Typhoon Devastates the Philippines; Death Tally Soaring

BLANK Nov 10, 2013 Potentially the most powerful typhoon on record, Haiyan swept across the Philippines on Friday and is heading for Vietnam, leaving a massive wake of death and destruction. But wait for the death toll -- early reports rarely bear up. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Visits New Jersey as Storm’s Death Toll Rises

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2012 A massive recovery and cleanup effort is under way on the East Coast as residents try to get their lives back to normal after the historic and devastating megastorm. Making things more difficult is the fact that nearly 6 million people in 15 states and Washington, D.C., remain without power. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Operation Enduring Freedom Marks a Grim Milestone

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 15, 2012 After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the U.S. death toll in Operation Enduring Freedom has reached 2,000. Marine Cpl. Taylor J. Baune, 21, from Andover, Minn., had married just three months before shipping out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Monthly U.S. Troop Deaths in Iraq Hit a Two-Year High

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2011 Despite the reduced number of U.S. troops in Iraq, the monthly death toll among Americans there has risen to a two-year high, reached when three soldiers were killed Wednesday in a rocket attack. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Japan Death Toll Estimate Rises Past 18,000

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2011 Other international emergencies have clearly occurred in the 10 days since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, but the crisis hasn't ended in one country just because the news cameras have roamed elsewhere in the meantime. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Japan’s Day After

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2011 Strong aftershocks kept Japan on edge Saturday, a day after a devastating earthquake and tidal waves battered the country's northeastern coast. Officials estimated the death toll at 1,700, but thousands more are missing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tsunami Kills at Least 282 in Indonesia

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2010 On Wednesday, two days after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the shores of Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, local officials reported problems with an alert system that should have warned islanders of the incoming tidal wave. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Quake Toll Hits 1,700

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2010 Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the earthquake-rocked region of Qinghai in western China on Sunday as official estimates of the damage to human life rose to 1,700 dead, with 256 missing and 12,128 injured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

2009 Less Bloody Than 2008 for Iraqi Civilians

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2010 A group that monitors the death toll in Iraq believes the number of civilian deaths in 2009 to be less than half the number for 2008. Yet the United Kingdom-based group said that terrorist violence "still afflicts Iraq's population more than any other." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Troop Fatalities Double in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2009 A US soldier killed in Afghanistan on Sunday raised the American death toll in 2009 to exactly twice the number of those soldiers killed there in that country in 2008 After eight years in Afghanistan, 940 U -- and 613 coalition -- soldiers have died. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yes, It’s Still Too Soon for 9/11-Themed Advertising

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2009 It may always be too soon to bring Sept. 11 disaster imagery into certain forms of media, especially advertising, but two different ad firms and their clients just learned the hard way that now is most definitely not the time for that sort of thing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Death Toll Hits 13-Month High in August

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2009 Perhaps it was to be expected after the mass exodus of American forces in late June, but August was a cruel month in terms of the Iraqi death toll caused by insurgent violence -- the worst in 13 months. Unfortunately, the trend might continue as Iraqis navigate the aftermath of U.S. troop withdrawal and anticipate their national elections early next year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )