Flood­ing hits Chi­nese capital
Heavy rain, described as the worst in the area in more than 60 years, hit Bei­jing last week report­ed­ly killing 37 peo­ple. The com­mer­cial com­mu­ni­ca­tion was oper­at­ing as nor­mal in the urban area. 

As part of their …

Atlantic Hur­ri­cane Sea­son 2012
There have been four ‘named storms’ in the Atlantic already this year and though none have made the news it is time for the reminder that Ama­teur Radio con­tin­ues to play a part in gath­er­ing and distributing …

Fire call­out in India
Mem­bers of ARES were acti­vat­ed by the Thane Dis­as­ter Man­age­ment Author­i­ty for com­mu­ni­ca­tions at a fire at Mantralaya, India, in which two peo­ple died. The blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the Mantralaya build­ing which …

Ital­ian Earth­quakes — Fur­ther activity
Two addi­tion­al earth­quakes have struck the Emil­ia Romagna region of Italy on May 29.
At the moment there are around 15 deaths report­ed. Fol­low­ing a request from the Ital­ian Civ­il Pro­tec­tion Depart­ment. RNRE have imme­di­ate­ly sent …