Relief after Burma's Cyclone Nargis
From rd.com On May 3, Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's southwest coast. UNICEF estimates the death toll at 100,000, making the storm the worst natural disaster since south Asia's 2004 tsunami. According to the United Nations, about 1 million ... [... more]
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A Look at the Heroes Helping to Rebuild New Orleans
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Heroes of China's Earthquake
By Michael Wang and Joel Poon Comments : By sfangels, Mon Jun 30 13:55:00 EDT 2008 What a great story! [... more]
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Best of America: Disaster Doctor
As told to Carol Kaufman From Reader's Digest My wife passed away seven and a half years ago, and I went through a huge depression, the worst time in my life. I was a bit suicidal. I continued to work as a small-town doctor at my medical clinic ... [... more]
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Make It Matter: After the Deluge of Hurricane Katrina
By Gail Cameron Wescott From Reader's Digest Alice Craft-Kerney watched from her brother's New Orleans house as Hurricane Katrina split trees, broke windows, and swallowed cars, including her own. A few miles away, her best friend, Patricia ... [... more]
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Utah Byways
Sculpted by wind and water over countless millennia, the remote canyons and plateaus of southeastern Utah were among the last parts of the American West to be seen by travelers from the East -- indeed, much of this country remained uncharted ... [... more]
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The Heroes Rebuilding New Orleans
Before the hurricane, when people asked what life was like in New Orleans, I'd reply, "Nothing important happens here except culture." The city teemed with musicians, painters, writers, chefs, and parades. The architectural fabric ran from ... [... more]
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Are We Running Out of Water?
On a cloudy Tuesday last November, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue convened an unusual gathering on the steps of the capitol building in Atlanta. With his state mired in the 21st month of a historic drought, the governor had decided it was time for ... [... more]
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Surprising Power
With the wipers going full blast, Rhonda Richards could barely see through her windshield. A cold rain was pounding rural York County, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 2006, and now Leibs Creek had burst its banks and was rushing across Hollow ... [... more]
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Real-Life Miracles
The alarm goes off at 4:30 in the morning. It's dark and cold outside, but Don Royston rolls out of a warm bed without missing a beat. It's the weekend before Thanksgiving and he has an assignment, one that he's handled for the last eight years. ... [... more]
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Life After Hurricane Katrina
Janice Rozetcki points at a withered bush outside her storm-ravaged New Orleans home. "This was my beautiful lemon tree," she says. The house is marked with spray-painted symbols left by search crews, its interior stripped to the studs. In the . [... more]
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Come Hell and High Water
Six days after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast, the American Red Cross had still not reached many who needed them most -- 10,000 residents who stayed behind in New Orleans. Following the storm's landfall on Monday, August 29, ... [... more]
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