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With money pouring in to Tsunami relief efforts faster than many agencies can spend it, some have urged would-be givers to remember the plight of needy elsewhere. For the homeless in frigid U.S. cities and abroad, the long winter has just begun--and some organizations have come up with creative ways to help. By Jeninne Lee--St. John...
Violent as these storms were, they also did some good. For the first time in recent memory, snowpack in much of the West is running well ahead of average, and that signals relief for the drought-plagued region. Even so, says NOAA drought specialist Douglas LeComte, it's too early to proclaim the long dry spell completely over. Snow is still scant in the northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest, he notes, adding, "It will take more than one wet winter to refill the reservoirs along the Colorado River." --By J. Madeleine Nash
...time President Bush and Congress take their cue from the American people and examine their priorities in spending our tax dollars. We have spent $130 billion on the war in Iraq and only $350 million for tsunami disaster relief. That is shameful...
...mothers, our wives, our children are victims from this tragedy. We would never ambush any convoy with aid for them." TENGKU MUCKSALMINA, rebel leader in Banda Aceh, dismissing claims by the Indonesian government that insurgents might try to steal relief supplies...
...heroic world of disaster relief, public-health workers are the plumbers. But their line of unglamorous pipe work has saved an untold number of lives. The waves that destroyed entire towns also fractured sewage pipes and fouled drinking water wells, leaving the water supply of tsunami-affected areas contaminated with seawater, garbage and human waste. The first order of business was to ensure a steady supply of clean drinking water, at least 18 liters a day per person, and to create a passable sanitation system?building latrines away from refugee camps, and promoting proper hygiene among survivors?to prevent illnesses...