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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 BBC, Burma 'wants aid not foreigners'
5/09/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar cyclone: How you can help
5/09/08 Hsu, WP, Respiratory Illness Rose in Children After Katrina Hit
5/09/08 Cavaganol, WP, 'We Have Nothing. How Do We Go On?'
5/09/08 Tun, Reuters, UN Says 1.5 Million People Affected by Burma Storm
5/09/08 CNN, U.N. 'furious' as Myanmar aid 'seized'
5/09/08 BBC, Burma voices: Rangoon's hardship
5/09/08 CNN, Katrina survivor: 'I was gonna blow myself away'
5/09/08 Al Jazeera, UN suspends aid flights to Myanmar
5/09/08 Al Jazeera, Disease stalks cyclone survivors
5/09/08 NY Times, Myanmar's Biggest City Still Paralyzed After 5 Days
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 CNN, Myanmar cyclone: Perfect storm of conditions
5/08/08 Pal, Progressive, Burma in the Grip of Yet Another Tragedy
5/08/08 LAT, More rain batters victims of Myanmar cyclone
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Patience wears thin for Myanmar
5/08/08 Crow, IntelDaily, Are Vampire Capitalists About to Descend on Crisis Wrought Myanmar?
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar survivors fight for life
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Frustration over Myanmar aid delays
May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Al Jazeera, Cyclone smashes Myanmar 'rice bowl'
5/07/08 Kazmin, WP, 60,000 Dead or Missing in Burma
5/07/08 Al Jazeera, Millions left homeless in Myanmar
May 6, 2008
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Map: Deadly path of Cyclone Nargis
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Asia's deadliest storms
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar cyclone toll soars
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar cyclone toll soars to 4,000
April 29, 2008
4/29/08 BBC, Tornadoes tear through Virginia
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 CNN, Avalanches knock out power to Alaska's capital
April 9, 2008
4/09/08 Barringer, NYT, Death Looms for a Flood-Control Project
April 6, 2008
4/06/08 Loney, Reuters, Hurricane price tags soaring on crowded U.S. coast
March 25, 2008
3/25/08 Fernandes, MoJo, Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know?
February 29, 2008
2/29/08 Gonzales, AP, UN Experts Criticize New Orleans Housing
February 19, 2008
2/19/08 CNN, High court rejects appeal of Katrina victims
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 CNN, Searchers look for trapped tornado victims
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 CNN, 5.4 quake hits Baja California
2/09/08 Al Jazeera, Indian Kashmir hit by avalanches
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Dummett, BBC, Rats destroy crops in Bangladesh
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 Asiimwe, Reuters, African quakes kill at least 30
January 29, 2008
1/29/08 AP, Probe: FEMA sugarcoated danger of hurricane trailers
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 CNN, Snow, mudslides close major roads in California
1/28/08 BBC, Many stranded amid China freeze
January 24, 2008
1/24/08 Callebs, CNN, New Orleans' record on rebuilding firehouses: 0-22
January 21, 2008
1/21/08 Burdeau, AP, Oil Canals May Have Worsened Katrina
January 18, 2008
1/18/08 BBC, Thousands flee Colombian volcano
1/18/08 Al Jazeera, Floods ravage southern Africa
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Wallace, ITT, First Came Katrina, Then Came HUD
January 10, 2008
1/10/08 Al Jazeera, Floods wreak havoc in Sri Lanka
January 8, 2008
1/08/08 CNN, 3 killed as warm weather breeds winter tornadoes
January 7, 2008
1/07/08 Friess, NYT, Rush of Water Leaves a Nevada Town in Anguish
January 6, 2008
1/06/08 BBC, Greece hit by strong earthquake
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 BBC, Tsunami remembered three years on
December 25, 2007
12/25/07 CNN, Report: New Orleans' population nears 300,000
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 BBC, Snow storms in US claim 11 lives
December 23, 2007
12/23/07 Reuters, No shelter for 1 million in Bangladesh: Red Cross
12/23/07 Brenkley, Independent, Tsunami? We call it the Golden Wave
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Doyle, Independent, New Orleans to Demolish Thousands of 'Poor' Homes
