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In the Philippines, reports make it seem like it is déjà vu all over again. We hear that aid is not being shipped or distributed fast enough, that organizations are having trouble coordinating, and that looting is rampant and turning deadly.

At least 50 people died after a Boeing passenger plane crashed while landing in the city of Kazan in central Russia on Saturday, according to the Emergencies Ministry. A doctor working at the scene said that only ashes and rubble were left from the plane.

Since Haiyan hit the Philippines, more than $150 million has poured into the island nation. The U.S., as usual, is near the top of the donor list. But where's China?

China didn’t exactly spring into action to help its typhoon ravaged neighbor, the Philippines. Earlier this week, as the Philippines grappled with typhoon Haiyan, China pitched in a measly $100,000 in cash. By comparison, USA Today reports, the U.S. has pledged $20 million. Australia $30 million, the U.K. $16 million, and both Japan and the United Arab Emirates contributed $10 million. How paltry was China’s first offer?

Volunteers have tagged thousands of social media images to online maps and rated typhoon damage to assist aid efforts.

The world's second largest economy offloads insultingly small change on a storm-battered Philippines.

A train that derailed and exploded in rural Alabama was hauling 2.7 million gallons of crude oil, according to officials.

A friend told me to go to a certain latitude and longitude on Google Maps. When I noticed it seemed to be in the middle of an African desert, I thought he was just sending nonsense. But when I zoomed in, my mind was blown. I noticed a tiny icon that looked like an airplane. So I did some more research and discovered there’s an incredibly tragic and beautiful story behind it. Here it is, from start to finish.

Thousands of people in vulnerable areas of the Philippines are being relocated as the strongest storm on the planet so far this year spins toward the country.

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Hurricane strength winds battered northern Europe on Monday, killing more than a dozen people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train journeys.

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The day after bushfires tore through the area, the federal government tightened the rules for disaster payments leaving hundreds of residents who were forced to evacuate without any financial help.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early Saturday off Japan's east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and Japan's emergency agencies issued a tsunami advisory for the region that includes the crippled Fukushima nuclear site. Tsunamis of up to 15 inches were reported at four areas along the coast, but the advisory was lifted less than two hours after the quake.

The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said on Saturday there was no damage or spike in radiation levels at the station after a large earthquake struck in the ocean east of Japan, triggering a small tsunami.

Taken from about 1.5 km away from the source of the smoke.