From the air, and on the ground, devastation
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MEULABOH, Indonesia -- In town after town, the scene was the same from the helicopter taking one of the first glimpses of Sumatra's ravaged coast: whole villages ripped apart, covered in mud and sea water. The only signs of life were a few desperate people scavenging a beach for food.
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Marine One flew low over destroyed homes, downed power lines and uprooted trees Sunday, giving President Bush a bird's eye view of the destruction caused by Hurricane Charley.
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Aid workers reaching remote areas of Indonesia's Aceh province discover the extent of the tsunami's devastation.
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The scale of devastation wrought by sea surges that killed about 23,000 people on Asia&#39;s shores is starting to emerge. The death toll is still climbing, thousands are missing and millions have been made homeless
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Medical team starts work with survivors in a town half destroyed by the earthquake and floods. In the next 48 hours, two MSF staff will make an air assessment of the northeast part of Aceh, using a helicopter
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The relief effort moves in fits and starts in 11 nations where infrastructure has been destroyed and disease looms. By Chris Brummitt / Associated Press.
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A remarkable tale of survival and loss in the World Trade Center comes under scrutiny.
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In the wake of a Charleston, S.C., blaze that claimed nine lives, a community struggles to make sense of its loss.
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An explosion rocked Nairobiâs busy Wilson Airport yesterday evening, injuring two people and ripping large sections of the arrival and departure terminal.
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The devastation and horror of the south Asia tsunami will have shaken the faith of many "believers". Here, people from different faiths tell how they have come to terms with the terrible events.
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Tuesday&#39;s massive car bomb attack on a Baghdad police station left a scene of devastation and carnage in a busy and popular area of the city.
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Â· Torrential rains claim The Field's celebrated bridgeÂ· Country hit by flash floods, landslips and closed roads
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Pictures of the devastation left by huge earthquake-triggered waves around the Indian Ocean
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n the wreckage left by the devastating one-two punch of Hurricanes Charley and Frances, engineers, researchers and others are finding some hope that this combination of disasters may do
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MEULABOH, Indonesia -- A week after an earthquake and tsunami ripped through this city, a woman picks her way over a mountain of debris searching for something to feed her chicken. A man carries a salvaged carpet on his back. People sweep flooded foyers, just a few yards away from where a dead man wrapped in aluminum siding lies by ...
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Aerial photographs of the devastation caused by the tsunami that hit Indian Ocean countries on 26 December.
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As talks collapsed and US forces launched intensive airstrikes, residents who had hoped for a settlement packed their bags. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.