Disaster

The wreckage of homes litters a playground next to a neighborhood destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla.

Midday Roundup: Search and rescue efforts end, cleanup begins in Oklahoma

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy | The cleanup begins. Oklahoma officials say they do not expect to find any more bodies or survivors buried in the rubble left by Monday’s deadly EF5 tornado, which pulverized a mile-wide path through the Oklahoma…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/midday_roundup_search_and_rescue_efforts_end_cleanup_begins_in_oklahoma]

Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla.

Search and rescue efforts continue in Oklahoma

by Mickey McLean, Whitney Williams

Disaster |  UPDATE (10:25 a.m.): Officials now say 24 people are confirmed dead after Monday's massive twister. Seven of those are children. The medical examiner blamed…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/deadly_tornado_hits_oklahoma_city_suburb]

Children line up in January 2012 to receive a meal at a food distribution center in Mogadishu for those displaced by the 2011 famine or war.

Hunger wars

by Jamie Dean

Somalia |  A new study shows Somalia’s recent famine killed more than a quarter-million people. Will Somali extremists continue to starve a generation of their own…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/hunger_wars]

An eight-story building with thousands of garment factory workers collapsed near Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka.
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Good neighbor policy

by Jamie Dean

Bangladesh |  Disasters raise questions for average citizens: Are we prepared to help save lives?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/good_neighbor_policy]

Members of the merged congregation in Brick, N.J.

A disaster’s good news

by Emily Belz

Superstorm Sandy |  A New Jersey church takes in a barrier island congregation without a home after the devastation of Sandy

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/a_disaster_s_good_news]

AFTERMATH: People pass a destroyed beach house in the Rockaways in New York City.
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Trying to forget Sandy

by Emily Belz

Superstorm Sandy |  Businesses rebound, homeowners struggle, and churches prove themselves as the recovery from last year’s superstorm wobbles forward

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/trying_to_forget_sandy]

Calm amidst the storm
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Calm amidst the storm

by Edward Lee Pitts

Disaster |  Hurricane Irene's many victims rely on volunteer cleanup crews even as they ready for the next possible storm

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/09/calm_amidst_the_storm]

Watch and wait

Watch and wait

by Jamie Dean

Disaster |  One week after Japan's massive earthquake, many victims are still looking for help

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/watch_and_wait]

Slow relief

Slow relief

by Jamie Dean

Disaster |  Missionaries and rescue workers face overwhelming conditions in the race to help Japan

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/slow_relief]

'Overwhelming'

'Overwhelming'

by Jamie Dean

Disaster |  Japan reels under a quake, tsunami, and the threat of a nuclear disaster

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/overwhelming]

Shaken Japan

Shaken Japan

by Mindy Belz

Disaster |  Tremors and other aftershocks continue following Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/shaken_japan]

'Ring of fire'

'Ring of fire'

by Jamie Dean

Disaster |  Rescue workers and aid groups rush to help victims of Japan's worst earthquake on record

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/03/ring_of_fire]

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