RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information To Me Today at 3:06 AM RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- •Biological Hazard - North-America - USA •Technological Disaster - North-America - USA •Vehicle Accident - North-America - USA •Extreme Weather - Australia - Australia •Explosion - North-America - Mexico •Biological Hazard - Asia - Vietnam •Epidemic Hazard - Europe - United Kingdom •Vehicle Accident - Asia - China •Explosion - Asia - China •Biological Hazard - Asia - India •Biological Hazard - Asia - China •Tropical Storm - Asia - India •Biological Hazard - Asia - India Biological Hazard - North-America - USA Posted: 18 Oct 2013 09:42 PM PDT EDIS Number: BH-20131019-41326-USA Date / time: 19/10/2013 04:40:31 [UTC] Event: Biological Hazard Area: North-America Country: USA State/County: State of Virginia Location: Newport News Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Officials say a raccoon that was killed by a dog near Colony Road and Putney Road in Newport News tested positive for rabies. Rabies is a fatal but preventable disease. Officials say they will be contacting residents in the area as well as community organizations. The Peninsula Health District is reminding citizens to vaccinate pets, report all exposures to animals to their doctors or local health department, enjoy wildlife from a distance, and avoid feeding pets outside. Technological Disaster - North-America - USA Posted: 18 Oct 2013 09:34 PM PDT EDIS Number: AC-20131019-41325-USA Date / time: 19/10/2013 04:33:08 [UTC] Event: Technological Disaster Area: North-America Country: USA State/County: State of Georgia Location: LaGrange Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: 19 person(s) Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Six children have been hospitalized after an inflatable slide collapsed at their Georgia elementary school. Troup County Sheriffs Deputy Stewart Smith says the extent of their injuries is not known. Thirteen other students were also injured in the Thursday afternoon incident at Rosemont Elementary School in LaGrange. Smith says they were treated at the scene and released to their parents. Smith says two children were airlifted to Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Eggleston. Four others were taken by ambulance to West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Smith says the slide was located in the gym and was part of a reward for students. A call to the school was not immediately returned. Vehicle Accident - North-America - USA Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:16 AM PDT EDIS Number: VI-20131018-41324-USA Date / time: 18/10/2013 15:10:51 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Accident Area: North-America Country: USA State/County: State of Texas Location: Troy Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Several middle school football players and two coaches have been hurt after a school bus and an 18-wheeler collided in North Texas. The accident occurred in Troy late Thursday and it was not immediately clear how many students were injured. Troy police officer Arlie Bridges, who was first on the scene, says it is not clear how the accident occurred or who was at fault. A triage center was set up in a nearby church where students, some still in their football uniforms, were examined for injuries. Troy Independent School District superintendent Neil Jeter says two coaches were transported to the hospital. He says both were conscious. Bridges says the driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured. Extreme Weather - Australia - Australia Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:10 AM PDT EDIS Number: ST-20131018-41323-AUS Date / time: 18/10/2013 14:58:04 [UTC] Event: Extreme Weather Area: Australia Country: Australia State/County: State of Queensland Location: [Darling Downs region] Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Towns in the Darling Downs were hammered by hail as destructive storms swept across the region yesterday while a freak lightning strike in Brisbanes south left a trail of destruction. The lightning strike on a tree in Sunnybank caused extensive damage to nearby homes and residents likened the strike to a bomb exploding as debris knocked down fence palings and shattered windows and roofs. In Oakey wind gusts of 124km/h were recorded with 2cm hail stones falling when a storm ripped through the town about 2pm. During the high-intensity storm, which lasted for less than half an hour, about 32mm of rain was dumped on the region. The storm cell continued north toward Gympie and passed over Nanango bringing strong winds and very heavy rain into the late afternoon. Severe-weather forecaster Tony Wedd said a separate storm cell pelted Crows Nest, north of Toowoomba, with hail just an hour earlier than the downpour in Oakey. While piles of hail were left scatted across residents front lawns like snow the system weakened after it battered Crows Nest and moved northeast towards Maleny. Explosion - North-America - Mexico Posted: 18 Oct 2013 08:10 AM PDT EDIS Number: EX-20131018-41322-MEX Date / time: 18/10/2013 10:03:28 [UTC] Event: Explosion Area: North-America Country: Mexico State/County: State of Puebla Location: [Near to Chachapa] Number of Deads: 6 person(s) Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: The death toll from a natural gas plant explosion in central Mexico rose to six on Wednesday after workers found two more bodies amid the debris, authorities said. Two containers with a capacity for 250,000 liters (66,000 gallons) of gas blew up for unknown reasons in the town of Chachapa on Tuesday, said Puebla state civil protection director Jesus Morales. A fire broke out afterward and took three hours to extinguish. The plant, which held gas for domestic use, belongs to the Gas Tomza company. Nearby businesses in the industrial area where the blast occurred were evacuated. The number of deaths rose to six and the cleanup work and removal of debris continues, the state government