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New Zealand tsunami alert, issued after 7.6-magnitude quake, is canceled (UPDATES)

News DeskJuly 6, 2011 17:18
New Zealand civil defense authorities cautioned that there could be strong ocean currents around the east coast of the country and told people to stay off the beaches and out of the ocean in that area.

Armani's tribute to Japan (PHOTOS)

News DeskJuly 6, 2011 00:00
Giorgio Armani's show at Paris fashion week draws inspiration from Japan's cultural heritage in an attempt to raise money for the country's tsunami victims.

Germany to go nuclear-free by 2022 (VIDEO)

News DeskJune 30, 2011 15:10

Six climbers found dead in French Alps

News DeskJune 26, 2011 15:01
Officials said the mountaineers appeared to have stayed overnight in a mountain hut before attempting an ascent to 11,800 feet in the Massif des Ecrins, in the Upper Alps.

Tokyo's Summer Olympics bid to include quake-hit areas

News DeskJune 25, 2011 15:44
Tsunekazu Takeda, the Japan Olympic Committee chief, said he wants the 2020 Summer Games to be a “symbol of recovery” for Japan.

Australia flights again disrupted by Chile volcano ash cloud

News DeskJune 21, 2011 07:52
Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Tiger Airways have all announced mass flight cancellations.

Millions affected by flooding in China (VIDEO)

News DeskJune 20, 2011 14:21
China's National Meteorological Center said Monday that heavy rain is forecast to hit Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces before moving east to Henan and Shandong.
June 20, 2011 17:53
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Photos: China's worst flood in decades

5 million people have been affected by extreme flooding in China, with 175 deaths.
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People make their way through flood water in Lanxi, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on June 20, 2011. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

In a cruel version of "be careful what you wish for," eastern China's worst drought in decades has been eclipsed only by its most horrific floods since 1955.

Here are some numbers:

  • At least 170 deaths
  • Another 83 missing
  • 1,000 businesses destroyed
  • More than 1.6 million people evacuated from 13 southern and eastern provinces
  • 8,400 houses destroyed in Zhejiang province alone
  • 5 million people affected overall
  • The direct economic loss is calculated at $4.9 billion

But as with most disasters of catastrophic proportions, the numbers don't communicate the extent of the damage.

That's where the pictures come in:

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China: floods force evacuation of half a million

News DeskJune 17, 2011 05:00
China has raised its disaster alert to the highest level after devastating floods caused the evacuation of more than half a million people in central and southern provinces.
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