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President Barack Obama is voicing his concern and his condolences over the tsunami in the South Pacific and the earthquake in Indonesia.
In a July 28 list of maritime disasters, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank April 12, 1912. It struck an iceberg April 14 of that year and sank early the next day.
Some of the deadliest and most famous civilian maritime disasters:
China says natural disasters including the devastating Sichuan earthquake cost the country almost $200 billion last year.
Insurers' losses from natural disasters rose by about 50 percent in 2008, with Caribbean hurricanes Ike and Gustav powering the increase and climate change increasingly a factor, a leading reinsurer said Monday.
Taxpayers in Texas counties and Louisiana parishes hit by Hurricane Ike will get until Jan. 5, 2009, to take care of tax filings and payments due this fall, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:
Spending hours in a gas station line. Filing a story by text message, a few words at a time. Arriving in unfamiliar territory to report on a fast-moving story.
A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years:
Can catastrophic storms change the course of history? The answer is yes, based on what happened after the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history hit East Pakistan in 1970.
After a year in which Kansas endured destructive ice storms, killer tornadoes and severe flooding, it seemed the state history museum carefully timed the opening of an exhibit on extreme weather.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency may expand the use of passenger trains to evacuate the sick and elderly in advance of hurricanes across the Gulf Coast, a FEMA official said.
Losses to insurers from natural disasters nearly doubled this year to just below $30 billion globally after an unusually quiet 2006, a leading reinsurer said Thursday, from winter storms in Europe, flooding in Britain and wildfires in the U.S.
Rescue boats picked up at least 362 survivors from an Egyptian ferry that caught fire and sank in the Red Sea, apparently so fast there was no time for a distress signal. But more than 1,000 missing passengers and crew were feared drowned, officials said Saturday.
The 10 biggest mathematical disasters in the world1) The Millennium Bug:
Pesticides Likely Caused Infant's DeathANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. -- Investigators in Anderson County are trying to determine if pesticides caused the death of a baby.
Trauma from typhoons & floods[Manila, Philippines] In the weeks following the destructive typhoon "Reming," leaving a ravaged Bicol region in its wake, many residents would still tremble at the first sign of rain. Children were most especially sensitive.
Catastrophic cake decorating disasters revealedThey are supposed to be the crowning moment of any special occasion but when even the icing on the cake is half-baked the results can be disastrous ... but still provide plenty of amusement.
'Are calamities connected to Arroyo govt's sins?'Related: Diatribe on Edsa 2--& why God gave the Philippines 'Arrobobastic' Gloria Blaring Simbang Gabi sound speakers and the flagging Christmas spirit
Catholic bishops ask: Are the 2009 disasters God's hints for the Philippines?Related: Diatribe on Edsa 2--& why God gave the Philippines 'Arrobobastic' Gloria Blaring Simbang Gabi sound speakers and the flagging Christmas spirit
Scene & Heard: CrudeMosaec.com's Scene & Heard Q&A with Joe Berlinger, the director of Crude.
This month is specifically set aside to encourage citizens to prepare for disasters and emergencies by developing a plan, creating a disaster supply survival kit and staying informed.
It is so beautiful but it is so destructive at times.Some one put the blame squarely on global warming.Infact,the tragedy of recent typhoon in Taiwan and all other sea disasters ( I deliberately prefer not to put good names like Tsunami which means harbor,or Katrina which stands …
Will the World End in 2012? - ABC NewsIt's three years away say the end of world proponents! The Mayan Calender and ancient Egyptians all believed this would be an end time! Our own Government admits the year 2012 will be tumultous and full of change.
Governors Object to Pentagon Disaster Proposal"We are concerned that the legislative proposal you discuss in your letter would invite confusion on critical command and control issues, complicate interagency planning, establish stove-piped response efforts, and interfere with governors' constitutional responsibilities to …
'Worse Than Fiction' Global warming alarmists are fond of invoking the authority of experts against the skepticism of supposedly amateur detractors -- a.k.a.
Myrtle Beach fire evacuee: 'I just want to go home'Workers Friday battled a voracious wildfire for a third day after the blaze destroyed dozens of homes and displaced thousands in a large inland swath of coastal South Carolina.
New revelations about Three Mile Island disaster raise doubts over nuclear plant safetySo the government says no one was hurt....
I'm interested in this question when it comes to you - my fellow Viners - "What is it that you fear the most?" Fear rules the world if you take the time to think about it.
I feel Compelled To Pose This Question In View Of The Growing Uncertainty as To Which Nation's Are Reaping Goodness and Badness as a Result of The Chinese Nation Being Opened Up To The World In General, following Those Fatefilled Days of The Nixon Whithouse.
Chile's Chaiten volcano stirring, forcing evacuations Santiago de Chile - The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile started stirring again on Thursday after nine months of quiet, prompting the evacuation of 150 people.
Is Economic Recovery Even Possible on a Planet Headed for Environmental Collapse? |A catalogue of climatic disasters worldwide, by Tom Engelhardt. Begs the question - is economic recovery even what we should be worried about on a planet headed for environmental collapse.
Asia at Risk of Era of Mega-Disasters: Report The Asia-Pacific faces an era of large-scale natural disasters which could kill up to one million people at a time, with Indonesia, the Philippines and China most at risk, according to an Australian report
FEMA assists those who have been affected by disasters. However, it has become evident that the current structure and focus of the agency needs a bit of an adjustment. Hurricane Katrina showed us that FEMA's response and recovery plan is ineffective for catastrophic events.
Too Late? Why Scientists Say We Should Expect the Worst Despite the political rhetoric, the scientific warnings, the media headlines and the corporate promises, he would say, carbon emissions were soaring way out of control - far above even the bleak scenarios considered by last year's report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climat …
Maps: World Disaster Map Gives You the Big (Terrifying) PictureThe National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications in Hungary has put together a helpful real-time map of global disasters.
Guidebook Offers All Faiths Tips On Handling DisasterExcerpt from article:It includes a range of recommendations for congregations in the event that a disaster strikes either the sanctuary itself or the congregation's community.
Sichuan's earthquake, six months later - The Big Picture Six months ago, China suffered its worst earthquake in a generation.
Galveston: The city that isn't coming backTears are beside the point now.
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