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Bureaucratic Aftershocks of the Elazığ Earthquake

Bureaucratic Aftershocks of the Elazığ Earthquake

A total of 41 people died in the earthquake on 8 March. Without exception, the casualties occurred in old houses built from mud-bricks. Plans regarding the preparation before and the crisis management after an earthquake were incomplete and not taken into action.

12 March 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

Engineeers Blame Authorities for Disastrous Flood

FLOOD DISASTER

Engineeers Blame Authorities for Disastrous Flood

Flood could have been prevented from turning into a disaster says Istanbul Environmental Egineeers Chamber. The reasons for the disaster are to be sought in licensing buildings erected in the river courses and in the poor sewage and rain water system. Despite meteorologists' warnings no emergency plan was prepared and no warnings were issued.

10 September 2009 Tolga Korkut