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 AP, Police Clash With Protesters in New Orleans
12/20/07 BBC, New Orleans approves demolitions
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 Pollock, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Made Homeless by Katrina, Now Gov't Bulldozers
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Saulny, NYT, New Orleans Hurt by Acute Rental Shortage
November 28, 2007
11/28/07 Montlake, CSM, The strange, slow-motion disaster of the mud volcano
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 Whoriskey, WP, Biloxi's Recovery Shows Divide
11/25/07 Buncombe, Independent, Bangladesh cyclone: Now food shortage threatens millions
11/25/07 Reuters, Disasters Quadruple Over Last 20 Years: Oxfam
November 20, 2007
11/20/07 Nossiter, NYT, Whites Take a Majority on New Orleans's Council
11/20/07 Buncombe, Independent, Bangladesh cyclone death toll could top 10,000
November 19, 2007
11/19/07 Jonsson, CSM, Katrina rated largest U.S. ecodisaster
November 18, 2007
11/18/07 Lawson, BBC, Bangladesh cyclone hits poor hardest
November 17, 2007
11/17/07 AP, Bangladesh Cyclone Toll Rises to 1,723
11/17/07 Ramesh, Guardian, Cyclone cuts trail of destruction through Bangladesh - 1,100 feared dead
November 16, 2007
11/16/07 BBC, Bangladesh cyclone kills hundreds
11/16/07 ABC, Worst Forest Disaster in U.S. History
November 15, 2007
11/15/07 BBC, Strong quake hits northern Chile
November 7, 2007
11/07/07 Roig-Franzia, WP, Rains Bring Mexico's Poverty to Surface
November 6, 2007
11/06/07 Eaton, NYT, Critics Cite Red Tape in Rebuilding of Louisiana
11/06/07 BBC, Mudslide adds to Mexico flood woe
November 5, 2007
11/05/07 Gumbel, Independent, Mexico faces aftermath of its own Katrina
November 3, 2007
11/03/07 Doyle, Independent, Thousands stranded by floods in Mexico
October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Kinver, BBC, California's natural born killers
October 27, 2007
10/27/07 Archibold & Carless, NYT, Glare of Fires Pulls Migrants From Shadows
October 26, 2007
10/26/07 Moore, NYT, Bodies Are Found on Burned Hilltop
October 25, 2007
10/25/07 Nizza, NYT, Tracking the California Wildfires: Thursday
10/25/07 Treaster, NYT, Fires' Cost to Insurers Is in Range of $1 Billion
October 24, 2007
10/24/07 LA Times, Following the California Fires
10/24/07 Wood, CSM, California's age of megafires
10/24/07 Nizza, NYT, Tracking the California Wildfires ... interactive map
October 22, 2007
10/22/07 Wortham, Wired, Instant Housing and Designing for Disaster
October 16, 2007
10/16/07 Blumenthal, NYT, FEMA Offers Up to $4,000 as Home Lure for Storm Victims
October 12, 2007
10/12/07 AL Jazeera, Villagers die in Haiti floods
October 10, 2007
10/10/07 Jonnson, CSM, Ire in Gulf over buyout plan
September 19, 2007
9/19/07 Al Jazeera, Powerful storm hits eastern China
September 15, 2007
9/15/07 Al Jazeera, Floods hit large parts of Africa
September 13, 2007
9/13/07 Al Jazeera, Powerful aftershocks hit Sumatra
September 11, 2007
9/11/07 BBC, S Asia flood devastation worsens
September 6, 2007
9/06/07 Tuhus, ITT, Scorned on the Bayou
9/06/07 BBC, In pictures: Felix aftermath
September 5, 2007
9/05/07 Tuckman, Guardian, Four dead as Hurricane Felix hits land at 160mph
September 4, 2007
9/04/07 BBC, Felix slams into Central America
August 22, 2007
8/22/07 Seewer, AP, Midwest, Plains Flooding Deaths Reach 22
August 19, 2007
8/19/07, Doyle, Independent, Poor huddle in flimsy shacks as Hurricane Dean gathers speed
August 18, 2007
8/18/07 Romero, NYT, Grimmest Site in a Grim Peruvian City: The Cemetery
August 17, 2007
8/17/07 Schwartz, NYT, One Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Is Still at Risk
August 16, 2007
8/16/07 BBC, Scores killed in Peru earthquake
August 12, 2007
8/12/07 Whoriskey, WP, Engineers to Test Flood Defenses In New Orleans
August 10, 2007
8/10/07 Sothern, Nation, Goodbye, St. Thomas
6/10/07 BBC, Sickness spreads in S Asia floods
August 3, 2007
8/03/07 Bohrer, AP, Big Insurers Win Ruling On Katrina Levee Break
July 26, 2007
7/26/07 Independent, Powerful quake rocks eastern Indonesia
July 25, 2007
7/25/07 Nixon, NYT, Agency Erred in Canceling Loans to 8,000 Along Gulf, Audit Finds
July 17, 2007
7/17/07 BBC, Japan admits more nuclear leaks
July 12, 2007
7/12/07 Dewan, NYT, Road to New Life After Katrina Is Closed to Many
July 11, 2007
7/11/07 Whoriskey, WP, Report Examines Path to Failed New Orleans Levees
