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Based on the total natural disasters over the past 70 years, Maine and New Hampshire rank as two of the best states to avoid natural calamity in the nation.

While there have been incidents with sinkholes swallowing a car or even a house, the unfortunate town of Bayou Corne in Louisiana is vanishing.

Officials say two more bodies have been found after a deadly fire that destroyed the center of a lakeside village in Eastern Quebec. 15 people are confirmed dead and more than 40 are still missing after a runaway oil tanker train derailed and exploded early Saturday in Lac-Mégantic, about 10 miles from the Maine border.