List of Natural Disasters articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Life After the Mud
In Indonesia, the world’s largest mud volcano has been erupting continuously for 10 years. A wealthy family's gas company may be to blame. But it’s the poor who’ve paid the price.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hajj Closed to Iranians After Year of Discord
Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are set to keep tens of thousands from the anual pilgrimage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Justin Trudeau See the Forest Fire for the Trees?
Canada’s photogenic prime minister promises a new type of enlightened, environment-friendly leadership. But he's still hooked on dirty oil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Is Really Putting Nepal Back Together?
Half a year after Nepal's devastating earthquake, its the smaller community organizations that are helping the country rebuild, while the giants of disaster relief lag behind.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Dominican Republic’s Shameful Deportation Legacy
The Dominican Republic is desperately trying to win back the world's respect after its expulsion of Haitians. History, however, stands in its way.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Deadliest Stop on the Road on Mecca
Mina, where pilgrims take part in a symbolic stoning of the devil, has been the site of a disproportionate share of hajj deaths.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 5 Times Obama Was About to, but Didn’t, Have a Foreign-Policy ‘Katrina Moment’
Pundits love to speculate when Obama will have his "Katrina moment." So far, they've been disappointed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fukushima’s Dangerous Aftershocks
Japan is spooling up its nuclear reactors and piling up reprocessed fuel. And the tremors of these policy choices can be felt all the way in Iran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch the Massive Explosion That Just Lit Up a Chinese City
The cause of the explosion was reportedly related to a shipment of explosives to the city's port.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watching Your Country Collapse from Afar
Thousands of Nepali workers in Qatar struggle to find a way to go home -- and give back -- to a country in crisis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rebuilding Nepal, from the Government Up
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that wreaked havoc in Kathmandu has opened up an opportunity for the reform the country so desperately needs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Defenders of Yarmouk
Just a few miles from downtown Damascus, pro-Assad Palestinian militias are fighting a grinding battle to the death against the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Controls Nepal’s Helicopters?
The country has just a handful of private helicopters, which are crucial to earthquake rescue operations. But are foreign trekkers the only ones who’ve benefitted?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 War dog of the week: Off to Nepal
Here is Phayu, an urban search and rescue dog from Fairfax County, Virginia, heading to Nepal with her assistant, Jennifer Massey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Earthquake Exposes Nepal’s Political Rot
The disaster could spur urgently needed democratization. But don't hold your breath.
