Disasters. April 17 2011
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Firefighters rescue injured people from a collapsed house in a wind storm on April 17, 2011 in Shunde, Guangdong Province of China. According to flood control authorities on Monday, gales as strong as 45.5 meters per second, accompanied by hailstorm, cloudburst and strong wind battered cities including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing and Dongguan of south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, has killed at least 17 people and injured 118. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
A road sign is seen damaged after a wind storm on April 17, 2011 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
Dark clouds bearing down on the city on April 17, 2011 in Foshan, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
Tornadoes Kill Three, Cause Major Damage In Virginia:
Piles of debris and destroyed buses cover the ground at Page Middle School April 17, 2011 in Gloucester, Virginia. A tornado that barreled across Gloucester Saturday evening cut a mile-wide swath of destruction about 7 1/2 miles long from Coke to the Mathews County line, leaving three residents dead and more than 60 injured, said Sheriff Steve Gentry. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
Food Services Director for Gloucester Public Schools Stephen Patton, 53, looks through debris at Page Middle School April 17, 2011 in Gloucester, Virginia. [This used to be my office], Patton said. His car stands a few yards away on its side. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
The remains of a few band instruments sit among the rubble at Page Middle School April 17, 2011 in Gloucester, Virginia. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
A destroyed desk sits among the rubble at Page Middle School April 17, 2011 in Gloucester, Virginia. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
Shawtna Mathews, 13, is lucky to be alive after a tornado destroyed her home April 17, 2011 in Gloucester, Virginia. She and her brother had minor scratches, but her mother and step father were taken to the hospital for treatment. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
Sandstorm Hits Beijing:
Sky clouded by sand on April 17, 2011 in Beijing, China. Sandstorms hit Beijing the third time in this year. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
Violent Storms Kill 24 In North Carolina:
A home (R) on Serendipity Drive is flattened to the foundation as the home next to it, still with a partial roof, slid down a hill in the McKinley Mill subdivision on April 17, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sisters, whom occupied the homes, both survived. Multiple tornados tore through North Carolina on April 16, killing at least 43 people. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Family friends, Jenn Zezza (L) and Stan Joyner (R), help sort the remains of a home on Serendipity Drive, in the McKinley Mill subdivision, after it was flattened by a tornado on April 17, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
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