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40 Die in El Salvador Flooding

Posted: 11/08/09 1:46PM
Filed Under: Top News, World, Deadly Weather, Disasters

People walk in a street damaged by heavy rains in San Salvador, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. El Salvador's interior minister says that 40 people have died throughout the country following three days of heavy rains. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)

Forty people in El Salvador have died after three days of rain, the country's interior minister said Sunday. Humberto Centeno said the deaths were reported in at least five of the 14 provinces of the tiny, mountainous Central American country.

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Disasters May Catch Canada Unprepared: AG Report

Posted: 11/03/09 3:35PM
Filed Under: Canada, Disasters, Politics

Sheila Fraser
Auditor General Sheila Fraser releases the 2009 Status Report in Ottawa, which includes two audits by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Scott Vaughan. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

If a terrorist attack, massive flood or other major disaster strikes, the federal government is unprepared to lead a coordinated emergency response, Canada's auditor general has found.

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Ship Built With WTC Steel Enters NY

Posted: 11/02/09 1:31PM
Filed Under: Top News, World, Disasters, News That Stunned Us

USS New York
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NEW YORK (AP) - The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.

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Indonesia Calls Off Search for Missing Survivors

Posted: 10/05/09 10:01AM
Filed Under: Top News, World, Disasters, Earthquakes, Survival Stories

Residents walk through an area damaged earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A second earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude rocked western Indonesia Thursday, a day after the region was devastated by an undersea quake of 7.6 mag
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PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue workers called off the search Monday for life under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, focusing instead on bringing aid to survivors in the towns and hills of western Indonesia, despite being hampered by torrential rains.

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Southeast Asia Braces for Possible 'Super Typhoon'

Posted: 10/01/09 8:55AM
Filed Under: Environment, Top News, World, Climate Change, Disasters, Weird Weather

(AP) - Asia had little respite Thursday from an already brutal storm season, with warnings the next tempest was en route to the Philippines and the death toll from the previous typhoon reaching 383.
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(AP) - Asia had little respite Thursday from an already brutal storm season, with warnings the next tempest was en route to the Philippines and the death toll from the previous typhoon reaching 383.

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Second Quake Rattles Indonesia

Posted: 10/01/09 8:49AM
Filed Under: Top News, World, Disasters, Earthquakes

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — As rescue workers searched for survivors in the wreckage of a four-story school Thursday, Mira Utami's mother clawed away, too — looking for the shoes missing from her daughter's body. Mira was taking a high school English final when the quake hit, flattening the school in seconds and killing her a week before her 16th birthday.

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Devastating Earthquakes
A boy stands near a building flattened by AN earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day's quake, which killed more than 500 people and left thousands trapped under collapsed buildings.
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Powerful Quake Strikes

    The shoulder of an express way is caved in after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the area in Makinohara, west of Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to be shut down for safety checks.

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    A father and son walk by cracks following a 6.5-magnitude earthquake at Yaizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture (State), Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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    Tomei Expressway is damaged after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Kikugawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. One person was killed and several dozen injured when the quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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    The side of Tomei Expressway collapses after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. One person was killed and several dozen injured when the quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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    The shoulder of an express way is caved in after a powerful earthquake hit the area in Makinohara, west of Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Two powerful earthquakes struck Asia early Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in coastal Japan and sending panicked residents into the streets as tsunami warnings were issued on islands in the Indian Ocean.

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    Workers clean up a road after a mudslide caused by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Matsuzaki, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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    A woman pushes her bike in front of a damaged stone gate at a Shinto shrine in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to be shut down for safety checks.

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    A resident shows the damage of a road at a Makinohara port, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. One person was killed and several dozen injured when the quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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    Sapporo beer factory workers clean up broken bottles following a 6.5-magnitude quake, in Shizuoka, Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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    City staff clean up a road in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture (State), Japan, following a 6.5-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The strong quake hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to shut down for safety checks.

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