SALALAH: The second GCC conference on Coronavirus Pandemic and Sustainable Development in the GCC countries “Repercussions and Innovation Opportunities” kicked off on Sunday via video-conferencing. The two-day conference, organised by Dhofar University, explores the roles of researchers and scholars in crisis management and spreading awareness in order.
BUSINESS REPORTERMUSCAT, MAY 22Mazoon College is hosting an international conference that will debate the impact of oil prices on the future of GCC economies. The two events will take place at the Crowne Plaza Muscat during May 25-26, 2021. It will be opened under the auspices of Sayyid Sulaiman bin Hamoud al Busaidy, Deputy Secretary- General of the Council.
250 engineering structures being built to mitigate impacts of GLOFs
National
May 20, 2021
Islamabad: The government is developing 250 engineering structures including dams, ponds, spillways, and drainage systems to reduce the risk of floods under a multi-billion project Scaling-up of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) risk reduction in Northern Pakistan.
According to the details, the climate change ministry is also coordinating with the Gilgit-Baltistan government and they are using Digital Terrain Model (DTM) to calculate the glacial lake volume to develop GLOF simulation to anticipate downstream risk.
The details revealed that both of them are also making concerted efforts to develop disaster management policies and install weather monitoring stations, flood gauges, hydrological modelling, and early warning systems to enhance the ability to respond rapidly to flood scenarios.
Still recovering after two hurricanes, Lake Charles dealing with impacts of severe flooding
Still recovering after two hurricanes, Lake Charles dealing with impacts of severe flooding
and last updated 2021-05-19 23:26:02-04
New insight about how devastating this week s wet weather has been for those in Lake Charles.
In less than a year the city has dealt with two hurricanes, freezing weather and now severe flooding.
According to the National Weather Service, this week s flooding was the third heaviest with close to 15 inches of rain over a 6 hour period.
Like many families in Lake Charles, the Ardoins just moved back to the city following both hurricanes. Now they find themselves starting over. This time from flooding.
Impacts of Chorus fire-damaged cable widespread and significant
16 May, 2021 05:00 AM
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Chorus technicians under the Tauranga Harbour Bridge repairing a severely fire-damaged 96-fibre internet cable. Photo / George Novak
Chorus technicians under the Tauranga Harbour Bridge repairing a severely fire-damaged 96-fibre internet cable. Photo / George Novak
Just how much a major phone and internet outage across the Bay of Plenty cost the economy is yet to be determined but business and community leaders say it could be significant. On Friday Chorus 96-fibre cable was damaged in a fire under the Tauranga Harbour Bridge just before 10.30am.
It resulted in phone and broadband outages to about 3000 home and business customers across several providers.