NZ clean-up after powerful quake
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The New Zealand city of Gisborne cleans up after a powerful earthquake damaged buildings and roads.
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An earthquake measuring about 7.3 on the  Richter scale shook western Japan on Sunday, the second strong  quake to hit a area in five hours, and evacuations were ordered  due to approaching tsunamis, broadcaster NHK reported.
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A visitor to Patong in Thailand describes the clean-up operation following the devastation left by the tsunami waves.
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TOKYO - Two strong earthquakes rattled western Japan within hours of each other last night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo and triggering tsunami waves.
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Floodwaters engulfed homes and farms as they swept through areas north of Sydney on Monday while disaster workers began a massive clean-up following deadly storms which battered Australia&#39;s east coast.
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An earthquake measuring about 7.3 on the  Richter scale shook western Japan on Sunday, the second strong  quake to hit the area in five hours, and evacuations were  ordered as tsunamis approached the coast, NHK television said.
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A massive clear-up is taking place after flooding damage estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds.
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France's global seismic monitoring station said two aftershocks measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale were recorded yesterday after a huge quake near Indonesia which caused massive killer waves to sweep parts of ...
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Japanese officials Saturday inspected a nuclear plant that leaked small amounts of radioactive material after a major earthquake.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A severe storm has been battering much of New Zealand, leaving the capital Wellington all but cut off.
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More than 250 000 homes and businesses were without power on Monday as work crews from Denmark to Lithuania moved to clean up debris from a fierce storm that claimed 11 lives.
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NAGAOKA, Japan -- Emergency workers struggled to rush food and blankets to crowded evacuation centers as strong aftershocks jolted an earthquake-shattered swath of northern Japan yesterday. The weekend quakes killed 26 people and drove about 100,000 from their homes.
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SEVERAL strong earthquakes shook north-western Japan within a span of minutes last night, toppling homes, causing blackouts, cutting water and gas services, and derailing a bullet train.
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TOKYO : A woman and two young children buried for four days after a deadly earthquake in central Japan have been pulled alive from the rubble Wednesday as another powerful temblor rocked the region.
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A strong earthquake shook New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday but there were no reports of injuries or major damage, officials and witnesses said.
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Firefighters are seen on the roof of a destroyed house after powerful earthquakes at Ojiya, northwestern Japan, Saturday, October 23, 2004.
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Two strong earthquakes, the first magnitude 6.9 and the second magnitude 7.3, rattled western Japan within hours of each other Sunday night, injuring 14 people, shaking buildings in Tokyo and triggering tsunamis.