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Hurricane Sandy set to strengthen on path to Cuba Hurricane Sandy was expected to strengthen as it careened towards Cuba early Thursday after battering Jamaica, where it downed power lines and forced more than a thousand people to seek emergency shelter.

26 October 2012

Fukushima panel chief hopes for change in Japan The head of a hard-hitting panel that blamed cultural factors for the Fukushima nuclear disaster voiced hope Tuesday that the tragedy would help open up Japan's system of government.

17 October 2012

Iran develops plans for deliberate Gulf oil spill: report Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have developed plans to damage an oil tanker in the Gulf to create an environmental disaster, German magazine Spiegel reported on Sunday.

17 October 2012

Italy holds hearings into Costa Concordia shipwreck An Italian court will hold a series of hearings starting on Monday to work out the details of the tragic night of the Costa Concordia disaster, with captain Francesco Schettino expected to attend.

15 October 2012

World leaders meet on disaster management in Japan Politicians and aid officials gathered on Tuesday in the northeast of Japan, devastated by last year's quake and tsunami, to discuss what lessons can be learned from disasters.

10 October 2012

All 18 children dead in China landslide: state media All 18 school children who were buried when a landslide engulfed their primary school in remote and mountainous southwestern China have died.

06 October 2012

S. Korea probes toxic leak as impact worsens South Korea on Friday launched a full inquiry into a toxic chemical leak in the southeastern city of Gumi, as officials considered designating the affected area a "disaster zone".

05 October 2012

Powerful typhoon kills two, hurts scores in Japan Powerful Typhoon Jelawat left at least two people dead and more than 180 injured in Japan over the weekend before passing out into the Pacific on Monday.

01 October 2012

Britain faces more floods as hundreds evacuated Britain was bracing for more torrential rain on Wednesday as hundreds of people spent the night away from their flooded homes following two days of heavy downpours.

26 September 2012

Strong quake forces tourists to flee hotels in Mexico A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico's Baja California peninsula Tuesday, forcing more than 1,000 tourists to flee their hotels and take refuge on beaches and in gardens.

26 September 2012

After drenching New Orleans, Isaac threatens dam Authorities in two states along the US Gulf Coast urged residents to seek shelter Thursday amid fears a dam could fail, as a weakening Isaac doused an already drenched region.

31 August 2012

Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, New Orleans braces Hurricane Isaac on Tuesday made landfall in Louisiana and barreled towards New Orleans, seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the "Big Easy" and killed 1,800 people on the US Gulf Coast.

31 August 2012

Isaac near hurricane force, New Orleans prepares The people of New Orleans on Monday prepared themselves for yet another hurricane -- seven years after the fabled city of jazz was swamped by Hurricane Katrina, which left 1,800 dead.

28 August 2012

Storm lashes Florida, delaying Republican convention Tropical Storm Isaac lashed southern Florida Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane, forcing a one-day delay of the US Republican convention, after killing seven people in Haiti.

27 August 2012

Typhoon Bolaven heads for Korea after lashing Japan One of the most powerful typhoons in decades churned towards the Korean peninsula Monday after lashing Japan's Okinawa with heavy rains and wind, leaving at least five injured.

27 August 2012

Haiti faces new tragedy as Storm Isaac swells Haiti braced for a cruel new battering Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the Caribbean toward the shattered island, gathering strength and threatening to reach hurricane force.

24 August 2012

Relief as storm leaves Philippines Tropical Storm Kai-tak blew out of the Philippines on Thursday, offering some relief for millions of people struggling to recover from a brutal few weeks of monsoon rains that claimed 109 lives.

17 August 2012

Nazarbayev expressed condolences in relation to earthquake in Iran Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed condolences to President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in relation to the earthquake that claimed 306 lives.

14 August 2012

Iran quake kills 306, search for dead continues Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran killed a total of 306 people, most of them women and children.

14 August 2012

Iran steps up relief efforts after quakes kill 227 Iran on Sunday stepped up relief operations in shattered villages in its northeast after saying rescue operations were completed following a double earthquake which cost 227 lives and injured 1,380 people.

13 August 2012

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