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Global warming is already affecting our planet at a rapid pace, and signs are appearing all over the world. Here are 7 such places, from India to Alaska.

If it seems like disasters are getting more common, it's because they are. But some disasters do seem to be affecting us worse - and not for the reasons you may think.

Aerosols from eruption of Alaska volcano could be coloring sunsets.

Haitian families scrambled onto rooftops and screamed for help Tuesday in a city flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, as U.N. peacekeepers and rescue convoys tried in vain to reach them.

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: The Forgotten in the Wake of Hurricane Gustav: Haiti Suffers From Its Own Katrina.

The historic town of Salemi lies on Sicily's sunny Mediterranean coast, 72km from Palermo. However, despite its idyllic location you can now buy a house in the town’s ancient centre for just one euro.

There likely will be a lot of damage from Hurricane Gustav. To donate funds for the victims of Hurricane Gustav, call 1 800 Red Cross. They are there in Louisiana on the ground taking care of those hurricane victims.

"We think at a maximum we may have 10,000 people left in the city. It is a true ghost town," said Nagin, who said police estimate that as many as 327,000 have evacuated New Orleans.

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