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Turkey Earthquake 2011 Left 1000 Feared Dead (Photos)

By: Mary Rose | 2011-10-24 | News and society
An estimated 1,000 people were feared dead as a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Sunday, destroying dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and blocks of concrete and trapping some victims alive under debris. The quake’s epicenter was at the village of Tabanli, 20 km north of Van city, Kandilli said. read more

Largest Quake Hits Oklahoma on New Madrid Fault

By: Mary Rose | 2011-11-07 | News and society
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Oklahoma on New Madrid Fault Saturday, followed by aftershocks Sunday, damaged at least 14 homes but luckily no one was seriously injured. The earthquake which was the reportedly strongest earthquake in Oklahoma history was felt as far away as Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to the Geological Survey, the largest earthquake previously recorded in Oklahoma was a 5.5-magnitude tremor in 1952. read more

Japan Quake – Tsunami in Unforgettable Photos

By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-17 | News and society
The massive offshore earthquake of 8.9 Richter scale and devastating tsunami have turned Japan's northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland. Powerful tsunami sent by one of the strongest ever recorded earthquakes has wiped away towns and cities in northeast coast and forced thousands of residents seeking shelter in the aftermath. Furthermore, the quake – tsunami also led to three multiple nuclear meltdowns. The nuclear meltdowns have forced more than 180,000 people evacuate from the area and caused an electricity shortage in the whole Japan. More dangerously, the meltdowns result in 160 people may have been exposed to radiation. Here are most unforgettable images of Japan in history – recorded disaster. read more

Pakistan Earth Quake - Donation Appeal

By: Yousaf FAYYAZ | 2010-01-26 | Current Affairs
Hindu Kush Mountains of Pakistan hit by an earth quake which had a magnitude of 76 on Sunday, October 9, 2005, sending tremors across South Asia... read more

Bloody Suicide Bomb Blast Hits Pakistan Mosque, 50 Dead (Photos)

By: Mary Rose | 2011-08-20 | News and society
A suicide bomb blast took place at a mosque packed with more than 300 prayers in northwest Pakistan on Friday afternoon, 19 August 2011, left at least 50 dead and 100 other injured. read more

Tsunami Strikes Japan After 8.9 Quake

By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-11 | News and society
Northeastern Japan has just been slammed by a 10 meter tsunami after the 8.9 quake which struck about 400km from Tokyo. The tsunami wept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings, and so on. 18 people are confirmed dead, 200 others were washed away, with several others missing during the disaster on the Sendai Island. People are still being evacuated to higher ground in coastal areas in order to survive from the powerful waves. Communication links are now broken, making it difficult to confirm the number of deaths and injuries. Let’s have a look at some first images of this deadly tsunami through these photos as below: read more

Deserted Towns After Japanese Quake And Tsunami

By: Mary Rose | 2011-04-19 | News and society
It is more than one month since the 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami struck Japan and caused catastrophic consequences. Besides reconstructing the damaged cities and cleaning up the polluted environment, the Japanese government struggles to cool Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear complex’s reactors that were seriously destroyed on March 11, 2011. However, the future of deserted towns neighboring upon this plant remains uncertainty and potential risks. According to Mayor Katsutaka Idogawa of Futaba, one of eight towns were forced to evacuate the day after the Friday’s crisis, it will take years before residents can return to their home. Let see a series of photos that captures some deserted towns in Japan. read more

Japan Quake And Tsunami: Atomic Explosions & Multiple Nuclear Meltdowns

By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-14 | News and society
The most powerful quake in Japan’s recorded history followed by a tsunami savaging the northeastern coast has not only caused heavy casualties and severe property consequences, but also led to dead multiple nuclear meltdowns. The first massive explosion and leak rocked the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, happened on Saturday (March 12, 2011) and make thousands of people be evacuated from their home. Unfortunately, radiation levels around the plant had risen above the safety limit. It threatened to be the world’s most devastating nuclear disaster since Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. On Saturday, Japanese officials took the extraordinary step of flooding the No. 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 170 miles north of Tokyo, with seawater in an effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown. On Sunday, operators lost the ability to cool the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s reactor No.3 and three reactors at a nucle read more

World moves as 100,000 die in Haiti quake

By: Olukunle Odebo | 2010-02-06 | News and society
The quake, which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale levelled all the major churches and seminaries in the Haitian capital, Pot-au-Prince.It also killed the Haitian Archbishop, Joseph Serge Miot, among read more

Deadly earthquakes in the history

By: Mary Rose | 2010-01-20 | Nature
Earthquakes are one of nature's most unpredictable and frightening events. They are killers and the loss of life caused by these ground shaking events can be enormous. Earthquakes can result in fal read more

Massachusetts Tornadoes: 4 People Dead

By: Mary Rose | 2011-06-07 | News and society
After Massachusetts tornadoes, at least four people were killed, over 40 were injured, 400 became homeless. read more

Turkey the Old-Fashioned Way

By: Tammy J. Garrett | 2011-03-29 | Food & Beverage
There are lots of delicious ways to prepare and serve turkey. It may well be deep-fried, brined, poached, grilled...to mention just a few techniques of preparation. This post, nonetheless, will focus strictly on suggestions and tactics for preparing best turkey the old-fashioned way -- oven roasted. read more

Philippines Flood: More Than 600 Dead After Tropical Storm Washi (Pictures)

By: Mary Rose | 2011-12-19 | Environment
Tropical storm Washi struck the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines on Friday night, blanketing the area with heavy rain and high winds. Flash floods and landslides washed away entire houses with families inside in dozens of coastal villages in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. According to Philippine Red Cross, most of the victims are children and women. The death roll continues to increase whereas Philippine residents try their best to recover from the strong storm. More than 600 people have been pronounced dead and hundreds are missing. Thousands of people are homeless in the wake of the storm. Although every year the Philippines is hit by 20 typhoons, the Mindanao region rarely gets severe storms. read more

Stuffing the Turkey with Data

By: Dirk van Dijk | 2010-11-22 | Investing
The third quarter earnings season is now almost over; just a handful of stragglers, mostly October fiscal ends, are left to report. read more

Chongqing, Hit By 12 Tornadoes, 26 People Died Damaged School - A Tornado - Education Industry

By: gaga | 2011-01-26 | Business
6 days in parts of Chongqing Municipality suffered strong winds, hail, heavy rain and floods and Dianjiang, Liangping, Fuling, Pengshui other counties hard-hit. As of 6, 10:30 am, the disaster in which 26 people were killed and 152 injured. According to preliminary statistics, the county emergency office, as of now, Dianjiang County, 19 deaths due to hurricane, injured 129 people (including Shaping Zhen 8 deaths, 71 injuries, Gui Town, 2 dead 2 injured people, Xinmin Town, 2 dead and 22 wounded read more