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07 Nov 2010 10:44

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World: Indonesia’s erupting Mount Merapi not calming down anytime soon

  • 156 people have been killed by Mount Merapi’s massive eruption since October 26
  • 12.4 number of miles the volcano’s danger zone extends; ash has killed some living miles away
  • 200k people have been displaced by the volcano’s 3.7-mile-high wrath source
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05 Nov 2010 23:08

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World: Hurricane Tomas latest disaster to ruin Haiti’s year

Dear higher power…. can you find another group of people to royally screw over multiple times? Even a modest disaster like Tomas totally sucks for them. Thanks, rest of world. source
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29 Sep 2010 02:20

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World: The Mexico mudslide just a wee bit less bad than expected

  • 11 people are feared missing or dead, down from 500+ source
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28 Sep 2010 11:01

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World: In Mexico, a huge mudslide could lead to huge death toll

  • 1,000 could be trapped in the mudslide source
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22 Aug 2010 10:21

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World: Pakistan getting the flood help it needs, at least financially

  • $800 million in aid from the rest of the world so far source
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16 Aug 2010 11:03

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World: How bad is Pakistan’s flooding? This number puts it in sharp relief

  • 3.5 million children are susceptible to water-bourne disease source
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08 Aug 2010 11:02

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World: Landslides in China kill hundreds, affect tens of thousands

  • 127 number of people reported killed in Gansu province
  • 2,000 people reported injured; the landslides were caused by heavy rain
  • 50k have been affected by the deadly landslides and flooding source
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24 Jun 2010 20:07

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U.S.: Bridgeport, Connecticut clobbered by huge freaking storm

The storm has downed power lines, made buildings collapse and put the city into a state of emergency. Holy crap. source
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14 Apr 2010 11:07

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World: In India, a huge storm has left thousands of families homeless

  • 89+ people were killed in the huge storm; hundreds were injured
  • 100k number of mud hut homes that were destroyed by the storm source
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27 Feb 2010 11:58

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World: Chile Earthquake: The latest breakdown of what happened

  • 122+ killed by the earthquake, which had aftershocks in Chile up to 500 miles away
  • 15 number of stories in a building that collapsed in Concepcion, the closest big city
  • russia the furthest country to get tsunami warnings as a result of the Chilean earthquake source
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