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• More bodies found far away from Philippine floods

  December 25, 2011 in Nation/World Fishermen joined Philippine navy sailors, police and firefighters in an ever wider search for bodies from one of the country’s worst flash floods that swept away entire villages.

• Lasting home elusive for used Hanford fuel

  March 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 Critics challenging the safety of Washington state’s only commercial nuclear power plant say it should not get its license renewed until all questions about the integrity of its spent fuel … 5

• Twisters Hit Minnesota Hundreds Of Houses Destroyed; 6-Year-Old Killed, Dozens Hurt

  March 31, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 St. Peter’s Catholic Church in St. Peter, Minn., suffers severe tornado damage. Photo by Associated Press

• Riding The Winds Of Apocalypse El Nino-Spawned Deluge Of Biblical Proportions Afflicts Peru’s Lifeline

  March 30, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A1 Stranded truckers toss rotting tomatoes to the side of the Pan American Highway in Peru. Photo by Associated Press

• El Nino Starves Sea Lions Of The 180,000 Off Peru’s Coast Last Year, Only 30,000 Remain

  March 30, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 A vulture patiently watches a row of dying sea lions. Photo by Associated Press

• Tornado Crushes School, 40 Children Feared Dead

  March 26, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Nearly 100 young students had just finished their lunch at a school in eastern India when the tornado struck. “Suddenly very strong winds hit the school from nowhere. Then the …

• Towns Facing ‘Painful Reality’ In The Aftermath Of Tornadoes, Congregations Vow To Rebuild

  March 23, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 A farm gate is wrapped around a tree at Gainesville, Ga., after a tornado. Photo by Associated Press

• Tornado’s Havoc Leaves ‘Humbling’ Aftermath

  March 22, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Frank Premont gets a kiss from his dog, Max, as he safely rests inside his coat on Saturday after Premont found the puppy in the rubble left by a tornado …

• Iran Earthquake Kills 5, Injures 15

  March 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A12 A powerful earthquake shattered walls and roofs in a desert town in southeastern Iran Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring 15, authorities said. The magnitude 6.4-quake was centered …

• Northeast Ice Storm Ravaged 38,000 Square Miles Of Woodland

  March 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A10 Surveys released Wednesday at a forestry conference indicate at least 38,000 square miles of woodland were damaged during January’s catastrophic ice storm in eastern Canada and northern New England. Barbara …

• El Nino Taking Big Bite Out Of California Fierce Weather Pattern Washes Away Up To A Foot A Year Of Coast

  March 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Los Angeles County inmates on a work detail spread plastic sheeting over the front of the home of Virginia Reeves to turn rainwater away from already soggy ground on Wednesday …

• Clinton: Help To Rebuild ‘Brick By Brick’ Visits Stricken Florida Rv Park; Wonders About Using Satellites To Provide Tornado Warning

  February 26, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 President Clinton steps through debris and survey the damage by a tornado at the Ponderosa RV Park in Kissimmee, Fla., on Wednesday. Photo by Associated Press

• California Mudslide Carries Infant Girl To Loving Arms Nine-Month-Old Passed On, Rescued By Chain Of Samaritans

  February 26, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Sometime after midnight, a baby asleep on Donald Duck sheets was swept out of her house, out of her crib and into the night. That she was found at all …

• Storm Kills Two Highway Patrol Officers At Least 5 Others Die As Mudslides, Tornadoes, Snow And Rain Continue To Rack California

  February 25, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 1. Road workers assess damage to state Highway 166 near the Cuyama River, 20 miles east of Santa Maria, Calif., on Tuesday after the road gave way in heavy rain, …

• Californians Seek Fema Help

  February 25, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Thousands of Californians are seeking federal assistance to recover from flooding and other damage spawned by a series of destructive storms blamed on El Nino. Nearly 9,000 people have sought …

• Tornado Cradles Toddler In Oak Tree Eighteen-Month-Old Boy Found With Few Cuts After Twister Razes Home

