Topic: Natural Disasters
AP News | 2010-02-10 03:43:14
Landscapers fill sandbags as they help prepare for potential mudslides in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/David Zentz)
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Getty Images | 2010-02-10 01:28:54
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 09: Majnolita Louisome holds her brother Iverson as they sit in their damaged home following the deadly January 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake February 9, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Like many families in Haiti, the Louisomes visit ...
Reuters US Online Report World News | 2010-02-10 01:24:28
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The top U.N. official in Haiti urged Haitians on Tuesday to turn in thousands of escaped criminals before they start trouble, but said the security situation in the quake-struck Caribbean nation is stable. Haitian authorities say some 5,000 prisoners fled the National Penitentiary and other jails when a massive earthquake on January 12 triggered the collapse ...
AP News | 2010-02-09 21:13:29
Officials issued evacuation orders for 541 homes in the Los Angeles area. Land and mudslides kill 25 to 50 people every year in the U.S. and cause as estimated $1 billion in damge.
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