The number of deaths for the Earthquake and Tsunamis that struck the Indian Ocean stands at 116,000 deaths at the moment. We can expect this to rise. It will make the top 5 worst natural disasters.
Here are some bad natural disasters:
1931: China – Flooding: 1-3 million
1970: Bangladesh – Cyclone: 300,000
1976: China – Earthquake: 255,000
1923: Tokyo [...]
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CNet News: The Santy Worm continues to evolve and target websites despite Google’s attempts to stop it from using its search engine to target website using phpBB versions prior to 2.0.11. The worm is now using the AOL and Yahoo search engines and is still attempting to use the Google search engine as well.
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CNN: Jerry Orbach, the ever-cool Law & Order detective, died yesterday of Prostate Cancer at the age of 69.
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The death toll for the recent earthquake has dramatically risen in the last 24 hours.
Tues Morning: 23,000
Tues Night: 58,000
Wed Morning: 68,000
Wed 9AM: 71,000
Wed 10:15AM: 80,000
I wonder what number it will hit before the end of the day and how many will have ended up dead once this is over. Then I wonder how many more [...]
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The Sun-Times building is burning!!! From my lovely view across the rives, I see no flames, but lots and lots of smoke. Trump has been doing construction on it as he prepares to tear it down to build his building. According to ABC News, the fire started in the basement of the building. One of [...]
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