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Baja Seeks Emergency Status After Earthquake

MEXICO CITY (April 5) -- Residents and visitors of Mexicali, a bustling border city in the Mexican state of Baja California, and Calexico, Calif., the city just across the border, went about their business Monday with some caution after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake shook the region Easter Sunday. About 30 guests of the...

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Getting Tax Relief After a Natural Disaster

In 2011 the federal government declared a record-breaking 99 natural disasters, including floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and heat waves, surpassing the previous high-water mark of 81, set in 2010.

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For Victims Of Natural Disasters, IRS Offers Break

disasters, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. another 29 emergency declarations.

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For Victims Of Natural Disasters, IRS Offers Break

disasters, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. another 29 emergency declarations.

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Mindy S. Lubber: Insurers Brace for Stormy Weather as the World Warms

"Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it," said Mark Twain.

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Sheldon C. Good: What's With All The Natural Disasters? A Christian Call to Stewardship

Wildfires and drought in the southern Plains and Southwest.

Background on disaster declaration

A disaster area is a region or a locale heavily damaged by either natural hazards, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, technological hazards including nuclear and radiation accidents, or sociological hazards like riots, terrorism or war.

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