April 2014 Nicaragua Earthquake: added multiple sentences
-The Earthquake hit about 50 km north of the town of Managua.
-The town of Naragore and nearby villages in the Leon Region were the most affected by the earthquake. [2]
-In less than a day, another Earthquake hit Nicaragua, this time near the city of Granada, at 3:29 local time. The Second quake registered at a 6.6 magnitude, however, it did not result in any casualties.[3]
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2005 Hindu Kush Earthquake
-added links to other related articles
-seismic scale
-list of earthquakes in Afghanistan
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/12/12/earthquake-shakes-afghan-pakistani-borde-1701208840.html
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-The earthquake occured some 65 miles away from Faizabad, a city in the Hindu Kush mountains, but it could be felt in many neighboring areas.
- It could be felt about 200 miles away in Islamabad, Pakistan.
-Although magnitude-6 earthquakes typically cause severe damage, this quake caused relatively little due to the fact that it occurred deep underground (about 140 miles).
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May 2004 Caribbean floods
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-Economy of Haiti ( in reference to how poor Haiti is and how badly natural disasters can effect the country)
-1985 Puerto Rico floods (in reference to a similar event happening in the same region)
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/28/caribbean.storm/index.html?eref=sitesearch
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=13253
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-Due to this destruction, nearly 15,000 people were displaced with nowhere to live.
- The area that felt the worst of the flooding was the town of Jimani, near the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
-In fact, the destruction present at Jimani was so bad that Dominican president Hipolito Mejia declared a national day of mourning after seeing the effects of the storm.
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2015 Assam floods
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-Floods in India
-2013 North India floods
-1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake
Added more references:
- Pandey, Alok. "Days Without Food, No Relief, Say Locals in Villages Ravaged by Assam Floods". NDTV. (http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/days-without-food-no-relief-say-locals-in-villages-ravaged-by-assam-floods-1215215)
-Bhaumik, Subir. "Forgotten floods: Why India can't afford to ignore Assam". BBC.(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34242066)
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-In the Dhubri district alone, more than 400 villages are now almost impossible to reach making it difficult to send aid to the suffering civilians.
-However, this is not the first time the Assam state has experienced destructive flooding; the region is possibly India's most flood-prone state and has experienced at least 12 major floods since 1950.
-Although always prone to floods, the frequency of disastrous floods was increased in the area after the 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake, also referred to as the "1950 Great Earthquake".
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