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There are now four tropical cyclones stirring in the Western Pacific: Ketsana, 18W, 19W and now Tropical Depression 20W. The 20th tropical cyclone of the Western Pacific Ocean formed in the overnight hours of September 28 to 29.
Read MoreExcelerate Technology, a U.K.’s supplier of satellite and wireless-based data, voice and video solutions to the emergency services, has unveiled the first of a new generation of Rapid Response vehicles.
Read MoreOn September 29th, a powerful underwater earthquake at 8.0 on the Richter scale in the Pacific off the Samoa islands region generated a tsunami and waves 3 meters high across Samoa Islands in the South Pacific.
Read MoreMundus Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MNDP) announces formation of AirStar Search & Rescue UAV 4 Life to focus on saving lives and property from wildfires in California.
Read MoreAfter a spectacular explosion in May of 2008, Chile’s Chaiten volcano has erupted continuously for the past 16 months.
Read MoreOn September 26, 2009, in a matter of hours, Tropical Storm Ketsana dropped a month’s worth of rain on the Philippine capital of Manila.
Read MoreThe heaviest rain rains and worst flooding in more than 40 years in Manila, and nearby provinces occured on Saturday September 26th, as a result of tropical storm Ketsana.
Read MoreOn September 18, 2009, firefighters continued to monitor a 212-kilometer (132-mile) containment line around the Station Fire.
Read MoreFife Fire and Rescue Service has unveiled its new major incident command unit (ICU) as part of an investment of more than ?5m in new state-of-the-art rescue equipment and facilities.?
Read MoreTropical Storm Koppu was nearing landfall over southern China when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra captured this image on September 14, 2009.
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