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Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms (AP)

Craig Lant picks through the rubble of his parents businesses on Sunday morning, May 11, 2008 in Seneca, Mo. Craig's father, Bill Lant owned Lant's Feed Store and his mother, Jane, owned Lant's Bridal Garden located north of Seneca, Mo. Both businesses were destroyed by a tornado that swept through southwest Missouri late Saturday afternoon killing 12 people. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)AP - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.


Tornadoes kill 21, injure hundreds in U.S (Reuters)
Reuters - Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.
The Nation's Weather (AP)

This is the Weather Underground forecast for the nation Sunday, May 11, 2008. A major storm will track through the Mississippi Valley and provide heavy rain and strong thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast through the Ohio Valley.  Precipitation will move into the Mid-Atlantic near the end of the day. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Thunderstorms and heavy rain were forecast Sunday for the Upper Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley as strong low pressure systems move through the region.


Governor tours NC tornado damage areas (AP)
AP - Gov. Mike Easley toured tornado damage Saturday in three North Carolina counties and said in addition to one fatality that eight people were injured and scores of homes were damaged.
Bush declares northern Maine federal disaster after floods (AP)
AP - President Bush declared a northern Maine county a federal disaster on Friday after historic flooding that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes this month.
Weather around the U.S.A. (AP)
AP - Weather around the U.S.A.
Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize (AP)

Carl Hunter and his wife Diane Hunter hold a check representing the amount they won in the Louisiana Powerball  Jackpot drawing in January, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Baton Rogue. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.


Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm (AP)

A Myanmar woman prays inside the Aung Zey Yong Pagoda and monastery which was damaged in last weekend's devastating cyclone, in Kyauktan Township, southern Myanmar on Thursday May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - A cyclone with winds up to 120 mph. A low-lying, densely populated delta region, stripped of its protective trees.


Experts check to see if tornadoes caused damage in Oklahoma (AP)
AP - Experts picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people.
Tornadoes kill at least 22 across US (AFP)

Graphic showing the three states battered by tornadoes in the US at the weekend. Rescue crews on Sunday searched through rubble for survivors a day after tornadoes tore across the United States, killing at least 22 people and shattering homes and businesses, officials said.(AFP graphic)AFP - Rescue crews searched through rubble for survivors after tornadoes tore across the United States at the weekend, killing at least 22 people and shattering homes and businesses, officials said.


Senate rejects federal wind damage coverage (AP)
AP - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance.
New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailers (AP)

A Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer sits in front of home in the Lakeview area of New Orleans Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Worried about the start of a new hurricane season and lingering fears about health hazards in federally supplied FEMA trailers, Mayor Ray Nagin is pushing to empty the thousands of trailers still standing in his city. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina.


Ark. governor urges schools to install tornado-safe rooms (AP)

Volunteers help clean up a  tornado destroyed  home, Monday, May 5, 2008 in Carlisle, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - Just before the tornado sirens sounded, school superintendent Floyd Marshall got the warning from police ? a twister was coming right for the town's elementary and high school.


Postcyclone challenge for Burma (Myanmar): deliver relief fast (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In a rapidly escalating death toll, a cyclone that ripped through Burma (Myanmar) on Saturday killed nearly 4,000 people, not 351 as originally announced, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Asia since the tsunami of 2004, authorities said on Monday.
Judge: Corps of Engineers can be sued over Katrina flooding (AP)

Latino workers congregate on a corner on Veterans Highway in Metarie, La.,  Monday, April 28, 2008. The workers are waiting for an opportunity to perform labor for those needing help renovating homes that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. From third from left: Santiago Cabrera, 37, of Honduras, German Lopez, 39, of Honduras, Gustavo Cuzaves, 34 of Honduras and Oscar Navarete, 35. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a "hurricane highway," a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled Friday.


Storms kill 7, injure 13 in northern Arkansas (Reuters)

A satellite radar image released by the National Weather Service shows severe storms over northern Arkansas on May 2, 2008. (National Weather Service/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Severe storms tore through northern Arkansas on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring 13 in the southern U.S. state.


Maine river crests after surging to record high (AP)

Bruce Morneault walks from his mother's home on Soucy Drive in Fork Kent, Maine Thursday, May 1, 2008.  The home was damaged by rising waters along the St. John River and Morneault went to inspect the damages Thursday morning.  (AP Photo/Shawn Patrick Ouellette)AP - The rain-swollen St. John River crested early Thursday after hitting a record high, forcing residents to flee to higher ground as more than 100 homes flooded.


Hundreds evacuated in Maine amid record flood (Reuters)

A house and church are surrounded by floodwater from the St. John river in the community of Sheffield, New Brunswick, May 1, 2008. A river swollen by heavy rain and melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings. (Paul Darrow/Reuters)Reuters - A river swollen by heavy rain and melting snow overflowed its banks along the U.S.-Canadian border, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Fort Kent, Maine, and closing two border crossings.


La. parish president still facing lawsuits over Katrina (AP)

Jefferson Parish President Aaron F. Broussard speaks to the media in Jefferson, La., a suburb of New Orleans, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.  A state judge recently refused to dismiss him from potential class-action suits that hold him personally responsible for Katrina damage.(AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina, massive pumps that keep water out of this New Orleans suburb went silent when the roughly 100 workers who run them were allowed to flee under a "doomsday" evacuation plan.


Tornadoes hit Virginia, 200 injured (Reuters)

Storm damage can be seen at The Home Outlet, near Southpark Mall, in Colonial Heights, Virginia, April 28, 2008. (Eva Russo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Three tornadoes swept through central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200 people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials said.




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