Natural Disaster

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August 29, 2011
"Listen to the American people, because the American people are roaring right now," Bachmann continued...
August 29, 2011
OPINION - If there's one thing you can be sure of your life can change in the blink of an…
August 28, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Tropical Storm Irene unleashed furious wind and rain on New York on Sunday and sent seawater…
August 28, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street…
August 26, 2011
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - For hundreds of miles, people in the storm's path either fled inland or stocked up…
August 26, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered an evacuation by 5 p.m. Saturday for low-lying areas that house about…
August 26, 2011
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - "I cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane…
August 23, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep and centered near Louisa, Va.,…
August 5, 2011
L'ESTERE, Haiti (AP) - Farmers in Haiti's rural center are keeping a worried eye on rivers dangerously swollen by the…
June 2, 2011
VIDEO - The storm took the ashes of Cassandra Cuffey's grandmother. She also lost photos, birth certificates and social security…
June 2, 2011
OPINION - Apparently, disaster victims, the unemployed, the working poor, welfare recipients and black and Latino children in crumbling inner…
June 1, 2011
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The agency is reviewing more than $600 million given to roughly 154,000 victims of hurricanes Katrina,…
May 30, 2011
JOPLIN, Missouri (AP) - Obama came face to face Sunday with the legions of homeless, consoling the community as it…
May 23, 2011
JOPLIN, Missouri (AP) - Much of the city's south side was leveled, with churches, schools, businesses and homes reduced to…
May 19, 2011
VIDEO - Rolling Fork, Miss., the hometown of legendary blues musician Muddy Waters, could be sitting underwater...
May 16, 2011
BUTTE LAROSE, Louisiana (AP) - Cajun-country towns in the path of Mississippi River floodwaters were all but deserted Monday...
May 13, 2011
SLIDESHOW - For the 'restavek' story we spent five days documenting the life of Rose Manette and three other servant…
May 12, 2011
RENA LARA, Miss. (AP) - Officials in a small town are trying to assure its 500 residents they are doing…
May 10, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Floods have devastated areas in Mississippi and Tennessee. Homes, businesses and crops have all been damaged...
May 9, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Cosby told the graduates Saturday to look for ways to help the survivors of the April…