Safe Rooms Saved Lives in Tornado Disaster The tornado that carved a path of destruction through Moore took 24 lives. Its winds were clocked at 400 kilometers per hour. With only 15 minutes warning, residents fled town or took refuge in the sturdiest...
Asian Water Summit Focuses on Security, Disaster There was no sign of a water shortage here in northern Thailand as delegates gathered for the Asia-Pacific Water summit. But inside, there was talk about an impending crisis facing Asia. For the region...
听遍美国之空难性新闻[2]:Disaster in Sports Stadium(1) South Africa At least 43 people died and hundreds more were hurt in a stampede(2) at a soccer stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Police spokesman Chris Wilkin says: Some wanted to get onto th...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 15 May 2007 The U.S. official in charge of emergency preparedness has pledged there will be no repeat of the chaotic government response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, saying federal authorities are ready to deal with the...
By Scott Stearns White House 13 February 2007 U.S. President George Bush says pulling U.S. troops out of Baghdad would only lead to more violence. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is rejecting congressional resolutions op...
By Deborah Tate Washington 10 February 2006 A former federal disaster chief says he warned President Bush and other administration officials about Hurricane Katrina before the storm struck the Gulf Co...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 January 2006 Former President George Bush, right, with an earthquake survivor from Leepa Valley of Pakistani Kashmir during his visit to quake survivors' tented village in Is...
Ronald Reagan: The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address "We'll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights...more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space." [AUTHEN...
Broadcast: Apr 02, 2003 The investigation into what caused the break-up of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia supports the theory that a left wing panel broke off during its mission, possibly playing a r...
Broadcast: Feb 02, 2003 The head of the U.S. space agency NASA says the investigation of the cause of the Columbia space shuttle disaster will be thorough and completed as quickly as possible so Ameri...