Close to 100 Die from tainted heart medicine.

In the eastern parts of Pakistan, people under a doctors care had taken their heart medicines faithfully. They took the medicines to help prevent heart problems. We know when we take a medicine there are always possible side effects, but none were ready for what they got.

The medicines they had put their trust in to help them, was possibly impure. It may have had metal products in it that caused a reaction to the drug, sending the patients to the hospital with a sudden decline...

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Italian Cruise Ship Runs Aground

There are possibly still 40 people missing from the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia which ended up grounded on the west coastal area of Italy. The ship ran a ground and is lying on it’s side 650 feet off of Giglio Island.  Divers are frantically searching the cabins of the ship hoping to find any of the people missing still alive. The ship is half underwater at this time. They did locate a man and a woman in a cabin 2 landings down still alive. Three other people...

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Tropical Storm

While many were sleeping, the water was rising unknowing to them. The area had been hit hard by Tropical Storm Washi. The storm dropped over the usual month of rain in only a 12 hour period on Mindanao. The trail the storm traveled is a rarely traveled one. A storm only travels that direction about once every 12 years.

As the water flowed down the mountains Friday night, many people awoke to water in their homes. They quickly grabbed up children trying to get to the roof of their homes or to...

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Residents of Bangkok Leaving Flooded Homes

In Thailand, the worst flooding in a half century has sent residents leaving their homes taking with them all their possessions they could. Floods have now taken the lives of 320 people and there are close to 9 million affected by it. The water continues to flow and with it comes the destruction of homes, stores, other buildings and possessions. People were out walking in the water that was as high as their waiste with plastic bags containing belongings perched on their heads. Many also holding on...

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Satellite image of Typhoon Nesat.

In the Philippines, just as many were starting pull their lives back together from Typhoon Nesat, a typhoon that had taken the lives of 52 people on Tuesday, Typhoon Nalgae moved in on Saturday morning.

Wind damage in the Philippines

The initial damage started in Dinapigue. Nalgae dropped 0.6- to 1 inches of rainfall per hour as it traveled through the Philippines area. The two typhoons together have changed the lives of for nearly 3 million...

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Joplin experienced the most deadly single tornado in the history of the US since 1953. While most are obviously concerned with the lives of people affected in the area, we tend to forget about the animals that are lost, maybe wandering around not sure what happened. Many no longer have a home to return to just as their owners don’t. The owners have had to take up lodging somewhere else. The pets have no idea where that could be.

We have a picture here of what an aerial view of Joplin looked...

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