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New compact disaster shelter ... A startup in San Francisco is designing what it calls the "Life Cube" which when compact measures four-feet-tall but can expand into a 12-feet-tall structure complete with the tools and supplies needed for those using the shelter to survive for extended periods of time... read more>>

Rescue team trains to help animals in Kansas ... In Kansas, emergency responders are training with the Kansas State Animal Response Team which was formed four years' ago to help pets during and after a disaster... read more>>

New policy guidelines for FEMA trailers ... FEMA has updated its hurricane policies for the 2008 season. The new policy changes effect the agency's emergency trailer guidelines for state and local government issues as well as for residents who will need them... read more>>

Iowa community begins recovery after devastating tornado ... Residents in one Iowan community are trying to recover from devastating tornadoes which flattened homes and farms. In one town along, more than 222 homes were destroyed... read more>>

Tornado in Colorado kills one ... A freak tornado plowed through a town about 80 miles north of Denver killing one person while the same storm spawned golfball-sized hail... read more>>

Wildfires in CA prompt evacuations ... Hundreds of residents in California have been evacuated after wildfires were ignited along the central Californian mountains. About 1,400 homes were under evacuation orders... read more>>

Military junta allows disaster aid into country ... The military junta in Myanmar has announced it will let all waiting foreign disaster aid groups into the country after a "breakthrough" meeting between the Burmese government and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon... read more>>

Stadiums as shelters in China ... Chinese government officials in Chengdu are trying to cope with the estimated 5 million people who are without shelter after the devastating earthquake and its aftershocks by using stadium as shelters... read more>>

Death toll now 78,000 in Myanmar ... The official death count in Myanmar is now 78,000 with about 56,000 more people missing. The government is still severely restricting access to the country's affected by international aid groups... read more>>

Dams are weakened by quakes in China ... Chinese officials are monitoring damage to more than 400 dams in the Sichuan Province. The fear is that the recent large earthquake has weakened the infrastructure putting even more communities at risk should the dams brake... read more>>