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Storms are man's fault, says Prince Charles

Charles Clover, Electronic Telegraph; Sarah Lyall, NY Times News Service December 31, 2000
On and off since mid-October, Britain has been pummeled by rain, whipped by winds and buffeted by storms that have caused untold millions of dollars in damage.

Worried about climate change? You're living in it.

By Claire Miller, The Age Melbourne November 25, 2000
If you have ever wondered what to expect from climate change as the planet warms up, consider the roll-call of recent natural disasters.

North Pole ice 'turns to water'

BBC News September 22nd, 2000
During a visit in summer there was no ice at the north pole. Some experts say the ice cover could disappear by the end of the 21st century. They point to it as further evidence of global warming.

Island Chain Quakes Make Tokyo Think of the Big 1

By Jon Herskovitz, Reuters September 22nd, 2000
Major media have quoted experts, as saying the quakes jolting the Izu chain could signal a big one is heading for Tokyo.

Above us the waves: Atlantic Tsunami

The Guardian August 27th, 2000
New York and the entire East Coast of the United States obliterated by an apocalyptic sea wave? We've seen it in Hollywood blockbuster "Deep Impact," but surely it couldn't really happen?

It's apocalypse now as the world boils over

Robin McKie, The Observer June 2000

Tokyo: Waiting for the earth to move

David Murphy and Peter Seidlitz, South China Morning Post April 2000

World suffers new disaster record in 1999

Reuters April, 2000

The century's worst weather

Associated Press March 2000

U.S. 1999 temperatures second-warmest of century

Yahoo News December 28, 1999

50,000 feared dead in Venezuela

BBC 22 December, 1999

Much of world's population lives on shaky ground

Yahoo! Dec 19, 1999

Future quake toll to worsen, experts say

Robert Lee Hotz, Los Angeles Times December 1999

1999: the year that seismic shifts killed 20,000

Electronic Telegraph November 1999

257 KMPH Indian Cyclone and Tidal Waves Kill Thousands

The Independant November 1, 1999

Taiwan has worst earthquake in century

BBC 23rd September 1999

Turkey calls it the disaster of century

CNN August 24, 1999

"A great earthquake such as never had been"

Associated Press July 1999

Disaster toll for 1998 outdoes all of 1980's

AP Jan 1999

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South California at risk of one-two earthquake-tsunami punch

Associated Press 3rd March, 2001
A tsunami generated by a Southern California earthquake could deliver 50-foot waves on the region's coastline with only a few minutes' warning.

Earthquakes, eruptions give Japan the jitters

Associated Press; Los Angeles Times October 23rd, 2000
Japan is nervous. For more than a month, daily earthquake bulletins have flashed across TV screens. Most experts agree that, based on historical cycles, Tokyo is now overdue for another big quake.

As the earth's ice cover melts, it brings floods and famine

Lester R. Brown, International Herald Tribune October 23rd, 2000
If any explorers had been hiking to the North Pole this summer, they would have had to swim the last few miles.

Droughts, floods and change ahead as climate warms

Agence France-Presse October 15th, 2000
Imagine New York toiling under the heat and humidity of Miami, and the rising seas, pushed on by storm surges, lapping at the foundations of the World Trade Center.

U.N.: Ozone hole expected to increase in size this year

AP September 22nd, 2000
The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic is expected to increase in size this year as early measurements show significant ozone depletion.

An Atlantic tidal wave?

Associated Press August 16th, 2000
Scientists have discovered cracks in the ocean floor off the East Coast that they say could trigger a tsunami, sending 18-foot waves toward the mid-Atlantic states.

Millions still reeling from Mitch

The Independent July 2, 2000
Most of the residents displaced by the hurricane were poor and now cope stoically as emergency measures become daily routine. Aid pledges came from around the world in the wake of Hurricane Mitch and its 180-mph winds that nearly blew away the economic future of Central America, but as new disasters grab headlines, the funds are slow to materialize.

Arctic Ice Cap Melting: Chilling figures

PA News April 2000

Forecast for hurricanes: It will only get worse

Washington Post Service April 2000

More major earthquakes in 1999

Reuters April 2000

The Decade of Environmental disaster

John Simpson, BBC; Roger Highfield, Daily Telegraph March 2000

116 dead as European storm reaches Romania

CNN December 29, 1999

5.9 earthquake rocks Mexican coast

Yahoo! Dec 29, 1999