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Death tolls rise in disaster-struck Asia

Source: Inquirer.net
Padang : Indonesia | about 1 month ago  
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  • Villagers receive government aid in Kampung Panas, a remote village in Indonesia's West Sumatra province hit by landslides when a quake struck
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  • A resident stands next to a house damaged by typhoon Ketsana in the central Vietnam city of Danang
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  • Residents are evacuated on a flooded street caused by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An
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  • Residents look out from their partially submerged house caused by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An
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  • Local residents travel by boat on a street flooded by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An
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  • Local resident carries relief food at partially submerged house after Typhoon Ketsana hit Vietnam's central city of Hoi An
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  • Woman paddles a boat with her grandson on street flooded by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An
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  • Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visits an area devastated by Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam's central city of Hoi An
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  • A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 loaded with relief supplies and disaster management personell flies over the island of American Samoa.
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Philippines�The death toll from a week of catastrophes in the Asia-Pacific rose to 1,680 Saturday as the region struggled to cope with a freak series of earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons. In Indonesia, rescuers were scrambling to reach up to 4,000 people still believed to be trapped under the rubble...
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  • News Source: Toronto Star | about 1 month ago
    Ian Bray At least four villages have been obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried up to 644 Indonesians, among them a wedding party, under mud and debris. If those figures are confirmed, the death toll from Wednesday's 7.6-...
  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    British people were asked today to give what they could to help those left destitute by the devastating earthquakes and typhoons that have struck south-east Asia. The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) will broadcast high profile radio and...
  • News Source: Channel NewsAsia | about 1 month ago
    The death toll from Typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam jumped to 162 on Sunday with hundreds more injured, an official said, adding urgency to a Red Cross appeal launched to help more than 200,000 storm victims. Another 13 people remain missing and 616 were...
  • News Source: Arab News | about 1 month ago
    At this very moment a new catastrophe may be unfolding in the Philippines as the powerful Typhoon Parma strikes the country’s northeast coast while another potentially devastating tropical storm, Typhoon Melor heads toward the US-run Mariana...
  • News Source: Gulf News | about 1 month ago
    As foreign aid trickled into Indonesia and the Philippines, the UAE President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered emergency aid for earthquake and flood victims, WAM reported. The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation...
  • News Source: One World | about 1 month ago
    Aid workers around the world have become accustomed to mounting quick responses to save lives and protect the vulnerable after natural disasters, but this week has been particularly intense. What's the Story? "For us it's all hands on deck," said...
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  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wiped out by landslides that buried more than 600 people under mountains of mud, most of them guests at a wedding ...
  • Blog Source: www.ssssss.net
    Indonesia quake deaths pass 1000. October 1st, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments. At least 1100 people have died in the earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the UN humanitarian chief has said. John Holmes said many
  • Blog Source: www.anglicanjournal.com
    The 7.6 earthquake killed more than 1000 people, mainly in Padang and Pariaman cities. Thousands of other people are believed to still be trapped under rubble in Padang, and the death toll is expected to rise. ... Three days after the disaster,
  • Blog Source: www.oxfam.org.au
    Oxfam Australia Executive Director Andrew Hewett said, “In my 18 years with Oxfam, there have been bigger storms, greater tremors and grimmer death tolls, but never such a relentless succession of crises. ... To donate to Oxfam Australia's Asia
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