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These images show the deadly wildfire blazing through California.
Puerto Rico's woefully inaccurate mortality count from Hurricane Maria's should serve as a lesson, said Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), who introduced the bill.
“This is inherently political because the scale of the disaster will determine what lessons we learn from it,” an expert says as Florence's toll begins to be measured.
The president accused Democrats of making up "really large numbers" of deaths to make him "look as bad as possible."
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A new report found that, among other issues, physicians weren't properly trained to certify deaths in disasters.
More than 60 people have been reported dead after torrential rains battered swathes of southwest Japan.
A Harvard study says more than 4,600 people died because of the hurricane.
The official count of hurricane-related deaths is 62.
Sgt. Steve Perez, a 34-year veteran, was trapped in high water two days shy of his 61st birthday.