New Madrid (United States)

Type: City

Name: New Madrid (United States)

Latitude: 36.586399

Longitude: -89.527901

population: 3,154

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Area at risk for quake damage

DANVILLE People accept the potential for severe weather, flooding and even the potential for tornadoes in east central Illinois.But ask a person if they?re ready for the next earthquake to arrive and most people will unabashedly shake their heads.East ... [Published Commercial-News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Earthquake, New Madrid (United States), Robert Williams, Wabash (United States), Danville (Illinois, United States)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

No injuries in small southern Illinois quake

BENTON, Ill. ? Authorities say a small earthquake shook parts of southern Illinois.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 2.7-magnitude temblor was shortly before 1 a.m. Monday east and northeast of Benton. The closest town appears to be tiny 50-resident ... [Published Rockford Register Star - May 17 2013]

Entities: Earthquake, New Madrid (United States), Benton (Illinois, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Wild Weather Swings May Be a Sign of Climate Change

For a political candidate, being labeled a “flip-flopper” can be a career killer. Just ask Secretary of State John Kerry, who lost his 2004 presidential race in part because of his reputation for voting against bills before he voted for them. Increasingly, ... [Published Kitsap Sun - May 16 2013]

Entities: Precipitation, Drought, Global Warming/Climate Change, Flooding

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMA reminds Missouri and Tennessee of New Madrid Seismic Zone

The New Madrid zone, located in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Illinois, is the most active seismic area in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1811 and 1812, hundreds of earthquakes ... [Published FierceHomelandSecurity - May 09 2013]

Entities: New Madrid (United States), FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Earthquake

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Wild Weather Swings May Be A Sign Of Climate Change

From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman:For a political candidate, being labeled a “flip-flopper” can be a career killer. Just ask Secretary of State John Kerry, who lost his 2004 presidential race in part because of his reputation for voting against bills ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Precipitation, Drought, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Are we prepared? Disasters prove more costly as people move into storm-prone areas

NEWBURY, Mass. — There’s yellow police tape at the entrance to the Plum Island Beach on a Monday in mid-March. Behind it a generator is running. A Komatsu front loader and a Caterpillar digger sit nearby. Off to the right, a large backhoe is visible above ... [Published Muskogee Phoenix - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Disasters, Hurricanes, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Netherlands

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Extreme Drought To Extreme Flood: Weather Whiplash Hits The Midwest

A 2010 study found “global warming is the main cause of a significant intensification in the North Atlantic Subtropical High that in recent decades has more than doubled the frequency of abnormally wet or dry summer weather in the southeastern United ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Drought, Flooding, Mississippi River

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

National Guard prepares for earthquake during drill

BRAGGS - Victims with realistic fake injuries stumbled like zombies to the triage tent during the Oklahoma National Guard's earthquake simulation while jackhammers drilled through concrete rubble in a search for more victims.Uniformed soldiers triaged ... [Published Tulsa World - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Earthquake, National Guard, Tulsa, New Madrid (United States)

First reported Feb 08 2013 - Updated Feb 08 2013 - 1 reports

Southaven, MS Students Practice Earthquake Safety During Annual ShakeOut

(DeSoto County, MS) If the Big One hits, kids all across the Mid-South will be ready.Thursday nine states, including Tennessee and Mississippi, took part in a teaching exercise preparing them for what to do if an earthquake hits.Students and teachers at ... [Published WREG - Feb 08 2013]

Entities: Southaven (United States), Earthquake, Mississippi

First reported Jan 06 2013 - Updated Jan 06 2013 - 1 reports

Other Voices: Times changing in North Dakota, Russia's new adoption policy and diverting Missouri River water

Change coming upon state of North DakotaStanding on the leading edge of 2013, North Dakotans need to get reacquainted with their state. They need to because the state is undergoing heavy-duty change. That change will ramp up in the year ahead with complicated ... [Published Aberdeen American News - Jan 06 2013]

Entities: Missouri River, Adoption, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Quotes

"We have to be able to respond to civil emergencies, and that's one of the requirements of the Guard" said Lt Col. John Altebaumer, deputy commander of Camp Gruber

National Guard prepares for earthquake during drill [Published Tulsa World - Apr 18 2013]

...After the quake, that number rose to 10 percent. "Our standard policies don't cover ground movement," he said, "and again that's on a case-by-case basis - is it a landslide, or whatever that caused the damage?"

Earthquake insurance inquiries, policies jump following Prague quake [Published Tulsa World - Sep 05 2012]

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