said in a statement. Explosions are not uncommon at gas and oil facilities in Mexico. Biological Hazard - Asia - Vietnam Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:02 AM PDT EDIS Number: BH-20131018-41321-VNM Date / time: 18/10/2013 10:01:08 [UTC] Event: Biological Hazard Area: Asia Country: Vietnam State/County: Province of Quang Tri Location: Khe Sanh Town Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: 200 person(s) Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Around 200 people were hospitalized on October 17 after consuming what may have been contaminated bread, in the central province of Quang Tri. According to Huong Hoa General Hospital, they received patients suffering from severe abdominal pain, nausea, high fever and diarrhea. The patients said they had eaten bread from a bakery in Khe Sanh Town in Huong Hoa District in Quang Tri Province on October 16. The number of patients increased to around 200, and the hospital had to place 2-3 patients on a single bed and later had to add more beds along the corridor. Some of the patients were even transferred to big hospitals as they suffered from severe food-poisoning. Related agencies have frozen all foods in the bakery from where the above patients had bought bread, and further investigation is on to identify the cause of the food-poisoning Epidemic Hazard - Europe - United Kingdom Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:44 AM PDT EDIS Number: EH-20131018-41320-GBR Date / time: 18/10/2013 09:40:44 [UTC] Event: Epidemic Hazard Area: Europe Country: United Kingdom State/County: Wales Location: Swansea [Gower College] Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: A student at Gorseinon campus of Gower College Swansea has a suspected case of measles. Letters have been sent home to students and staff of the college. Mark Jones, principal of Gower College Swansea, said: “We have been made aware that a student at our Gorseinon campus has a suspected case of measles. We are currently working closely with Public Health Wales to advise all staff and students on how to protect themselves from getting measles and alert them to the symptoms they need to be aware of. Vehicle Accident - Asia - China Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:39 AM PDT EDIS Number: VI-20131018-41319-CHN Date / time: 18/10/2013 09:37:30 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Accident Area: Asia Country: China State/County: Province of Yunnan Location: [Chuxiong-Dali Expressway, Nanhua County] Number of Deads: 8 person(s) Number of Injured: 24 person(s) Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Eight people were killed and many others injured when a passenger bus overturned in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province on Friday morning, local authorities said. The accident happened at 10:50 a.m. on a section of the Chuxiong-Dali Expressway in Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture when the bus veered off the expressway and rolled down a 20 meter hill, according to the prefectures publicity office. The injured are being treated in a local hospital though the exact number is not immediately available. An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way. Explosion - Asia - China Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:32 AM PDT EDIS Number: EX-20131018-41318-CHN Date / time: 18/10/2013 09:29:58 [UTC] Event: Explosion Area: Asia Country: China State/County: Province of Heilongjiang Location: Jixi Number of Deads: 3 person(s) Number of Injured: 24 person(s) Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: At least three people were killed and 24 injured when an explosion hit a residential building in Chinas Heilongjiang province Thursday, authorities said. An initial investigation suggested a natural gas leak might have caused the explosion. Many apartments were damaged after the explosion and a fire took place at a building in Longshan International Community early morning, said the Jixi city authorities in a statement. While one person died at the site and another lost his life while being taken to hospital, the third died following treatment at the hospital, it added. Government authorities said at least 16 people were hospitalised and another eight were under medical observation. Biological Hazard - Asia - India Posted: 18 Oct 2013 02:28 AM PDT EDIS Number: BH-20131018-41317-IND Date / time: 18/10/2013 09:26:31 [UTC] Event: Biological Hazard Area: Asia Country: India State/County: State of Karnataka Location: [Bidar, Bellary and Belgaum] Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: The foot-and-mouth disease appears only to be spreading geographically and in intensity across the State, even as the Animal Husbandry Department reiterates that the cattle disease is under control. By Wednesday, the disease had claimed 3,060 head of cattle (since September 1), according to official figures with the department, a significant jump from last week’s casualty figure of 2,060. Another 23,500 animals have been infected with the virus, as against 16,573 last week. The disease, which so far had South Karnataka under its grip, now appears to have spread to several other districts, including those in the north of the State such as Bidar, Bellary and Belgaum. Deputy Director of the Animal Husbandry Department Sriram Reddy, however, said the disease was under control and that the department was continuing its ring vaccination of cattle within a specified radius of affected villages. The disease has been reported from 2,312 villages in the State, he added. While officials assumed that the disease would abate once the monsoon retreated by the end of September, the weather has only remained cloudy and wet and therefore, conducive for the spread of the disease. The virus is highly contagious but also a fragile one. A spell of sunshine can help contain it. But what we have now is cloudy and damp weather which only assists in its spread, said P. Giridhar, Joint Director of Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals. Cattle