Nature can be Deadly

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Scientists identify new lethal virus in Africa

breitbart.com • Thu 2009 May 28, 8:02pm

Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived, perhaps helped by a medicine recommended by the scientists. It's not clear how the first person became infected, but the bug comes from a family of viruses found in rodents....

Honduras quake kills 4 children, death toll to rise

reuters.com • Thu 2009 May 28, 3:41pm

Four children died when a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Honduras on Thursday and the death toll could be much higher

Italians confirm death of 8 year old boy, fifth Romanian earthquake victim

financiarul.ro • Sat 2009 Apr 25, 4:52pm

The Italian authorities at the centre coordinating rescue operations in the province of L'Aquila after the earthquake on Monday morning confirmed the death, in a building that collapsed in the town bearing the same name, of a Romanian 8 year old boy, the fifth victim with Romanian citizenship besides the woman and the three-member family whose death was already reported by the Romanian authorities.

Death toll rises in Italy quake

news.bbc.co.uk • Tue 2009 Apr 7, 3:18pm

At least 207 people have been killed by Monday's earthquake in central Italy, with 100 residents critically injured ... 150 people had been rescued alive ... About 1,000 people were injured and 17,000 were left homeless....

Twister Claims 9th Victim as Rescuers Dig Through Rubble

foxnews.com • Wed 2009 Feb 11, 11:43pm

LONE GROVE, Oklahoma — Rescuers sorted through bricks and shattered plywood Wednesday in search of more victims of a deadly tornado that blasted through a small Oklahoma town where many people in a trailer park had nowhere to escape the howling winds. The death toll rose to nine Wednesday when a man who was injured and transferred to a Dallas hospital died.... Other victims were killed by flying debris and one man died when a pickup truck fell on him. …