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  • 22
    Apr
    2013
    1:29pm, EDT

    Residents and rescuers find nourishment after powerful earthquake in China

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    Medical personnel take a break to eat in disaster-hit Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21. Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 188 dead.

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    Earthquake survivors queue for free water on April 22, in Lushan of Ya An, Sichuan Province of China.

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    Two earthquake survivors eat instant noodles outside the tent in a middle school on April 22, in Baoxing county of Ya An, China.

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    Earthquake victims queue up for food supplies in the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, April 21.

    By John Ruwitch, Reuters

    Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along a main road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police.

    "We are in the open air here. No place to sleep, nothing to eat. No one is paying any attention to us," said Peng Qiong, 45, a farmer in Chaoyang village on the outskirts of Lushan, near the epicenter.

    China has poured resources into Sichuan since Saturday's quake, including 1 billion yuan ($161.9 million) from central coffers for disaster relief and compensation. About 18,000 troops are in the area. Continue reading.

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    Two girls hold boxes of food at a temporary settlement in the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21.

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    An earthquake survivor sits outside a tent in a middle school on April 22 in Baoxing county of Ya An, China.

    Slideshow: Earthquake in China

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    A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing scores of people and injuring thousands close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008.

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  • 9
    Apr
    2013
    6:45pm, EDT

    Magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills at least 37 in Iran

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    An Iranian woman receives medical treatment from aid workers in the town of Shonbeh, southeast of Bushehr, on April 9, after a powerful earthquake struck near the Gulf port city of Bushehr.

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    Vehicles make their way along structures destroyed by an earthquake which struck southern Iran in the city of Shonbeh, Iran, on April 9.

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    An Iranian woman sits on the rubble in the Shonbeh Twon in Bushehr province in southern Iran, on April 9.

    By Nasser Karimi, The Associated Press

    A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.

    The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.

    "No damage was done to Bushehr power plant," Bushehr provincial governor Fereidoun Hasanvand told state TV. He said 37 people had died so far and 850 were injured, including 100 who were hospitalized. Continue reading.

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    Iranians walk past the ruins of a destroyed house in the town of Shonbeh, southeast of Bushehr, on April 9, after a powerful earthquake struck near the Gulf port city of Bushehr.

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  • 9
    Nov
    2012
    3:59pm, EST

    Villagers mourn family; Guatemala quake toll at 52

    Moises Castillo / AP

    A man helps carry a coffin during the funeral procession for 10 members of the Vasquez family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9, 2012. The family died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing their home and burying them, including a 4-year-old child, in the rubble.

    Associated Press reports — The 10 members of the Vasquez family were found together under the rubble of the rock quarry that had been their livelihood, some in a desperate final embrace, others clinging to the faintest of dying pulses.

    As Guatemala tried to recover Thursday from a 7.4-magnitude quake, the country mourned a disaster that killed at least 52 people; left thousands of others without homes, electricity or water; and emotionally devastated one small town by wiping out almost an entire family seeing the first signs of success in a tireless effort to claw itself out of poverty.

    Neighbors filed past 10 wooden caskets lined up in two rows in the Vasquez living room, remembering a family reduced to a single survivor, the eldest son about to graduate with an accounting degree. Full story…

    Moises Castillo / AP

    People carry the coffins with the remains of 10 members of the Vasquez family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    A woman reacts as she looks into the coffin of one of the 10 members of the Vasquez Gomez family, who died during the earthquake that struck on Wednesday, in the cemetery of San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9. Rescue workers on Thursday carted out dead bodies found under rubble in the aftermath of Guatemala's most powerful earthquake in decades, while others cleared wrecked cars and collapsed buildings as they searched for survivors.

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    Berta Miguelina Miranda holds flowers during the funeral procession for the Vasquez family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9.

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    Please stop the Face Book stuff.

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  • 8
    Nov
    2012
    3:15pm, EST

    Desperate search continues for quake survivors in Guatemala

    Saul Martinez / EPA

    Members of a rescue team help a relative of a missing person as authorities continue the search for victims & survivors of an earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, on Nov. 8, 2012.

    By NBC News wire services:

    Crews worked through the night in San Marcos, Guatemala, searching rubble for survivors and more dead following the magnitude 7.4 quake that struck Wednesday near Guatemala's border with Mexico.

    Local Red Cross chief Carlos Enrique Alvarado told Reuters 75 homes were destroyed in San Marcos alone and authorities said damage to the prison forced them to transfer 101 inmates to another jail. Officials told The Associated Press that most of 100 missing were from San Marcos. Full Story

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    Firefighters use heavy equipment to search for people feared buried at a sand mine in San Marcos, Guatemala, on Nov. 8.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    A woman looks at one of the coffins of the ten members of the Vazquez Gomez family killed in the earthquake in San Cristobal Cucho, about 155 miles south of Guatemala City on Nov. 8, 2012.

    Saul Martinez / EPA

    A man walks past debris on Nov. 8, the day after earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala.

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  • 7
    Nov
    2012
    6:30pm, EST

    Deadly quake rocks Guatemala, is felt in Mexico City

    Moises Castillo / AP

    A police officer stands in the archway of a building damaged by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center.

    NBC News staff and wire reports — A deadly earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Wednesday collapsed buildings, spurred landslides and shook cities as far away as San Salvador and Mexico City.

    Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina said he had been informed 39 people were dead. Perez told an afternoon news conference that the dead are in the northwestern state of San Marcos near the Mexican border, where the majority of the damage occurred. Full story…

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    A car remains under the ruins of a collapsed house in San Marcos, Guatemala, Nov. 7.

    Moises Castillo / AP

    Firefighters transport a wounded resident into a public hospital after he was injured in a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, Nov. 7. Many are missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000.

