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Topic: Natural Disasters (page 13)

Fire fighters Craig Howard, right and Jason Collard wait for radioed instructions as smoke rises from a nearby wildfire near Possum Kingdom, Texas, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP)

Annina Purdy, who was inside the Lowe's hardware store in Sanford, N.C. the previous day when a tornado destroyed the building, returned to the store's parking lot on Sunday, April 17, 2011, to reclaim personal belongings from her car. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson) (AP)

Brock Vergakis, Emery P. Dalesio

Will Harrison's flag hangs from a fallen tree after it was blown off his house when a tornado ripped through the Cottonade neighborhood Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Fayetteville, N.C. Homes and businesses were badly damaged Saturday by a severe storm system that whipped across North Carolina, bringing flash floods, hail and reports of tornadoes from the western hills to the streets of Raleigh. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES (AP)

Mike Baker, Tom Breen

Rescuers sift through the remains of a property in the suburb of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 20, 2011 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (AP)

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The Ferry Building in San Francisco along the Embarcadero

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A Japanese ambulance drives through the earthquake and tsunami-hit town of Minamisanriku, Friday, March 18, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) (AP)

Japanese fend for themselves as aid trickles in

Kristen Gelineau, Foster Klug

Adam Clark Estes

Official portrait of Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)

U.S. unprepared to respond to nuclear disaster

Sasha Chavkin - ProPublica

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Buses crowd at bus terminal in Musashino, on the outskirts of Tokyo Monday, March 14, 2011. In Tokyo and elsewhere, authorities began rolling blackouts to conserve power as they tried desperately to stabilize the nuclear reactors at risk of meltdown in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Tomoko A. Hosaka

Japanese emperor addresses nation in rare speech

Eric Talmadge, Shino Yuasa

Photos of devastation and recovery in Japan

Adam Clark Estes

Officials wearing protective suits chat as they usher people through a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 four days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (AP)

Eric Talmadge, Shino Yuasa

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Is the West Coast next in line for a deadly quake?

Peter Finocchiaro

Scenes from the 1974 movie "Earthquake"

What if an earthquake hits as a plane is landing?

Can U.S. nuclear plants handle a natural disaster?

Peter Finocchiaro

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A boat sinks into the ocean in the aftermath of the surge caused by a tsunami on the harbor in Santa Cruz, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011. A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan's biggest recorded earthquake slammed into its eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control. Hours later, the waves washed ashore on Hawaii and the U.S. West coast, where evacuations were ordered from California to Washington but little damage was reported. The entire Pacific had been put on alert _ including coastal areas of South America, Canada and Alaska _ but waves were not as bad as expected. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (AP)

Tsunami sweeps 5 to sea, one still missing

Jaymes Song, Mark Niesse

Adam Clark Estes

With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, two men watch the waves at San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Friday, March 11, 2011. The tsunami warnings came after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (AP)

A police car drives along empty Ali'i Drive in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Thursday, March 10, 2011. A tsunami warning following an earthquake in Japan forced the evacuation of coastal areas of the island. Tsunami waves spawned by a massive earthquake in Japan have hit Hawaii early Friday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says Kauai was the first island hit by the tsunami, which was quickly sweeping through the Hawaiian Island chain. Officials predicted Hawaii would experience waves up to 6 feet. (AP Photo/Chris Stewart) (AP)

Jaymes Song, Mark Niesse

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Flames rise from houses and debris half submerged in tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA (AP)

Tarmac, parking lot and surrounding area are covered with mud and debris carried by tsunami at Sendai Airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA (AP)

Flames rise from an oil refinery after a powerful earthquake in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA (AP)

The most unforgettable Japan videos

Adam Clark Estes

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