Disaster_Accident

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On Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, trees and brush surround the mobile home where four people were found dead Sunday near Laurel, Ind., in rural Franklin County. A fifth person was found dead across the road. (AP Photo/A.J. Mast)

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Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Buddha Air after it crashed in the mountains outside Bisankunarayan village, just south of Katmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. The plane, carrying tourists to view Mount Everest, went down while attempting to land in dense fog; all 19 people on board were killed, officials said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Illustration: Broken Post Office

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"Assistance at a time of a natural disaster should not be a controversial issue. It hasn't been before. We're not going to balance the budget on the backs of people who have already been hit by a disaster," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

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People assess the damage Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, after heavy rainfall on Thursday knocked out Mattox Avenue, opening up Placid Lake into Burnt House Cove in Oak Grove, Va., due to the effects of the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Dave Ellis)

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Associated Press Sixth-grader Colin Green, 11, grabs a clipboard for his next class Sept. 13 inside a tent "classroom" at Moretown, Vt., Elementary School. Flooding damage was estimated at more than $300,000.

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Steuart-Kret Homes is building 44 villas at the Delight at Fairwood in Bowie. The homes have 1,942 finished square feet, with base prices from $305,900.

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K. Hovnanian Homes is offering single-family homes in its active-adult community in Middletown, Del., Four Seasons at Silver Maple.. The homes, which are pre-construction priced at $219,990 to $309,990, will have two to four bedrooms, two to four baths and 1,251 to 5,400 finished square feet.

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A walks past an uprooted tree that lies on the river bed of the swollen Shonai River at Kasugai, central Japan,on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011 as powerful Typhoon Roke lashes across central Japan with heavy rains and sustained winds of up to 100 mph. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Farmlands are under waters flooded from the Toyo River in central japan on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011 as powerful Typhoon Roke barreled across central Japan with heavy rains and sustained winds of up to 100 mph. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Two women in kimonos make their way through rains in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area as powerful Typhoon Roke lashes central Japan. The storm made landfall in the afternoon near the central Japanese city of Hamamatsu, about 125 miles west of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Police officers in rain gear regulate vehicles moving across a flooded national route in Toyokawa, central Japan, on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011 as powerful Typhoon Roke lashes central Japan with heavy rains and sustained winds of up to 100 mph. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, joined by Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, speaks about funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)