Earth news from the press at large

• Reuters: Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states   (20.05.2013)
• China Daily: 55 dead. 14 missing in South China storms   (18.05.2013)
• NBCNews.com: 6 dead, at least 14 missing as tornadoes rip through Texas   (16.05.2013)
• NBCNews.com: Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh   (16.05.2013)
• China Daily: Rainstorms affect 196,800 people in E. China   (12.05.2013)
• Canada.com: Ice wall tears Manitoba homes and cottages apar   (12.05.2013)
• The Guardian: Mayon volcano eruption kills climbers in the Philippines   (07.05.2013)
• Reuters: Southern California wildfire nearly 60-percent contained   (05.05.2013)
• Digital Journal: Huge tornado ploughs through Italy causing damage   (04.05.2013)
• ahramonline: Saudi floods death toll rises to 20: civil defence   (03.05.2013)
• abc7: Afghanistan: Geological Hotspot for Destructive Earthquakes   (29.04.2013)
• Huffington Post: Quake In Sichuan Kills At Least 179, Thousands Injured   (20.04.2013)
• AFP: More than 12,000 affected by quake in Pakistan   (18.04.2013)
• The Guardian: 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits near Iran-Pakistan border   (16.04.2013)
• CBCnews: Strong Japan quake injures 23   (13.04.2013)