Cyclone death toll rises to almost 78,000
                   
msn.com: Image: Children displaced by the cyclone Nargis take care of a flooded area msn.com
msn.com     May 16, 2008            

2.5 million cling to survival two weeks after Nargis struck Myanmar Khin Maung Win / AFP - Getty Images Children displaced by the cyclone take care of a flooded area at a relief camp in Hlayang Thyar township on the outskirts of Yangon on Friday. Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's... [read full story]                    


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Go Away Fay: Storm hits Fla. for 4th day

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For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and even driving alligators and snakes out of their habitats and into streets.                    

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WEATHER> Heavy rains bring traffic to a standstill on freeway

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12:12 PM PDT on Thursday, August 21, 2008 Click link below for more details SPOKANE -- A late morning thunderstorm brought strong rain, some lightning and small hail to certain parts of North Spokane, downtown and parts of the...                    

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Fay moving slowly to 3rd Fla. landfall

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MIAMI, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Once-stalled Tropical Storm Fay began moving toward a third Florida landfall Thursday afternoon, with a rainy westerly path forecast across the Panhandle. At 2 p.m., forecasters at the National Hurricane...                    

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Post-Katrina Landscape: New Orleans Impacted by Loss of 'Place,' Culture

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Hurricane Katrina, America's "first mega-disaster of the 21st century," altered the cultural, economic and the political landscapes of New Orleans in ways that could be irreparable, according to Rowan University sociologist...                    

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