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Natural disaster
What to know about the tornado that touched down Friday in Gaylord
GAYLORD, Mich. – At least two people have died, and 44 others were injured when a tornado touched down in Gaylord, Michigan on Friday, according to officials. Both that are deceased because of the tornado were in their 70s and were found in the mobile home park in Gaylord. Governor Gretchen Whitmer arrived in the …
Confronting catastrophic disasters with 21st century technologies
The unfolding tragedy in the Bahamas demonstrates that the 21st century will be marked by increasingly frequent, often catastrophic disasters of unprecedented scope and scale. Yet again, the unprecedented challenges of disaster management are being met with mostly conventional, labor-intensive, costly, and often inadequately slow response efforts. These 21st-century threats, particularly those that affect livelihood, …
