SINGAPORE, 19 October 2016 – FOLLOWING Typhoon Sarika that hit the Aurora province in the Philippines on 16 October 2016, the country braces for a second super typhoon. Typhoon Haima made landfall over the Cagayan province tonight just before midnight, hitting the...
SINGAPORE, 14th August 2016 – SINGAPORE’S only humanitarian charity run, Ground Zero – Run for Humanity 2016, saw more than 1,200 participants take part this morning at Casuarina Grove, East Coast Park. The second edition of the local humanitarian-themed run is...
Date: 2 – 11 August 2009 Category: 2 (Tropical Cyclone) Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan just before midnight on 7 August 2009, flooding the entire south of the country, and triggering mudslides. One of the most urgent problems in the immediate aftermath of the...
Date: 26 December 2004 Magnitude: 9.0 The Indian Ocean Tsunami, triggered by a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake on Boxing Day, was one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world, claiming more than 250,000 lives and leaving at least two million homeless. The...
Date: July – September 2006 The Lebanon war with Israel began on 12 July 2006 and ended with a United Nations brokered ceasefire on 14 August 2006. The conflict resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 Lebanese and 165 Israelis, and displaced up to 500,000...
