There is an "official" process a presidential disaster declaration usually follows, but the official procedure is sometimes short-circuited by governors and presidents in the interest of political responsiveness. This study investigated factors that propel a disaster event to approval by the president in the absence of meeting full administrative requirements.

The coastal impacts from Opal were generally the result of wave action and flooding rather than wind. Much can be learned on how to mitigate future damage from a survey of the damage patterns using a geological perspective.

This study reports on the health effects of an investigation of a fatal airline accident on 13 government employees involved in the discovery of probable cause of the crash of US Air flight 1016 on July 2, 1994 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Twenty persons survived, and 38 persons died.

The Poisonous Plant Guide is constructed to enable location of a plant by either knowing the common or botanical name of the plant. Alternatively if the plant is not known, but the disease symptom is, it is possible to search by the presenting clinical sign eg: Abortion, Sudden death, photosensitization. This database is for reference only, and does not include all plants that can be toxic to animals.

The main objective of this study was to examine the means by which residents of a drought affected area of Bangladesh cope with this hazard. Data used in this paper were collected during the summer of 1995 from 301 drought affected households located in the northern part of Bangladesh. Includes statistical charts.