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Natural disasters
Heavy flooding in Brazil’s south creates havoc for residents
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Helicopter dropping water on wildfire
Economics
2017 was the costliest US natural disaster year on record
Mexico City
Environment
When disaster hits home: The Mexico City quake one month on
A dog on a street destroyed after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains
Environment
Colombia mudslides kill at least 200 after rivers burst their banks
Haitian author Dimitry Elias Léger.
Books
His topic: A president, the first lady, her lover — and an earthquake
Calbuco erupting
Environment
Five stunning photos that capture the destructive power and stunning beauty of the Calbuco volcano
Ash and lava spew from the Villarrica volcano, as seen from Pucon town in the south of Santiago.
Environment
Fire and lava light up the skies of southern Chile after volcano Villarrica erupts
One year after Typhoon Haiyan, about 5,000 people still live in evacuation centers or tents like this one in Sandy Beach, near Tacloban.
Development
A year later, communities are still suffering from Typhoon Haiyan
Punjabi flood victims are evacuated by boat from their flooded house following heavy rain in Jhang, Pakistan, on September 10, 2014.
Environment
Pakistanis rush to relief efforts after devastating floods in Punjab
Delma Yerro, 53, and her granddaughter Heavenly at their sari-sari store in Tacloban, Philippines.
Business, Economics and Jobs
After Haiyan, Filipinos try to rebuild a cherished local link in the retail chain
mangroves
Environment
Saved by the Mangroves? A Philippine town dodges Haiyan’s storm surge
Palau
Environment
Typhoon Haiyan forces an entire island community to relocate
The Vergara family is rebuilding a home on the site of the one devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, using lumber and corrugated tin gathered from the wreckage.
Development & Education
This simple story shows what it means for survivors to rebuild their lives after Typhoon Haiyan
Development & Education
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US Navy aid distribution in the Philippines
Development & Education
Philippine President Aquino vows to take care of his people, but many are skeptical
Typhoon Haiyan
Development & Education
‘I’ve never walked through an area with so many bodies’
palau
Environment
In Palau, a glancing blow from Typhoon Haiyan prompts a glance toward climate change
Filipinos waiting to be airlifted
Development & Education
It’s another complicated and tough day in the Philippines
Global Scan
For the man who already has everything…
Filipino-American jazz singer Charmaine Clamor.
Development & Education
Filipina jazz singer in Los Angeles feels helpless as her homeland tries to pick up the pieces
Graffiti calling for help after Typhoon Haiyan devastated Tacloban city, in the central Philippines.
Development & Education
The pace of relief is finally rising in the Philippines
The islands of the Visayas region were impacted by Typhoon Haiyan.
Development & Education
This is why getting aid to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan is so slow and difficult
Much of Tacloban City has been reduced to piles of wreckage.
Environment
A Filipino American returns to Tacloban City, in hopes of rescuing loved ones
Tacloban devastation
Environment
Typhoon survivors struggle to get food and water
Global Scan
The Philippines is bowed, but not broken after Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon
Environment
Super Typhoon Haiyan can be blamed on climate change, right? Maybe not
Environment
Survivors describe the heartache left by Typhoon Haiyan
Residents walk along the coastal village while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila November 8, 2013.
Environment
Monster storm Haiyan batters the Philippines
Earthquake Rattles East Coast, As Hurricane Heads for U.S.
Environment
What this summer’s natural disasters mean for planet Earth
Arts, Culture & Media
How a heat wave helped make a president
Environment
Comparing two natural disasters, and two responses, in China and Myanmar
Global Politics
Indonesia’s twin disasters