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disasters

A shot of the Titanic from "Titanic: Honor and Glory"
Media
A new video game takes you on board the Titanic — in real time
Family members of passengers on MH370 gather near the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing on the second anniversary of the disappearance of the plane
Technology
Two years after flight MH370 went missing, the search continues
Residents wade through a flooded street as they evacuate their homes in Chennai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, December 3, 2015.
Environment
Coastal city of Chennai, India’s fourth largest, experiences record-breaking flooding
A Syrian refugee from Aleppo holds his one month old daughter moments after arriving on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos
Global Politics
How to help Syrian refugees? These groups you may not know are doing important work
Fire engines at the site of the explosions the Chinese port city of Tianjin on August 13th. Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored, killing scores of people including fire fighters.
Environment
Chemical blasts in a Chinese port city raise questions about safety
MOAS rescue mission
Global Politics
One American’s attempt to staunch the biggest refugee flow since WWII
French gendarmes and police inspect a piece of plane debris found on a beach on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.
Technology
What can the Indian Ocean plane wreckage tell us?
Heavy rainfall turned the Vere river flowing through Tbilisi, Georgia into a torrent that swept away dozens of buildings and cars, June 14, 2015. At least a dozen people died as a result of flooding and mudslides in the Georgian capital.
Conflict
Animals roam streets of Tbilisi after flooding kills 12 people and destroys city zoo
Wetlands and woods are saturated with oil, north of Lake Pontchartrain, after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
Environment
How crises can strengthen cities that make the right choices
Residents of the village of Khokana, near Kathmandu, are living in tents after many of their homes collapsed in the earthquake of April 25, 2015.
Culture
‘My fear is always alive in my mind’ — the aftermath of the earthquake in one Nepali village
This is the first RAPIDO house, located in Brownsville, Texas.
Development
A custom three-bedroom house for $69,000? Welcome to the new model for disaster relief.