Natural disasters and extreme weather

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• Indonesians flee homes after quakes kill four

  5 Jan 2009:

  Thousands of residents unwilling to return after more than 100 buildings were destroyed or badly damaged

• Warren Buffett makes $224m from weather wager

  30 Dec 2008:

  The Berkshire Hathaway fund can boost its top line tomorrow after winning its bet with the government of Florida

• Cyclone Nargis hits Burma, 2 May

  28 Dec 2008:

  Tha Hla Shwe, president of Burma's Red Cross, on how the people's spirit survived the devastation

• Wetter and wilder: the signs of warming everywhere

  10 Dec 2008:

  We look at how climate change is already changing ordinary people's lives from Australia to Brazil

• Flooding in Venice

  Gallery (8 pictures), 1 Dec 2008:

  Water in Venice rises to its highest level for more than 20 years leaving tourists struggling with floods

• How Haiti hopes to break the cycle of disaster: restoring its lost forests

  23 Nov 2008:

  Deforestation left country vulnerable to floods, so now aid agencies are trying to replant woodlands

• Majority of China earthquake victims still unidentified

  21 Nov 2008:

  Six months after the Sichuan earthquake, only a quarter of the 70,000 victims have been identified, says official

• Brisbane storm brings worst flooding in decades

  20 Nov 2008:

  Heavy storms waterlog streets along Australia's east coast a few days after mini-cyclone

• Burned out California wildfire evacuees return

  18 Nov 2008:

  Southern California counts cost of wildfires that swept through the region, razing hundreds of homes

• Residents return to areas ravaged by California wildfires

  17 Nov 2008:

  Wind gusts died down and temperatures fell today while ash and orange smoke lingered in the region

• Thousands evacuated as wildfires destroy homes

  17 Nov 2008:

  Southern California residents forced to flee from blazes caused by high winds and temperatures

• Indonesia lifts tsunami warning

  16 Nov 2008:

  Alert followed powerful underwater earthquakes off Sulawesi island

• California wildfires: Calmer winds bring relief to firefighters and locals

  16 Nov 2008:

  Gusts of up to 80mph drop to below 40mph, slowing spread of devastating blazes

• California wildfires in pictures

  Gallery (22 pictures), 16 Nov 2008:

  Thousands are ordered to flee homes as wildfires sweep into Los Angeles

• Thousands ordered to flee homes as wildfires sweep into Los Angeles

  16 Nov 2008:

  State of emergency declared in Los Angeles a day after 111 homes burned to the ground

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