    Moises Castillo / AP

    A shoe lies atop a pile of sand at a sand mine, where people are feared buried, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Nov. 7.

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    A magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Guatemala has killed at least 48 people and left dozens of others missing. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

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  • 31
    Oct
    2012
    8:07pm, EDT

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Sandy victims raise sign of hope amidst wreckage

    People raise the American flag among the remnants of their homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York, Oct. 31, 2012. The U.S. Northeast began an arduous slog back to normal on Wednesday after historic storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed at least 64 people with a massive storm surge that caused epic flooding.

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  • 10
    Sep
    2012
    8:23am, EDT

    China quake survivors await shelter, expect rain

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Local residents run past a landslide in Luozehe town on September 10, 2012 after two earthquakes hit Yiliang, in China's Yunnan province on Friday.

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    Earthquake survivors rest at an emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 9, 2012.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Deng Shuai, 14, holds a portrait of his father, who died in one of the earthquakes, after a burial ceremony on September 10, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports — Survivors of multiple earthquakes in southwestern China waited for shelter and other supplies on Monday amid forecasts of heavy rains that are likely to hinder ongoing search efforts.

    The earthquakes on Friday in a mountainous area toppled thousands of homes and sent boulders tumbling down slopes, killing 81 people and injuring more than 800. Read the full story.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

    Video: Earthquake rattles rural China

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    An elderly man arrives to seek medical attention at a makeshift emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 9, 2012.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Zhou Zhanchang, a 12-year-old survivor, rests after receiving medical treatment in a tent outside a hospital on September 10, 2012.

    Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images

    A wall showing the Chinese characters for countryside, pictured on September 9, 2012. It was damaged by a large rock after a series of earthquakes Friday.

    He Yuan / EPA

    Villagers watch a TV news report in a temporary settlement for victims of the earthquakes in Yiliang county on September 9, 2012.

     

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    China, maybe you should spend some of your money on your citizens and their living environment instead of trying to buy everything in the world.

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  • 18
    Jul
    2012
    7:30pm, EDT

    Multiple forest fires hit Portugal

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    A helicopter fights fire that started close to Bairro da Milharada near Odivelas, Portugal on July 18 2012.

    Carlos Barroso / EPA

    A fireman fights fire that started at Moleanos near the city of Alcobaca, Portugal, on July 18, 2012.

    Duarte Sa / Reuters

    Flames move towards houses in Funchal, on the Portuguese island of Madeira on July 18. More than 1000 firefighters are trying to extinguish forest fires after temperatures rose up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit in several areas of the country.

    NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

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    Pictures are OK but what about an article about it !!!

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  • 27
    Oct
    2011
    7:34am, EDT

    Mother and child reunited after surviving earthquake in Turkey

    Ali Uzun / Turkish Ministry of Health via Reuters

    Earthquake survivor Semiha Karaduman holds her two-week old baby girl, Azra, at a hospital in Ankara October 26, 2011. Rescuers pulled Azra alive from a collapsed apartment block on Tuesday, two days after the earthquake in southeast Turkey. Semiha and the baby's grandmother were also brought out alive.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    They are still looking for survivors as well as rushing to provide shelter to those left homeless as temperatures drop and snow falls. Full story. 

    Watch the video below to hear how she managed to save her newborn.

    A mother, trapped underneath rubble after the earthquake in Turkey, fights to keep her two-week old baby alive for more than 50 hours. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

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  • 26
    Oct
    2011
    12:15pm, EDT

    Flash floods and mudslides cause havoc in Italy

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    People try to cross a street as water runs through in Monterosso, one of the villages that make up the Five Lands after overnight floods, Oct. 26.

    Riccardo Dalle Luche / EPA

    Residents view cars piled up after heavy floods in Aulla, Massa Carrara, Italy, on October 26. At least five people were killed in overnight rains and flooding in Italy's northwestern and central regions of Liguria and Tuscany, officials said.

    Fabio Muzzi / AFP - Getty Images

    A man walks on mud and debris between broken cars in a street of Monterosso, one of the five villages that make up the Five Lands after overnight floods, on Oct. 26, in the Spezia region. The areas worst hit by the floods in Italy were the Spezia region and the picturesque Five Lands tourist destination.

    Luca Zennaro / EPA

    A distraught woman surveys the scene of devastation in front of a destroyed house in Brugnato, Liguria, Wednesday, Oct. 26, after torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in Liguria and Tuscany. At least seven people have been reported missing. Phone lines have been brought down and there have been power cuts in some areas.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Heavy rains caused sudden flooding in Liguria and Tuscany in northwest Italy. In the hardest hit area of 'Cinque Terre' (or Five Lands), towns were cut off as roads were washed away. At least nine people were killed and more were still missing. Full story.

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    I can't believe some of you people, if you can call yourself that! You would sure want your share of compassion, understanding and here's a new word for you... RESPECT should anything ever happen to you or to your community! These people, just like many who have endured flood, storm and tornadic e …

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  • 24
    Oct
    2011
    10:14am, EDT

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    A man, center, holds the body of his daughter, killed in an earthquake, before her burial at a cemetery in Ercis, October 24, 2011.

    A father buries his daughter following the earthquake in Turkey

    Full story. More photos in our slideshow.

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    "Comfort us, in a world where we need so desperately the guidance, assurance, and affirmation to save what truly makes us strong. You, in whom we believe, help us to believe in ourselves."

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  • 24
    Oct
    2011
    10:09am, EDT

    Scrambling for shelter in Turkey following the earthquake

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    Residents grab tents from Turkish Red Crescent track, one day after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011.

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    Turkish men sleep on a couch in the street following the earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Aid organizations are rushing to provide temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors in Turkey. Full story.

    More photos in our slideshow.

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