Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Have you been following the news of the Italian earthquake?  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy and people are still searching for survivors.  The quake destroyed over 10,000 homes and left over 28,000 people homeless.

With the digital technology that we have today, we can learn more about these events as they happen.  The most recent newspaper articles are available through our NewsBank database as they are published.  One of the most recent articles noted that the Vatican has sent in its fire brigade to help out the other Italian emergency services.  People pull together in times like this.

There's also a scientific side to this story as well.  The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been monitoring the quake as well as the aftershocks.  Of course the USGS has also been paying very close attention to another geological event here in the U.S.: the earthquakes and ash eruptions from Alaska's Mount Redoubt.  You might think that Alaska is mainly wilderness, but Mt. Redoubt is very close to Anchorage, one of the largest cities in Alaska.

Remember that the next time an event like this happens, you have many resources to draw upon.  They will give you up to the minute information when you need it.

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There are more sources for news now than ever before in human history. We receive information from radio, television, newspapers, and the web, just to name a few. How do you organize all of that stuff? Do you feel overwhelmed?

Use our database Access World News to follow news without feeling overwhelmed. It's free for you to use and allows you access to over 2,000 newspapers worldwide. What else makes it special?

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So if you've been looking for a new perspective or you just want to start reading the news again, start with Access World News. It's easy to use and can be quite fun once you get the hang of it.

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