  February 25, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Eighteen-month-old Jonathan Waldick plays Tuesday in front of the tree where he was discovered wrapped in his mattress after a tornado demolished his great-grandmother’s nearby home, where he lives. Photo …

• Florida Tornadoes Kill 38, Injure Hundreds Homes Destroyed, People Missing

  February 24, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Exhausted rescue workers take a breather Monday after struggling through the night in hard-hit Kissimmee, Fla. Photo by Associated Press

• Another Storm Flays California Homes Threatened With Mudslides, While Streets, Railroad Tracks Flooded

  February 24, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A5 Two locals wade through flooded streets of Lakeport, Calif. Photo by Associated Press

• Bad Weather Blocks Relief Flights After Afghan Quake 30,000 Cold, Hungry Homeless In Northeast Afghanistan

  February 17, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 Bad weather blocked relief flights to quake-stricken northeastern Afghanistan again Monday, frustrating aid workers who have managed to get only one flight through in four days. An estimated 30,000 people …

• More Rain Brings Threat Of Landslides Flood Center Expects 2 Months Of Sodden Weather Conditions

  February 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Los Angeles County building safety inspectors Gary Solem, left, and David Hsu discuss damage to a house’s foundation caused by a mudslide in the Canogo Park community of Los Angeles …

• Afghans Tormented By Weather Aid For Earthquake Victims Delayed By Snow, Fog, Winds

  February 14, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A9 Afghan men carry a woman wounded in the quake nine days ago to a clinic in Rustaq, Afghanistan Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

• Floridians Eligible For Disaster Aid

  February 13, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A6 President Clinton designated a three-county disaster area in Florida on Thursday, making residents eligible for federal help cleaning up after last week’s El Nino-related storms and flooding. “The damage and …

• Storm Victims Get Federal Aid Clinton Moves Quickly To Help 27 California Counties

  February 10, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 President Clinton on Monday said residents and business owners of 27 storm-damaged California counties - including San Joaquin, Merced and Calaveras - are eligible for federal disaster assistance. The president …

• Grim Search On In Mexico Flooding

  February 10, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A8 Soldiers and rescue workers scraped away mud and debris Monday after El Nino-fed floodwaters roared through a border shantytown, killing 13 people and forcing hundreds to flee their homes. Three …

• Flash Floods Kill At Least 13; Hundreds Are Left Homeless

  February 9, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A2 Soldiers help residents evacuate flooded homes in Tijuana on Sunday. Photo by Associated Press

• Californians Start Storm Cleanup More Heavy Rain Forecast For Northern Part Of State Tonight

  February 9, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A3 Several homes lay in ruins after sliding down a rain-soaked hill in Rio Nido, north of San Francisco. Photo by Associated Press

• California Rains May Take Break; Many Easterners Still Snowbound

  February 8, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 Five houses slid down soaked hillsides Saturday as the latest in a series of storms blew drenching rain through Northern California. Cloudbursts dumped up to an inch of rain in …

• More Jolts Complicate Quake Rescue Efforts In Afghanistan Tremors Add To Death Toll Already Put In Thousands And Make Access Harder

  February 8, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 New tremors split mountain roads and crumbled villages in remote northeastern Afghanistan on Saturday, worsening the lot of survivors of a devastating quake and the aid workers trying to reach …

• California Swamped By Heavy Rains Storm Batters Homes, Roads; No Clear Weather On Horizon

  February 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 Peter Mututo, of Oxnard, carries his grandparents’ neighbor, Virginia Forbes, 75, as floodwaters rise at the Country Estates mobile home park in Ventura, Calif., on Friday. Photo by Associated Press

• Afghan Quake Kills 4,000 Subfreezing Temperatures And Remoteness Threaten Estimated 40,000 Homeless People

  February 7, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A4 More than 4,000 people died and 20,000 were injured when a major earthquake, followed by deadly landslides, shattered towns and villages in a remote region of Afghanistan, the country’s ambassador …

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