Major earthquake strikes Italy near Rome in early hours of morning, many left homeless or dead http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7984867.stm

Flash floods on Australia's east coast cause devastation after months of severe weather http://tinyurl.com/cmuvt5

Disaster averted this time, but is there a permanent flood solution for Fargo? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/us/30grand.html

Major snowstorm with blizzard conditions pummels Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado http://tinyurl.com/cxlnz4

Cracks in levee force evacuation of 150 homes in Fargo, North Dakota, anticipating historic flooding http://tinyurl.com/d97dme

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shakes Peru from 15 km below the surface; earthquakes not unusual in the region http://tinyurl.com/ch4wtg

Heavy blizzard buries sand bags and dikes along flooded Red River in North Dakota http://tinyurl.com/cc7yf7

Long-expected eruption of Redoubt Volcano near Anchorage, Alaska producing increased earthquakes and ashfall. http://tinyurl.com/cskpa7

Midwest could see near record flooding beginning next week http://tinyurl.com/d6p3k3

Underwater volcano erupts in South Pacific spewing black smoke and ash skyward. http://tinyurl.com/cdv98h

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