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Natural disasters took record tolls this year
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USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext) - McLean, Va.
Date: Dec 19, 1988
Start Page: 11.A
Section: NEWS
Text Word Count: 267
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- Armenia's Dec. 7 record quake has killed at least 50,000, injured at least 12,000, left 500,000 homeless and caused $8.4 billion in damages.

- An Aug. 21 quake in Nepal and India took 1,000 lives and left 50,000 homeless.

- Hurricane Joan in October took 70 lives in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, left 300,000 homeless in Nicaragua and caused $65 million in damage in Costa Rica.

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