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... era. Nuclear power plants built at Metsamor in the 1970s were closed following the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, though they sustained no damage. One of the two reactors was re-opened in 1995 ...
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moderate earthquake activity; droughts
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... confidence-building measures have cautiously begun to defuse tensions over Kashmir, particularly since the October 2005 earthquake in the region; Kashmir nevertheless remains the site of the world's largest and most ...
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... before the disaster. Unfortunately, Indonesia suffered new disasters in 2006 and early 2007 including: a major earthquake near Yogyakarta, an industrial accident in Sidoarjo, East Java that created a "mud volcano," a ...
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surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia from May to ...
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... origin): 1,043,984 (Afghanistan) IDPs: undetermined (government strikes on Islamic militants in South Waziristan); 34,000 (October 2005 earthquake; most of those displaced returned to their home villages in the spring of 2006) (2007
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... Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony ...
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... direct grant aid, $187 million in concessional loans, and $153 million in export credits for Pakistan earthquake relief; pledged a total of $1.59 billion to Lebanon in assistance and deposits to the ...
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... South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; on 2 April 2007 an undersea earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred 345 km WNW of the capital Honiara, the ...
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earthquake
tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west ...
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earthquakes
damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts
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earthquakes
destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought
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earthquakes
mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season
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earthquakes
San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding
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earthquakes
occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts
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earthquakes
landslides; avalanches; earthquakes
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earthquakes
destructive earthquakes
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earthquakes
typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare
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earthquakes
earthquakes, landslides
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earthquakes
destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic droughts
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earthquakes
severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis
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earthquakes
frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence
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highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts
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occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes
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earthquakes
destructive earthquakes
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earthquakes
earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods
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earthquakes
frequent earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
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earthquakes
periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms
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