Read more disaster stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26481/disaster.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:38:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74349/army-corps-negligence-led-to-katrina-flooding-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an opinion that could open the federal government to billions in damage claims, a judge ruled today that the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain an outlet channel led directly to disastrous flooding in and around New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005....http://www.newser.com/story/74349/army-corps-negligence-led-to-katrina-flooding-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 20:30:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70894/landslides-wipe-out-4-indonesian-villages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people under mountains of mud and debris. Most of the victims were members of a communal wedding party. It's not clear exactly when the landslides occurred, but the full extent of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude...http://www.newser.com/story/70894/landslides-wipe-out-4-indonesian-villages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 11:26:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70816/miracle-rescue-lifts-hopes-for-3000-trapped-in-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRescue teams racing to find earthquake survivors in Indonesia pulled a young woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed school today, a rare glimmer of hope in the 2-day-old search. More than 1,000 people are reported dead, and difficult conditions in Padang are making it hard to reach...http://www.newser.com/story/70816/miracle-rescue-lifts-hopes-for-3000-trapped-in-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 9:11:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70761/indonesia-quake-toll-passes-1000.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe death toll in Indonesia has reached 1,100 and is expected to keep rising. Rescue workers are scrambling to find earthquake survivors under trapped buildings, with "many hundreds more" injured or missing, says a top UN relief official. Rescue efforts have been hung up over a shortage of heavy...http://www.newser.com/story/70761/indonesia-quake-toll-passes-1000.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 13:34:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70715/samoa-tsunami-toll-hits-150.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStunned Samoans combed through the sodden wreckage of their lives and told of the terror of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific. Officials expect the death toll from Tuesday's disaster to rise as more...http://www.newser.com/story/70715/samoa-tsunami-toll-hits-150.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 8:39:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70687/more-quakes-slam-indonesia-still-counting-its-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndonesia, still counting the dead and searching for the missing from yesterday’s 7.6 earthquake, was rattled by two more earthquakes this morning local time. The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.8 quake 140 miles from Padang, the western Sumatran city nearest yesterday’s epicenter; just 20 minutes earlier, a...http://www.newser.com/story/70687/more-quakes-slam-indonesia-still-counting-its-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 21:25:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70626/tsunami-toll-reaches-100-obama-sends-disaster-aid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe death toll from the tsunami triggered by last night's 8.3-magnitude earthquake near Samoa has risen to more than 100, with fatalities reported across a number of islands. Barack Obama declared American Samoa a disaster area and has pledged "swift and aggressive" aid to the territory, where at least...http://www.newser.com/story/70626/tsunami-toll-reaches-100-obama-sends-disaster-aid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 6:39:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70490/240-dead-375k-in-shelters-after-philippines-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least 240 people are now confirmed dead in flooding in the Philippines after more than 90 new deaths were reported in Manila. Moreover, 375,000 have been displaced by the disaster, more than double earlier official figures. As government officials appeal for international help, a BBC correspondent says getting...http://www.newser.com/story/70490/240-dead-375k-in-shelters-after-philippines-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 21:07:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68948/20-killed-in-turkish-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlash floods gushed across a major highway and a commercial district in Istanbul today, killing at least 20 people and stranding dozens in cars or on rooftops, AP reports. Eight people are missing. Fueled by the worst rain in decades, waters rose more than 3 feet high in the city's...http://www.newser.com/story/68948/20-killed-in-turkish-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 7:11:30 CDT