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The tornadoes that have devastated the cities of Joplin (Missouri State) and Minneapolis (Minnesota State) in the U.S. have left dozens of dead people and widespread damages in the infrastructure and services of the area.

State and federal assistance continues to fuel the Alabama recovery more than three weeks after deadly tornadoes struck the state. More than 72,000 individuals and households have registered for help with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and more than $45.3 million has already been approved in federal aid to help them.

Primary forests account for 36 per cent of forest area

The National Guard constructed a 2-mile temporary levee around the ALON USA refinery in Krotz Springs, La., and a neighborhood on the south side of town.

Hurricane Isabel is shown in this satellite image taken on Sept. 15, 2003. U.S. government forecasters said Thursday that they expect three to six major hurricanes from an above-average Atlantic storm season this year.

As little as 10 percent of e-waste in the United States is recycled properly.

Damage in the Tohoku region of Japan after the tsunami of 11 March

Now that immediate needs are being met, the focus is shifting to long term recovery in the aftermath of April’s tornadoes.

Whitewater cascaded through the gate of the Morganza Floodway in Louisiana Sunday, part of an emergency effort to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the rising Mississippi River. The Army Corps of Engineers opened the first gate in the spillway on Saturday, diverting waters that will flood communities along the bayous that thousands call home.