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April 2014 Nicaragua Earthquake: added multiple sentences

-The Earthquake hit about 50 km north of the town of Managua.

-The town of Naragore and nearby villages in the Leon Region were the most affected by the earthquake. [2]

-In less than a day, another Earthquake hit Nicaragua, this time near the city of Granada, at 3:29 local time. The Second quake registered at a 6.6 magnitude, however, it did not result in any casualties.[3]

also added a new reference and two "see also links to other wikipedia articles

2005 Hindu Kush Earthquake

-added links to other related articles

-seismic scale

-list of earthquakes in Afghanistan

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/12/12/earthquake-shakes-afghan-pakistani-borde-1701208840.html

http://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/south-asia-earthquake-hindukush-region-situation-report-13-dec-2005

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-The earthquake occured some 65 miles away from Faizabad, a city in the Hindu Kush mountains, but it could be felt in many neighboring areas.

- It could be felt about 200 miles away in Islamabad, Pakistan.

-Although magnitude-6 earthquakes typically cause severe damage, this quake caused relatively little due to the fact that it occurred deep underground (about 140 miles).

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May 2004 Caribbean floods

Added links to other related articles:

-Economy of Haiti ( in reference to how poor Haiti is and how badly natural disasters can effect the country)

-1985 Puerto Rico floods (in reference to a similar event happening in the same region)

Added more references:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/28/caribbean.storm/index.html?eref=sitesearch

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=13253

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-Due to this destruction, nearly 15,000 people were displaced with nowhere to live.

- The area that felt the worst of the flooding was the town of Jimani, near the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

-In fact, the destruction present at Jimani was so bad that Dominican president Hipolito Mejia declared a national day of mourning after seeing the effects of the storm.

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2015 Assam floods

Added links to other related articles(in See Also and in the text):

-Floods in India

-2013 North India floods

-1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake

Added more references:

-   Pandey, Alok. "Days Without Food, No Relief, Say Locals in Villages Ravaged by Assam Floods". NDTV. (http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/days-without-food-no-relief-say-locals-in-villages-ravaged-by-assam-floods-1215215)

-Bhaumik, Subir. "Forgotten floods: Why India can't afford to ignore Assam". BBC.(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34242066)

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-In the Dhubri district alone, more than 400 villages are now almost impossible to reach making it difficult to send aid to the suffering civilians.

-However, this is not the first time the Assam state has experienced destructive flooding; the region is possibly India's most flood-prone state and has experienced at least 12 major floods since 1950.

-Although always prone to floods, the frequency of disastrous floods was increased in the area after the 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake, also referred to as the "1950 Great Earthquake".

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