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Explainers, incident deep-dives, preparedness guides and data-driven reviews — written alongside the live tracker, so every claim links to the record behind it.

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A coast in section with the sea withdrawn well past the normal shoreline, a marker showing where the water should reach, and a wave train growing larger further out
30 Aug 2026 · Safety Guide

Tsunami Warning Signs: When Not to Wait for an Alert

Tsunami warning systems work well — except for the people closest to the earthquake, who are also in the most danger. They have to recognise it themselves, and there are only three signs to know. The most important one is not how strong the shaking was, but how long it lasted.

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A tank in section with a flat dark layer of bad air at the bottom, one figure collapsed inside, a second on the ladder descending into it, and a third at the rim
30 Aug 2026 · Safety Guide

Confined Spaces: Why the Rescuers Die Too

The most preventable multiple-fatality pattern we track: one man goes into a septic tank, a well or a pit and drops, and the people who go in after him make up most of the dead. Why the danger is invisible, why hydrogen sulphide stops smelling exactly when it turns lethal, and what to do instead.

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A kitchen in section with gas escaping from a cylinder valve, sinking to pool along the floor and flow down a stairwell, with a light switch marked as the danger
30 Aug 2026 · Safety Guide

Gas Cylinder Safety: Why LPG Sinks, and What Not to Touch

A gas leak does not become a fire, it becomes an explosion — because the gas fills the room before it finds a spark. LPG sinks rather than rises, the hose is the part that almost always fails, and the instinctive reaction of reaching for a switch is the one that sets it off.

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A hillside in section showing the curved slip surface, a crack opened at the crown, water seeping at the toe, and poles leaning at different angles above a house at the base
25 Aug 2026 · Safety Guide

Landslide Warning Signs: What a Slope Does Before It Fails

Landslides are treated as the disaster nobody could have seen coming, but a great many slopes announce themselves first — over days, in changes that look like maintenance problems rather than warnings. Here is what a slope does before it goes, and why the danger runs on after the rain stops.

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A room in section with hot smoke filling the space above a thin band of clear air at floor level, and a closed door keeping smoke out of the bedroom next door
25 Aug 2026 · Safety Guide

House Fire: Smoke Kills First, and Why a Closed Door Saves Lives

Almost everyone's fire plan is "I will smell smoke and get out". The sense of smell shuts down during sleep, and the gases from a fire deepen unconsciousness rather than disturbing it. What actually kills, how little time a modern room gives you, and why a closed bedroom door is the cheapest safety

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