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LOOK: Most Expensive Natural Disaster Ever

Posted 03.12.2012

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One year after an earthquake and tsunami decimated the northeast coast of Japan, the country continues its extremely costly process of rebuilding. The...

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The Most Expensive Disaster Year In History

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.05.2012

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The economic cost of disasters in 2011 was the highest in history — with a pricetag of at least $380 billion, mainly due to ...

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Restoring the Lives of Children After Natural Disasters: How You Can Bring Happiness Back

Petra Nemcova | Posted 05.25.2011

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Five years ago, when the world experienced the deadliest tsunami in recorded history, the raging force of nature was met with an equally powerful countervailing force: the compassion of the human heart.

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Solomon Islands Earthquake: Magnitude 6.5 Quake hits near Solomon Islands

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Two earthquakes, one a magnitude 7.2 quake, have struck near Solomon Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said Monday, but ...

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China Marks 1st Anniversary Of Sichuan Quake

AP | KEN TEH | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEICHUAN, China — China marked the first anniversary of a massive earthquake on Tuesday in a somber, nationally televised ceremony filled with f...

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Sichuan Quake School Collapse Not From Human Negligence: China

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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China says it has found no evidence that human negligence caused schools to collapse during last year's earthquake....

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Worst Natural Disasters List

Posted 05.25.2011

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A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: _ May 12, 2008: Earthquake (magnitude 7.9) hits Sichuan prov...

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