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...going wrong in the world. Now, I don't worry that our world is about to end, but I am interested in the number of natural disasters that have occurred in the past few months. America was gripped by the worst heat wave and drought in decades. Hurricane Gilbert, considered the most violent storm nature can produce, has caused thousands in Texas to evacuate the Gulf coast and billions of dollars worth of damage in Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. In Bangladesh, some 40,000 homes have been destroyed by flooding and the stagnating flood waters may spread disease...
...huge storm could develop, blow and dissipate without affecting a soul are long since gone. This explains how we can keep hearing about "worst-ever" disasters--if Jamaica or the coast of Texas are twice the population of what they were the last time a storm the size of Gilbert hit, then twice as many people will be put out of homes...
...weather service said warnings might be extended northward, depending upon Gilbert's path...
...Gilbert surged into the gulf after battering the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico with 160 mph winds, forcing tens of thousands to flee...
After crossing the peninsula, Gilbert's winds weakened to 120 mph, but forecasters predicted the storm would intensify again as it moves over open water...