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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
President Bush has declared that a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, flooding, mudslides, and landslides during the period of April 3-4, 2008. FEMA has named W. Michael Moore as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.
A new model simulation of Atlantic hurricane activity for the last two decades of this century projects fewer hurricanes overall, but a slight increase in intensity for hurricanes that do occur. Hurricanes are also projected to have more intense rainfall, on average, in the future. The findings are reported in a study by scientists at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J. More details.
A new document ‘Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic – A Framework for Planners Preparing to Manage Deaths’ has been published by the UK government. It aims to assist local authorities in making plans for dealing with additional deaths arising from an influenza pandemic. Read the document
Perimeter eSecurity has announced the launch of its Remote Backup and Recovery (RBR) offering which provides a reliable, on-demand storage engine to securely back up and recover business data. RBR is a fully digital service that allows organizations to maintain a regular backup schedule. Read press release
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World weather impacts
•Date: 20th May 2008• Region: Various
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