All Articles Tagged As: natural disasters

Region hit hard by 1993 floods showed economic resiliency, study indicates (7/28/2008)

With the first wave of clean-up efforts behind them, residents of communities affected by this year's Midwest floods may find hope in a study on the economic impact of the 1993 flood that devastated much of the same region. ...> Full Article

Earthquake may rattle China's hydropower plans, raising spectre of more coal-fired pollution, tighter energy markets (5/19/2008)

The massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province last week may have dealt a huge blow to China's plans for a vast network of hydro-electric power dams, and the aftershock could mean more reliance on coal, more pollution and more competition for scarce global energy resources ...> Full Article