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Villages flooded by Cyclone Nargis, south of Yangon, are seen in this aerial view picture
21 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Villages flooded by Cyclone Nargis, south of Yangon, are seen in this aerial view picture taken May 21, 2008. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to southeast Asia on Wednesday on a mission to secure more help for cyclone victims in Myanmar, whose military rulers have finally granted an aid agency the use of helicopters to deliver supplies. REUTERS/Strringer (MYANMAR)
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Cameryn Clifton, 6, of Ankeny, looks at levee that breached in Des Moines, Iowa June 14, 2008. A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as ...




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