Ashley CleekSeptember 17, 2012 06:22

ISTANBUL — If an earthquake strikes Turkey's largest city, whole neighborhoods would likely be wiped out. So, after several failed attempts, authorities are attempting to reconstruct many of Istanbul’s most vulnerable areas. But the plans are not without controversy. Many residents will be forced to give up their homes and human rights groups worry the plan is designed more to enable more valuable re-development than to ensure the safety of residents.

Russia: Flash floods kill over 100 in southern Krasnodar (VIDEO) (UPDATE)

News DeskJuly 7, 2012 09:16

"People are on the street, they are at a loss what to do," one local resident said. "The floods are really, really huge."

Colorado wildfires: 2 deaths reported, disaster declared

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President Barack Obama toured the affected areas today.

Tristan McConnellJune 25, 2012 13:40

Deadly landslide wipes out Ugandan villages

The death count has risen from 10 to 100 in a catastrophic landslide that devastated multiple villages.

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Ugandan soldiers and relatives try to retreive the bodies of villagers burried under a landslide at Bududa in Mbale district in eastern Uganda that engulfed entire villages killing at least 80 people in March 2010. (Peter Busomoke/AFP/Getty Images)

NAIROBI, Kenya — A landslide that swept through at least two villages in eastern Uganda may have killed over 100 people, according to the national branch of the Red Cross and a local official.

Other early reports gave a much lower figure of 10 dead.

Deadly landslides occur with depressing regularity during the heavy rainy seasons on the western slopes of Mount Elgon, demolishing homes and villages and burying people alive. In March 2010 hundreds of people died in a landslide in Nametsi, close to the site of today's disaster.

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Jessica PhelanMay 29, 2012 06:07

Chatter: Italy rocked by second deadly quake

Another earthquake hits northern Italy, Kofi Annan goes tete-a-tete with Bashar al-Assad, and you too could be buried where Elvis was - or wasn't.

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Graphic. (Antler Agency/GlobalPost)

Another earthquake hits northern Italy, Kofi Annan goes tete-a-tete with Bashar al-Assad, and you too could be buried where Elvis was - or wasn't.

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico Tuesday

Alexander BesantMarch 20, 2012 14:41

A 7.6 magnitude quake shook southern Mexico and the capital Tuesday, in what wintesses described as "long" and "strong."

Jessica PhelanMarch 7, 2012 14:19

Australia: Floods send spiders spinning in Wagga Wagga

The wet conditions have driven ground-dwelling wolf spiders to build huge webs over grass and bushes.

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Following the 2010 floods in Sindh, Pakistan, spiders climbed into branches and covered entire trees in silk. A similar phenomenon seems to be occurring in Wagga Wagga, Australia. (DFID - UK Department for International Development/Courtesy)

Here's news that might make at least of the 9,000 people evacuated from the flooded city of Wagga Wagga in south-east Australia: the town they left has since been overrun with spiders.

The creatures have covered entire fields with their billowing white webs (photos here).

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