Natural disasters and extreme weather

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  7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia

  10 Jan 2012:

  Earthquake hits waters 260 miles off coast of Aceh province, prompting officials to briefly issue tsunami warning

• 'Just-in-time' business models put UK at greater risk in event of disasters, warns thinktank

  6 Jan 2012: Chatham House report says Britain could only withstand a week of disruption after a major event before spiralling into chaos

• Chile's fire-ravaged Torres del Paine national park to partly reopen

  4 Jan 2012:

  President Sebastián Piñera says 80% of the popular Patagonian park will reopen as firefighters continue to battle forest blazes

• Climate change – our real bequest to future generations

  3 Jan 2012:

  Dean Baker: Deficit hawks try to scare us about the debt we're leaving. That's economic nonsense – unlike the costs of global warming

• Weatherwatch: Cyclone Grant hits the north coast of Australia

  2 Jan 2012: Matthew Dobson MeteoGroup looks at the impact of this week's cyclones

• Japan struck by magnitude 6.8 earthquake

  1 Jan 2012: Strong earthquake strikes off Japan's Izu islands but no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning issued

• New Year honours: Recognition for unsung heroes in the public sector

  31 Dec 2011: Awards for Britons who helped during emergency rescue efforts, youth outreach workers, school principals and police officers

• Rich nations failing to contribute to emergency disasters – Andrew Mitchell

  27 Dec 2011: Andrew Mitchell calls on international community to recognise responsibilities to UN's Central Emergency Response Fund

• Philippines floods: an expected shock

  26 Dec 2011: Even when we do know about climate-related hazards, we still fail to act

• Thailand seeks flood prevention plan as Bangkok clean-up operation continues

  26 Dec 2011: Authorities urged to tackle urban planning issues amid concerns climate change puts Thai capital at risk of more frequent flooding

• Queen pays tribute to family bonds as Prince Philip recuperates in hospital

  25 Dec 2011: Her Christmas message relates mostly to natural disasters in the Commonwealth, but seem prescient in light of duke's ill health

• Christchurch rocked by earthquakes – in pictures

  Gallery (7 pictures), 23 Dec 2011:

  Series of strong earthquakes hits the New Zealand city, which is still recovering from an earlier quake that wreaked devastation less than a year ago

• New Zealand's Christchurch hit by series of earthquakes

  23 Dec 2011:

  The initial quake measured 5.8 magnitude, and prompted the evacuation of public buildings and the airport

• Environment world review of the year: '2011 rewrote the record books'

  22 Dec 2011:

  The ecologically tumultuous year saw record greenhouse gas emissions, melting Arctic sea ice, natural disasters and extreme weather – and the world's second worst nuclear disaster

• Philippines floods declared a national calamity as death toll rises

  20 Dec 2011: President makes declaration as coffins shipped in to help authorities handle the number of dead

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