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responsenetadmin
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 Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 06:49:18
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IAEM Discussion Group:
USA: Pennsylvania - Evacuation orders for about 5,000 people in northeastern Pennsylvania remain in effect even as authorities say the leak of a hazardous chemical has been contained. Authorities say a tanker truck carrying more than 16 tons of hydrofluoric acid overturned early Saturday near Wind Gap, about 60 miles north of Philadelphia.
BULGARIA: State of emergency is declared on 21.03 2009 at 3pm in the villages of Nikudin, Dobri Laki, Razlog and Klepalo at the order of Mayor of Strumyani Municipality, Blagoevgrad district Valentin Chilikov, press centre of the Ministry of Extraordinary Situations informed. Municipal operative staff has been set up. Power supply has been cut in 16 settlements due to heavy snowfall. Snow cover in the Municipality reaches to 50 cm.
TONGA: Seismic activity in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga has intensified with a powerful earthquake raising fears of a tsunami. The volcano has been erupting for several days about six miles from the southwest coast off the main island of Tongatapu, spewing spectacular plumes of white smoke and black ash out of the sea. A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Friday, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a tsunami alert for Tonga and neighbouring pacific islands within 625 miles (1,000 kilometres) of the epicentre.
KAZAKHSTAN: A weapons depot caught fire in southern Kazakhstan on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring 16, reported citing Kazakh officials. The fire at a military facility outside the city of Arys 800 kilometres (500 miles) south of the capital Astana triggered a number of explosions, according to an official of the Kazakh emergency situations ministry. "Sixteen people working in the depot were injured of whom 12 were hospitalised. Rescue workers found two burned corpses at the scene of the fire. Two others are missing," said ministry official.
IRAN: Two U.S. Navy vessels, a nuclear-powered submarine and an amphibious ship, collided during the early morning hours Friday in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian peninsula, the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet reported.
INDIA: Fifteen people have been diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the past week, health officials said Friday. The outbreak has occurred in some half-dozen villages of the state's Visakhapatnam district, its medical and health officer, J. Sarojini said. Four of the patients have been hospitalized, with one in critical condition, she said.
Arthur Rabjohn CEM |
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15 People diagnosed with cutaneious anthrax in AP
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