Now Hear This: U.S. Aids Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2010 The US is providing the largest humanitarian response of any country to the devastating flooding in Pakistan, but its goodwill isn't altogether altruistic Part of the motivation is to clean up the American image in a country where 68 percent of the people have a negative view of the U . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan’s Flood Misery Continues

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2010 The worst flooding in Pakistan in 80 years has killed more than 1,600 people and affected an unbelievable 12 million people. But there may be more misery to come as the country braces for yet more monsoon rains. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pakistan Floods Kill 1,000

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2010 Floods in northwest Pakistan have taken the lives of more than 1,000 people, officials say. About 30,000 Pakistani troops have joined the rescue and relief effort as monsoon rains threaten to cause additional flooding. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flash Floods Kill At Least 16 in Arkansas

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2010 At least 16 people were reported killed by flash floods in western Arkansas on Friday after buildup from heavy rainfall caused flood waters to sweep through campgrounds (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Guatemala Volcano Creates Calamity

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2010 It has been a crazy year for Mother Nature. A volcano in southern Guatemala has erupted, killing one person and covering the capital city with ash as President Alvaro Colom declared the country to be in a "state of calamity." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nashville Walloped by Flood

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2010 Last weekend was a very wet one for residents of Nashville, Tenn., as record flooding from the Cumberland River displaced thousands, claimed 12 lives and continued to pose a watery threat to the southeastern city that was expected to persist through Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Limbaugh Dubs Oil Spill ‘Obama’s Katrina’

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2010 Ever at the ready to undermine the authority of our socialist president, the GOP's biggest and baddest yammerer, Rush Limbaugh, and some of his like-minded friends jumped on the opportunity to repurpose the Gulf Coast oil spill, rhetorically transforming the eco-corporate disaster (continued). 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 )

Hundreds Dead in Western China Quake

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2010 A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit China's western Qinghai province Wednesday morning, killing an estimated 400 people and injuring thousands more in yet another natural disaster for the developing world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rescuers Still Searching for Avalanche Victims in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2010 More than 165 people have been killed by a series of deadly snow avalanches in a mountain pass in northeast Afghanistan that trapped dozens of victims in their vehicles and sent others into the valley below on Monday. Rescuers were still digging and searching for possible survivors in the Salang Pass on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Troops, More Shaking for Haiti

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 The U.S. has deployed an additional 4,000 troops to Haiti as aftershocks rocked the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. The American troop count will reach 16,000 by the weekend as relief efforts hit full stride in the earthquake-ravaged country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Pledges $100 Million in Haiti Quake Aid

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2010 President Barack Obama, declaring that "[t]his is one of those moments that cries out for American leadership," announced a $100 million aid package for quake-ravaged Haiti. Other nations, meantime, were also jumping on the humanitarian bandwagon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )