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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Disasters

A space view of sludge

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2010, 12:17 PM Oct 12, 2010

NASA today released an image of the toxic sludge that’s inundated a town in Hungary.

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Weather

A bridge too far

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2010, 2:34 PM Sep 28, 2010
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Close-up images of the flood-destroyed bridge in Oronoco.

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Northfield flooding

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2010, 8:56 AM Sep 26, 2010
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A short documentary

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Weather

Flooding updates

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2010, 10:48 AM Sep 23, 2010
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Coverage of the flooding in southern Minnesota with continuous updates.

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The sinkholes of St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2010, 10:55 AM Sep 7, 2010
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Traversing downtown St. Paul these days isn’t for the faint of heart. If you eschew the auto because of the LRT construction on the roads, the sidewalk sinkholes might get you

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Katrina

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 27, 2010, 3:35 PM Aug 27, 2010

There’ll be plenty of Hurricane Katrina remembrances over the weekend, the fifth anniversary of the deadly storm that still makes us shake our head when we look back at the pictures.

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Pakistan flooding from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 19, 2010, 12:29 PM Aug 19, 2010

NASA has released these satellite images of the flooding in Pakistan.

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A South St. Paul save

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 19, 2010, 10:45 AM Aug 19, 2010

An airshow performer can probably thank someone in South St. Paul for his life.

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Images released of Sen. Stevens crash site

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 16, 2010, 4:02 PM Aug 16, 2010

The National Transportation Safety Board this afternoon released images from the site of the plane crash last week that claimed the life of Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.

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The living victims of 9/11

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2010, 2:50 PM Aug 9, 2010
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While a planned mosque near the World Trade Center site is getting all of the attention, the people who paid a big price for their heroism on 9/11 are quietly getting stiffed, some of them say.

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Petroleum magic

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2010, 2:06 PM Aug 4, 2010
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A report today says most of the oil that spewed into the Gulf of Mexico has disappeared. Where did it go?

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Rare images from the Gulf

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 15, 2010, 2:59 PM Jul 15, 2010

Thursday’s capping of an oil well provides one of the few days when Americans agree on something.

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The disaster after Haiti’s disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 14, 2010, 2:12 PM Jul 14, 2010

Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN has found something of a scandal in Haiti, where people are struggling to recover from an earthquake earlier this year. He found a warehouse full of undistributed supplies not far from an orphanage where workers are struggling to feed the kids.

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Live with BP

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 1, 2010, 2:31 PM Jul 1, 2010
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The PBS NewsHour presented a Q&A with the new public face of BP — Bob Dudley. Ray Suarez hosted and people have submitted some tough questions.

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Slick from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2010, 3:47 PM Jun 23, 2010
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NASA has released this satellite photo of the Gulf of Mexico, with the oil slick clearly visible.

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