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Claims Filing Advice for Homeowners Affected by Hurricanes, Wildfires and Other Disasters
| NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: | An ongoing hurricane season, flooding in Texas and wildfires in Colorado are reminders that consumers need to understand the claims process, according to the Insurance Inform...Full Story
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
| A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch today, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage from nearly 300 aftershocks in five days. | The latest quake, just four mi...Full Story
 Mexicans lose homes as floods continue
| Next »  1  2 | By Antonio Villegas and Miguel Angel Hernandez | Villahermosa, Mexico - Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. | Tens of thousands more a...Full Story
 Quake-hit Christchurch rocked by tremor
| Christchurch - New Zealand authorities extended a state of emergency in quake-hit Christchurch Wednesday after the most damaging aftershock since a powerful weekend quake. | The 5.0-magnitude aftershock struck just below the surface at 7.49am sending frightened reside...Full Story
Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico
| VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall. AC = 1234 | --> | The situation worsened for some areas Tuesday whe...Full Story
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
| CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage from nearly 300 aftershocks in five day...Full Story
Texas relieved as Tropical Storm Hermine slows
0 0 | (09-08) 04:00 PDT Raymondville, Texas -- Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday but left only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system o...Full Story
2 missing, 34 rescued after typhoon hit oil rig in China
Beijing, Sept 8, (PTI): Wednesday, September 08, 2010 --> | Two workers were missing but 34 others were rescued from a oil drilling platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea after a storm. | The platform's operator, Shengli Oilfield, a subsidiary of Si...Full Story
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Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico
MSNBC | VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall. | The situation worsened for some areas T...
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
The Press Democrat | The latest quake, just four miles (6.4 kilometers) below the earth's surface and centered six miles (10 kilometers) southeast of the city, was felt by residents as the strongest aftershock in Christchurch since Saturday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake w...
BP to release results of investigation into oil spill disaster
CNN | (CNN) -- BP on Wednesday is expected to release findings of an internal investigation into the Gulf oil disaster, the oil giant said. | The report comes nearly five months after an April 20 explosion aboard an oil rig left 11 men dead and spewed mi...
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
Philadelphia Daily News | ROB GRIFFITH | The Associated Press | CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for re...
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
The Guardian | ROB GRIFFITH | Associated Press Writer= CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estima...
Rebuilding a community after a hurricane or other natural disaster
The Examiner | Hurricanes are areas of low air pressure that form over oceans in tropical climate regions. Hurricanes are large, whirling storms. They may have a diameter of 400 to 500 miles (640-800) kilometers. Winds swirl around the “eye” (center) of the s...
Prosecutor backs end to mandatory life sentence for murder
The Daily Telegraph Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has joined calls for a system of first and second degree murder charges that would end mandatory life sentences for the crime. | Keir Starmer QC Photo: PA | A BBC report said he supported calls for t...
MPs vote for civil service redundancy pay cap
The Daily Telegraph Members of Parliament have voted in favour of placing a cap on "unaffordable and unsustainable" redundancy pay in the Civil Service. | Mr Maude said the current scheme made it ''prohibitively expensive'' to get rid of highly-paid, long-serving staff ...
Quake aftershock hits New Zealand city
National Post   Agence France-Presse September 8, 2010 3:08 AM    | The New Zealand city of Christchurch was hit by its most damaging aftershock today since the devastating 7.0 quake, causing further damage. The 5.1-magnitude aftershock struck at 7:49 a.m., sen...
Canterbury earthquake: Schools to stay shut
NZ Herald Updated 6:15 PM Wednesday Sep 8, 2010 Share Email Print | Most schools in the quake-devastated Canterbury region are not likely to open until Monday, says Education Minister Anne Tolley. | "So far today the Ministry of Education has contacted 100 of ...
Tower Insurance Steps Up Claim Support for Quake
Scoop Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 5:56 pm | Press Release: Tower Insurance | Tower Insurance Steps Up Claim Support for Christchurch | In the face of the recent Christchurch earthquake TOWER Insurance, one of the country’s oldest insurance provider...
Gisborne building inspectors to help out in quake
Scoop Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 6:04 pm | Press Release: Gisborne District Council | Gisborne building inspectors to help out in Christchurch | Gisborne District Council has sent four building inspectors who worked in the December 2007 Gisborne earthqua...
Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico
The Associated Press VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall. | The situation worsened for some areas Tue...
Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
The Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage from nearly 300...
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