Tornadoes 2011: Strangers Across 6 States Help Victims Cope

Tornadoes 2011: Strangers Across 6 States Help Victims Cope: "As with any tragedy, the silver lining is in the way communities and people throughout the country have come together to lend their support -- even when they themselves have suffered devastating losses. Amid damage assessments and cleanup efforts, residents and officials alike are looking to make repairs and start rebuilding what was lost. Below is a look at some of the ways people across the country are helping -- and what you can do to lend your support."

Red Cross accepting donations for AL disaster relief

Red Cross accepting donations for AL disaster relief: "The deadly tornadoes that swept across Alabama and several other states over the weekend left demolished buildings, snapped trees, broken power lines and homeless people in its wake. More than 40 people lost their lives as a result of the estimated 200 tornadoes that ravaged the nation from Oklahoma to Virginia."

2010: A Really Bad Year for Natural Disasters | UN Dispatch

2010: A Really Bad Year for Natural Disasters | UN Dispatch: "If you ever find yourself thinking that there seemed to be a lot of natural disasters last year, you’d be correct. The Japan earthquake and tsunami has rightly dominated the headlines recently, but between the Pakistan floods, Haiti earthquake, floods in China and West Africa, 2010 was a particularly bad year for natural disasters.

In a new report A Year of Living Dangerously, the Brookings Institution takes a look back at the natural disasters that shook the world in 2010."