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  • 4
    Jan
    2013
    1:05pm, EST

    Richard Bouhet / AFP - Getty Images

    Cyclone Dumile slams into La Reunion, leaves destroyed highway in its wake

    A man walks on a remaining piece of road crossing the river that links Saint Louis de la Reunion with Saint Pierre on Jan. 4, near Saint Louis, on the French island of La Reunion, following the passing of cyclone Dumile. Winds of up to 110 miles per hour and torrential rain caused extensive damage to the electricity network after cyclone Dumile passed within 56 miles of the island's west coast.

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  • 30
    Oct
    2012
    4:16pm, EDT

    Hurricane Sandy leaves surreal scenes in its wake

    Charles Sykes / AP

    A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Hoboken, NJ.

    Lucas Jackson / Reuters

    A playground apparatus stands surrounded by water pushed up by Hurricane Sandy in Bellport, New York, Oct. 30.

    Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

    A general view from Exchange Place shows the skyline of lower Manhattan in darkness after a preventive power outage caused by giant storm Sandy in New York on Oct. 30.

    Ramin Talaie / EPA

    Burned down houses after a fire caused by Hurricane Sandy, in Breezy Point, Queens, New York City on Oct. 30.

    Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images

    The Empire State Building towers in the background of an apartment building in Chelsea, New York City, with the facade broken off on Oct. 30, the morning after Hurricane Sandy.

    Andrew Burton / Getty Images

    Cars floating in a flooded basement following Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 in the Financial District of New York City.

    Allison Joyce / Getty Images

    The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy, on Oct. 30, in Manhattan, New York.

    Seth Wenig / AP

    Kim Johnson looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J., on Oct. 30, Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

    Steve Earley / The Virginian-Pilot via AP

    Deputy Cliff Tice of the Dare County Sheriff's Department walks down damaged and impassable NC 12 leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. on Oct. 30.

    Mel Evans / AP

    A street sign is partially buried in sand Tuesday morning, Oct. 30, in Cape May, N.J., after a storm surge from Sandy pushed the Atlantic Ocean over the beach and across Beach Avenue.

    Jason Decrow / AP

    A boat floats in the driveway of a home in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

    Shaul Schwarz / Getty Images Reportage for NBC News

    Looking out the high water in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area on Oct. 29 in New York City.

    Mel Evans / AP

    A keep off the dunes sign is buried Tuesday morning, Oct. 30 in Cape May, N.J., after a storm surge from superstorm Sandy pushed the Atlantic Ocean over the beach and into the streets.

    See more images in our slideshow: Hurricane Sandy

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    45 comments

    This has been so devastating, lives lost, homes destroyed and our landscape forever changed. I am fortunate in that my family is safe and my home only suffered repairable damage. My heart goes out to those less fortunate, may you find peace and solace sooner rather than later.

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  • 28
    Apr
    2011
    3:42pm, EDT

    Aerial photos show path of tornado through Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    Dusty Compton / AP

    This aerial photo shows the path of the tornado in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Thursday, April 28, 2011. A powerful and deadly tornado cut through Alabama Wednesday evening. President Barack Obama said he would visit Alabama Friday to view damage and meet with the governor and families devastated by the storms. Obama has already expressed condolences by phone to Gov. Robert Bentley and approved his request for emergency federal assistance.

    Marvin Gentry / Reuters

    An aerial view shows extensive damage to houses in the path of tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 28, 2011.

    Marvin Gentry / Reuters

    An aerial view shows extensive damage to homes and businesses in the path of tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 28, 2011. Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven southern U.S. states, killing at least 259 people in the country's deadliest series of twisters in nearly four decades.

     

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    The pain goes deep in our hearts for those who lost family members and friends no one knows what to say or do I know I lived in Guin Al. in 1974 and have never forgot All we can do now is pray and not let this hold us back there is a shinning sun above and god is up there to watch over us all he ha …

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  • 15
    Apr
    2011
    6:45pm, EDT

    Charles Smith / AP

    Makala Welch helps her grandparents clean up after a tornado touched down in Clinton, Miss., April 15, 2011. Three suspected tornadoes hit Mississippi on Friday, including one that damaged or destroyed dozens of homes and businesses in Clinton and left at least one person with life-threatening injuries.

    Residents of Clinton, Miss. begin cleaning up after a tornado touched down

    By Robert Hood

    Kids.
    Sometimes they do things that define hope and resilience. Click here to read more about the dangerous weather that hit the middle of the country on Friday.

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    Yes, well my sister lives in Raymond not far from there and if your Living in Mississippi then you can expect tornadoes, (with the exception of where I live of course).

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  • 3
    Feb
    2011
    8:42am, EST

    Heavy rains hit Afghanistan

    By Mish Whalen

    A recent spell of heavy rains that triggered flash floods in western Afghanistan has killed at least two people and damaged many homes.

    Jalil Rezayee / EPA

    People flee their village after a heavy rains and flash floods hit their village and killed two people in Ghorian district of western Herat province, Afghanistan on February 3, 2011.

    Jalil Rezayee / EPA

    People make their way through a village after a heavy spell of torrential rains and flash floods district of western Herat province, Afghanistan on February 3, 2011.

    Jalil Rezayee / EPA

    An Afghan man surveys the damage to his house after heavy rains and flash floods, hit his village in Ghorian district of western Herat province, Afghanistan on February 3, 2011.

     

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  • 18
    Jun
    2010
    9:27am, EDT

    Kelly Humphrey/The Brainerd Daily Dispatch via AP

    Cindy Wood, right, stands in front of her tornado-damaged home in Wadena, Minn., on Thursday June 17. At least three people were killed and dozens were injured as a series of tornadoes tore through Minnesota on Thursday.

    Storm damage

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    PNW - I thought the same thing. I always wondered what the back side of my cabinets looked like...

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