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A researcher has invented a low-cost wireless system using drones, that can be flown for longer periods of time and has the capacity to provide early warnings.
The new generation of the early warning systems will be connected to smartphone technology to warn people about where and when a tsunami would hit land and provide information on the location of the nearest shelters...
Following an incident last summer near Belfast where a 150-passenger train was found on unsupported rails for 12 minutes, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) blamed a system of culverts which could not cope with the heavy rainfall and a lack of engagement between Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) and Rivers Agency about the potential for flooding...
Some of the world's favorite beaches are about to disappear due to sea level rise, warns Professor Andrew Cooper of the University of Ulster. The problem is being compounded by 'lack of political will to adapt, uncertainty over how much sea level will rise, short-term coastal management initiatives, and climate change sceptics.'...
'Governments, donors, the UN and NGOs need to change their approach to chronic drought situations by managing the risks, not the crisis,' writes the Belfast Telegraph on the East African famine...
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