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Monday, May 12, 2008

EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOS, AND CYCLONES

Several children were killed after a school building collapsed in Dujiangyan in Sichuan province [AFP]

Thousands are feared dead after a major earthquake hit Sichuan province (Xinhua/AFP/Getty Images)

Sean Steffen/The Morning Sun, via Associated Press

Residents sorted through the remains of their home on Sunday in Picher, Okla., after a tornado moved through the town Saturday evening.

Aid agencies were scrambling to distribute tents, food and plastic sheeting from stockpiles in Burma (Hla Hla Htay/AFP/Getty)