health
impact — with some effects persisting several years later, according to a comprehensive research review in the January / February issue
of the Harvard Review
of Psychiatry, published by Wolters Kluwer.
«We are grateful to the ARL
of Iowa for providing resources and professional responders to work with us in the field, making it possible for the ASPCA to continue its life - saving work to help animals
impacted by these
devastating disasters.»
For example, the area
of climate change has a dramatic
impact on national security: rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting
of the polar caps, to more frequent and
devastating natural
disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and
disaster relief.
The claim is that one
of the country's worst oil
disasters had a
devastating impact on the seaweed crops
of thousands
of Indonesian seaweed farmers, virtually destroying their livelihoods.
«Even with all the national attention after Hurricane Katrina, five years later millions
of Americans still have not taken even some
of the most basic steps to prepare for the potentially
devastating impact of a major
disaster,» says Robert Rusbuldt, Big «I» president & CEO.