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Ms. Mills: We have a very robust and important disaster-response capability.
Getting Money Into the Hands of Small Businesses Angus Loten 2011
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Japan has one of the best government disaster-response agencies in the world, with long experience in recovery from earthquakes.
U.S. military, aid groups prepare to assist after Japan quake 2011
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On Sunday, disaster-response teams made progress toward taming the stricken nuclear reactor, restoring electrical power and preparing to restart crucial systems designed to cool the dangerously overheating nuclear material.
Japan Plant Had Troubled History Rebecca Smith 2011
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The recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand have prompted officials in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere to re-examine their own building codes, disaster-response measures and recovery plans.
California Looks to Update Quake Plans Cari Tuna 2011
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Since then, San Francisco has overhauled its disaster-response plans twice and renovated its emergency operations center, officials said.
California Looks to Update Quake Plans Cari Tuna 2011
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Key to that success: An elite disaster-response team from Tokyo, the Hyper Rescue Squad, and its massive water cannon known as the Super Pumper.
Japan Plant Had Troubled History Rebecca Smith 2011
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"In the blink of an eye, so many people have been plunged into grief and crisis," said Preston Parrish, executive vice president of ministry at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which dispatched its disaster-response teams to four areas of the state.
Massive cleanup in N.C. as tornado death toll rises to 23 2011
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"In the blink of an eye, so many people have been plunged into grief and crisis," said Preston Parrish, executive vice president of ministry at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which dispatched its disaster-response teams to four areas of the state.
Massive cleanup in N.C. as tornado death toll rises to 23 2011
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In recent years, the country has tried to upgrade its disaster-response capabilities, but they are regularly stretched by fresh catastrophes exacerbated by the chronic poverty that afflicts many parts of this country of 100 million people.
Earthquake in Central Philippines Leaves Dozens Dead or Missing Josephine Cuneta 2012
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In California's quake-prone areas, officials are re-examining building codes, disaster-response measures and recovery plans.
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