Chemical, being at the core of modern industrial systems, has attained a very serious concern…

Biological disasters are causative of process or phenomenon of organic origin or conveyed by biological vectors,…

The growth in the application of nuclear science and technology in the fields of power…

A Heat Wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum…

The Earth's lithosphere is broken up into a bunch of discrete pieces, called plates that…

The first thing before taking part in a “Search and Rescue” operation is to make…

This refers to mechanical collapse of certain structures, e.g. building, bridges etc. This causes people…

Structural damages come under two major categories: 1.    Large Scale damage to structures. These are typically…

Terrorist activities were traditionally not considered as disasters. However, during the last few years, terrorist…

These days, nuclear technology is used in several applications. Some of these include: medicinal, power…