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1979 Easter Flood[edit]

Added a citation to and edited a sentence that was plagiarized

"More than 17,000 people in the cities of Jackson, Flowood, Pearl, Richland and other communities were forced from their homes. The flooding of the Pearl River placed most of Jackson, the state's capital city, under water."

Added a link to the main Wikipedia article on Floods

Added statistics and cited them

It flooded due to abnormally high rainfall in the preceding months (up to 150% more than usual).^[1] The water level reached a record-setting 43.28 feet on April 17, 1979.^[2]

Added two external links

- WLBT Archive: Flood of 1979
- Lessons of the 1979 Easter Flood

2016 Taiwan Earthquake[edit]

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Checked for plagiarism

Explained how Taiwan is prone to earthquakes due to its location

source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/asia/taiwan-earthquake/

Added the sentence "[The earthquake's] comparatively shallow depth caused more intense reverberations on the surface"

source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/earthquake-measuring-64-hits-southern-taiwan-160205213442324.html

Added "Rescuers used sensors to detect signs of life and avoided using heavy machinery for fear of further collapsing the rubble and potentially trapping any survivors."

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/world/asia/taiwan-earthquake-arrest-wei-guan.html?_r=0

Added links to the following Wikipedia articles

Ring of Fire
Meinong District
Professional Negligence

Mount Pavlof[edit]

I added info to the volcano's history with a source

The volcano stopped emitting ash clouds on March 31, 2016
- source: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2016/03/31/alaska-pavlof-volcano

Took out the phrase "continuing as of March 29, 2016" since the volcanic activity has stopped for now.

I clarified what a "Red" warning level means

source: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alaskas-most-active-volcano-is-it-again-180958582/?no-ist

Added links to the following wikipedia pages

Alaska Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
Cold Bay

Checked for plagiarism but didn't see any faults

2016 Ecuador earthquake[edit]

Checked for plagiarism
Added a reference to http://www.icesfoundation.org/Pages/QlarmEventList.aspx
Added links to the Wikipedia pages for "earthquake", "natural disaster", and "state of emergency"
Added information to the "Aftermath" section and cited these sources
- http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/ecuador-earthquake-death-toll-rises-rafael-correa
- http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/ecuador-earthquake-survivors-food-shortages-water-medical-aid

^ Service, US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather. "NWS Jackson, MS 1979 Pearl River Flood". www.srh.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Case, Bert. "Case Files: Could the Easter flood of 1979 happen again?". WAPT. Retrieved 2016-02-15.

[1] Service, US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather. "NWS Jackson, MS 1979 Pearl River Flood". www.srh.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Case, Bert. "Case Files: Could the Easter flood of 1979 happen again?". WAPT. Retrieved 2016-02-15.

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