July 2, 2007
7/2/07 Nossiter, NYT, Largely Alone, Pioneers Reclaim New Orleans
June 29, 2007
6/29/07 Al Jazeera, Protests in Pakistan over relief
6/29/07BBC, Aid pleas after Pakistan cyclone
June 21, 2007
6/21/07 WP, Flooding Risks
6/21/07 Metz, ITT, The Plight of New Orleans Workers
June 15, 2007
6/15/07 BBC, Web tools to aid disaster victims
June 7, 2007
6/07/07 BBC, Twelve killed by cyclone in Oman
May 9, 2007
5/09/07 Saulny & Rutenberg, NYT, Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
May 7, 2007
5/07/07 Schwartz, NYT, Critic Says Levee Repairs Show Signs of Flaws
May 6, 2007
5/06/07 AP, After 9 Die in Kansas, a New Wave of Tornadoes
April 29, 2007
4/29/07 Solomon & Hsu, WP, Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed
April 28, 2007
4/28/07 Eaton, NYT, Urban to Core, Storm Evacuees Give Farm a Try
4/28/07 BBC, Earthquake shakes parts of Kent
April 25, 2007
4/25/07 AP, 10 Die as Storms Hit Texas-Mexico Border
April 13, 2007
4/13/07 Hsu, WP, Tons of Food Spoiled As FEMA Ran Out Of Storage Space
April 9, 2007
4/09/07 BBC, Thousands homeless after tsunami
April 8, 2007
4/08/07 Al Jazeera, Solomons tsunami toll rises
April 7, 2007
4/07/07 Al Jazeera, Disease fear after Solomons tsunami
4/07/07 Eaton, NYT, HUD Institutes Changes to Speed Storm Repairs
April 4, 2007
4/04/07 BBC, Aid effort gears up for Solomons
April 2, 2007
4/02/07 BBC, Tsunami strikes Solomon Islands
March 31, 2007
3/31/07 Eaton, NYT, Gulf Hits Snags in Rebuilding Public Works
March 25, 2007
3/25/07 BBC, Earthquakes rock Pacific nations
March 22, 2007
3/22/07 Whoriskey, WP, Report Says Corps Miscalculated on Levees
March 17, 2007
3/17/07 Harris, WP, Nagin Suspects a Plot To Keep Blacks Away
March 13, 2007
3/13/07 Nossiter, NYT, Strike at Big Shipyard Is Yet Another Effect of Katrina
March 12, 2007
3/12/07 Whoriskey, WP, 'We Called It Hurricane FEMA'
March 9, 2007
3/09/07 Buncombe, Independent, Desolation row: The betrayal of New Orleans
March 8, 2007
3/08/07 Hsu, WP, FEMA Taking Hit on Sale of Surplus Trailers
March 5, 2007
3/05/07 Sexton, NYT, Georgia Tornado Strips Area of Medical Services
March 3, 2007
3/03/07 Eaton, NYT, New Orleans Files Claim Against Corps for Billions
February 24, 2007
2/24/07 Bloomfield, Independent, Cyclone and flooding cause devastation in Mozambique
2/24/07 BBC, Aid arrives in flood-hit Bolivia
February 5, 2007
2/05/07 Firdaus, Independent, Jakarta on high alert as dramatic floods make 340,000 homeless
February 4, 2007
2/04/07 AP, Cranes Killed at Wildlife Refuge
2/04/07 BBC, Jakarta floods death toll rises
February 3, 2007
2/03/07 Schwartz, NYT, Court Clears Way for Suit on New Orleans Flooding
February 2, 2007
2/02/07 Holusha, NYT, Severe Storms Strike Central Florida
January 29, 2007
1/29/07 McConnaughey, AP, Bringing Health Care To Katrina's Uninsured
January 24, 2007
1/24/07 Treaster, NYT, Insurer to Pay 640 Claims From Katrina
1/24/07 Johnson, NYT, On Snowbound Plains, Grim Fight to Save Calves
1/24/07 Jonsson, CSM, Can a 'leaky' levee save the Louisiana coast?
1/24/07 Nation, Not a Single Word - New Orleans
January 21, 2007
1/21/07 Nossiter, NYT, New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size
January 18, 2007
1/18/07 Nixon & Eaton, NYT, Operating Costs Are Imperiling Disaster Fund
January 15, 2007
1/15/07 Eaton, NYT, Vacuum Maker Hailed as Savior Quits Gulf Town
1/15/07 Kanaraju, Independent, More than 90,000 evacuated as second wave of floods hit southern Malaysia
1/15/07 BBC, Severe storms hit southern Sweden
January 11, 2007
1/11/07 Nossiter, NYT, Storm Left New Orleans Ripe for Violence
January 9, 2007
1/09/07 Hakim, Guardian, Survivors found nine days after ferry sank
January 8, 2007
1/08/07 Rocky Mtn News, ,a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5264803,00.html">FEMA yet to act on ranchers' aid
1/08/07 CNN, Malibu fire destroys 8 mansions
1/08/07 Hirsch, BBC, Heavy rains kill dozens in Brazil
January 6, 2007
1/06/07 McConnaughey, AP, A Spate of Killings Opens New Year in New Orleans
January 4, 2007
1/04/07 Whoriskey, WP, New Orleans Repeats Mistakes as It Rebuilds
January 3, 2007
1/03/07 Kunzelman, AP, 7 Indicted New Orleans Cops Surrender
1/03/07 BBC, Indonesia ferry survivors found
January 2, 2007
1/02/07 BBC, Race to rescue US storm victims
January 1, 2007
1/01/07 Firdaus, Independent, More than 500 people missing after Indonesian ferry sinks in storm