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Typhoon off Philippines changes course

03.10.2009 6:56   24 views   0 comments
Tags: Philippines, House, Typhoon

House frames are what remain after the flooding due to storm Ketsana, on Friday, in Angono town, east of Manila, Philippines. Filipinos brace  for powerful winds and rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas.


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Some villages in Samoas gone forever

03.10.2009 1:16   24 views   0 comments
Tags: American, Asian, Some, Police, Samoa, American Samoa, Samoan

Liu Fuifatu, an officer with the American Samoa Police Department, helps out with the cleanup at Asili Village, located on the western side of American Samoa, on Thursday.The destruction in one village in American Samoa offers a glimpse into how this week's deadly earthquake and tsunami decimated centuries of culture on two islands.


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Mud rivers flood Sicilian city; 20 dead

02.10.2009 22:59   29 views   0 comments
Tags: Italian

An aerial view shows a collapsed building in the village of Scaletta Zanclea, near the Sicilian city of Messina on Friday.Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flood parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, leaving at least 20 people dead and several still missing, Italian officials said Friday.


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‘Super typhoon’ bears down on Philippines

02.10.2009 20:43   23 views   0 comments
Tags: House

House frames are what remain after the flooding due to storm Ketsana, on Friday, in Angono town, east of Manila, Philippines. Filipinos brace  to be whipped by powerful winds and rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas.


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Survivors bury loved ones in Samoas

02.10.2009 20:32   17 views   0 comments
Tags: Some, Samoa

A man searches through the rubble of a destroyed village outside Apia in Samoa on Wednesday.Some frightened residents who fled to the hills after a devastating tsunami vow never to return to their decimated seaside villages.  The death toll rises to 169.


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Mud rivers flood Sicilian city; 20 dead

02.10.2009 20:17   24 views   0 comments
Tags: Italian

An aerial view shows a collapsed building in the village of Scaletta Zanclea, near the Sicilian city of Messina on Friday.Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flood parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, leaving at least 20 people dead and several still missing, Italian officials said Friday.


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‘Super typhoon’ heads to Philippines

02.10.2009 17:08   29 views   0 comments
Tags: House, Philippine

House frames are what remain after the flooding due to storm Ketsana, on Friday, in Angono town, east of Manila, Philippines. Philippine authorities declare a state of calamity and evacuate 33,000 people from the island as a "super typhoon" bore down, a week after flash floods killed nearly 300 people.


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Video: Watch 3-day national forecast

02.10.2009 17:01   25 views   0 comments
Tags: National, Water

Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Other)Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Other)


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Mud rivers flood Sicilian city, 17 dead

02.10.2009 16:56   19 views   0 comments
Tags: Italian

An aerial view shows a collapsed building in the village of Scaletta Zanclea, near the Sicilian city of Messina on Friday.Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flood parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, leaving at least 17 people dead and several still missing, Italian officials said Friday.


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Some Samoans vow to quit coast

02.10.2009 14:56   17 views   0 comments
Tags: Some, Samoa

A man searches through the rubble of a destroyed village outside Apia in Samoa on Wednesday.Some frightened Samoans who fled to the hills as a tsunami tore through their seaside villages vowed never to return to the coastline, while aid workers delivered water and medicine amid the growing stench of decay.


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Uff da! Tropical Storm Olaf forms off Mexico

02.10.2009 0:18   20 views   0 comments
Tags: Storm, Tropical Storm, Tropical, Pacific

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Olaf has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast, becoming the 15th named storm of the 2009 season. Read more »

Video: Watch 3-day national forecast

01.10.2009 21:00   17 views   0 comments
Tags: National, Water

Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Other)Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Other)


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Asia braces for next battering storm

01.10.2009 20:58   22 views   0 comments
Tags: Philippines, Ketsana, Manila, Party, Asbo, Typhoon, Typhoon Ketsana

Residents negotiate knee-deep mud at a remote village in Rodriguez, Rizal province, Philippines, on Thursday. Flood victims from Typhoon Ketsana were bracing for another storm as Typhoon Parma edged closer.The Philippines begins evacuating a province near Manila ahead of a looming typhoon, as rain falling on the saturated capital added to the misery of victims of recent floods.


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Disaster officials rush aid to the Samoas

01.10.2009 2:18   18 views   0 comments
Tags: Police, People

People walk among the debris on the road to the beach following Tuesday's strong earthquake, which triggered a tsunami wave up to 1.5 metres across areas of the island.Police search mud-strewn streets, and pulverized homes  as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 119.


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Disaster officials rush aid to the Samoas

30.09.2009 22:31   17 views   0 comments
Tags: American, Samoan

A destroyed structure is seen among debris near a church following a tsunami in the village of Leone, American Samoa.Disaster officials rushed food, medicine and a temporary morgue to the Samoas on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake unleashed a tsunami that flattened villages.


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South Pacific tsunami kills nearly 100 people

30.09.2009 19:48   29 views   0 comments
Tags: American, South, Pacific, Samoan, South Pacific

A destroyed structure is seen among debris near a church following a tsunami in the village of Leone, American Samoa.A massive tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday.


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Video: Watch 3-day national forecast

30.09.2009 19:41   18 views   0 comments
Tags: National, Water

Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Other)Three-day forecast for the entire US, updated each morning and afternoon. (Other)


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Volunteer efforts step up in the Philippines

30.09.2009 19:39   22 views   0 comments
Tags: Center, Mich, Sports

The Gawad Kalinga Relief Center at the RFM Sports Center in Mandaluyong City.Filipinos measure floods by how high it goes up your body. My room was almost knee-deep in water. A FirstPerson account by Mina V. Esguerra.


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Deadly typhoon slams into Vietnam

30.09.2009 1:35   25 views   0 comments
Tags: Ketsana, Vietnam, Typhoon, Typhoon Ketsana

A man walks along the shore of a lake near Danang as Typhoon Ketsana passes through central Vietnam on Tuesday. A powerful typhoon slammed into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing 32 people and flooding the country's coastline after leaving a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines.


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Deadly typhoon slams into Vietnam

29.09.2009 16:57   20 views   0 comments
Tags: Storm, Ketsana, Storm Ketsana, Vietnam

Filipinos maneuver through waist-deep floodwaters in devastated area caused by Storm Ketsana in San Pedro town, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday.A powerful typhoon slammed into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing 32 people and flooding the country's coastline after leaving a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines.


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