infected with the disease are susceptible to an often-fatal secondary infection called haemorrhagic septicaemia, which has been responsible for most of the fatalities among cattle and zoo animals. Authorities at the Bannerghatta zoo, which lost several animals to the disease last month, said that barring a few deer, no other species appear to have contracted the disease recently. Biological Hazard - Asia - China Posted: 18 Oct 2013 03:00 AM PDT EDIS Number: BH-20131016-41301-CHN Date / time: 16/10/2013 16:45:27 [UTC] Event: Biological Hazard Area: Asia Country: China State/County: Province of Zhejiang Location: [The area was not defined.] Number of Deads: N/A Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: Another case of the human H7N9 avian flu was reported from east Chinas Zhejiang Province yesterday. Though officials from the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission said yesterday there were no new H7N9 cases reported in the city, local medical experts said autumn and winter are the season for respiratory diseases like flu and there was a possibility that H7N9 cases may make a comeback. Both the authorities and public should stay on high alert and I suggest a complete ban on live poultry business to help control the spread of H7N9, said Dr Lu Hongzhou, a member of the nations H7N9 prevention and control expert group and vice president of Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. The live poultry trade was suspended in Shanghai in April but was back in business in late June. The 35-year-old man, surnamed Liu, tested positive for the H7N9 virus at the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the provincial health authority said yesterday. Liu, who works in Shaoxing County, was admitted to a hospital on October 8. He is in critical condition and is receiving treatment. None of his family members have showed flu-like symptoms. According to Lu, who went to the hospital in Shaoxing soon after receiving a call on Sunday night, said he told the hospital to adopt effective anti-viral therapy immediately. Experts believe that clinical practice in line with H7N9 treatment must be adopted including transporting the patient to a ward with negative pressure and isolation. He should be disinfected and his family members should take necessary self-protection measures. Event updates: Situation Update No. 1 on 2013-10-18 at 10:00:21. Tropical Storm - Asia - India Posted: 18 Oct 2013 09:31 PM PDT EDIS Number: TC-20131013-41258-IND Date / time: 13/10/2013 05:02:42 [UTC] Event: Tropical Storm Area: Asia Country: India State/County: MultiStates Location: [States of Orissa, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh] Number of Deads: 15 person(s) Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: N/A Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: 525000 person(s) Damage level: N/A Description: A cyclone left a trail of death and destruction on Sunday after winds packing speeds of up to 200kmh ripped through a vast swathe of Indias impoverished east coast. As emergency teams began assessing the damage from the countrys worst cyclone in 14 years, a massive relief effort was coming into full swing for the more than half a million people forced to evacuate their homes. Although there was no official death toll, a government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that six people had been reported dead in the worst-hit states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The Times of India reported that four people were killed by falling trees in Orissa and that an 80-year-old was crushed to death when her mud home collapsed. Event updates: Situation Update No. 3 on 2013-10-13 at 12:07:27. Situation Update No. 2 on 2013-10-13 at 11:42:01. Situation Update No. 1 on 2013-10-13 at 05:08:16. Biological Hazard - Asia - India Posted: 18 Oct 2013 09:12 PM PDT EDIS Number: BH-20131013-41254-IND Date / time: 13/10/2013 04:12:42 [UTC] Event: Biological Hazard Area: Asia Country: India State/County: State of Gujarat Location: Walled City [Kadarsha ni Naal area] Number of Deads: 4 person(s) Number of Injured: N/A Number of Infected: 15 person(s) Number of Missing: N/A Number of Affected: N/A Number of Evacuated: N/A Damage level: N/A Description: One more patient suffering from fever died in the Kadarsha ni Naal area of the Walled City (Surat, Gujarat state) on Wednesday (9 Oct 2013). A total of 4 deaths in the last 2 days resulting from a mysterious illness have led to a scare in the area with the locals suspecting outbreak of leptospirosis. However, health department officials of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) maintain that deaths are not due to leptospirosis or dengue fever. A total of 3 samples have been sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Pune to ascertain the cause of deaths. A 22-year-old man died in the area on Wednesday after 4 days of acute fever, cough and having thrown up blood in Maskati Hospital. A social worker in the area said, People are scared, and if the deaths dont stop they might flee the place. Dr KI Khatri, health officer of central zone of SMC said, The cause of death is shown as acute viral hemorrhagic fever by the hospital authorities. All the deceased have shown the same signs of high fever, cough, cold, and have vomited blood. Once the sample reports come from NIV, we would be able to treat the people better, said Dr Hemant Desai, chief medical officer of SMC. At present there are 7 patients from the area undergoing treatment in different hospitals. The locals claim that the number is 15. The SMC is carrying out a door-to-door survey and people showing symptoms of fever are being given treatment. Officials claim that the people are suffering from some kind of viral infection. They suspect that it might have spread to many people in the area that was badly affected during the recent floods. The health department has undertaken a massive sanitation operation in the area.
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