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Indonesians watch as rescue workers dig through rubble looking for victims of the recent flash floods on March 19th, 2019, in Sentani, West Papua province, Indonesia. At least 89 people have died and nearly 7,000 have been displaced from their homes after three straight days of heavy rain led to massive flash flooding, which brought down massive trees and boulders from the surrounding mountains, crushing hundreds of homes.
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Viewfinder: Catastrophic Flooding in Indonesia

Indonesians watch as rescue workers dig through rubble looking for victims of the recent flash floods on March 19th, 2019, in Sentani, West Papua province, Indonesia.

By Pacific Standard Staff
People rest at a relief camp in Aluva on August 22nd, 2018, in Kerala, India, where rescue efforts continue this week. Over 400 people have reportedly died in Kerala after weeks of monsoon rains, which forced more than one million people to take shelter in thousands of relief camps across the southern state.
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Viewfinder: Taking Shelter From Floodwaters in India

People rest at a relief camp in Aluva on August 22nd, 2018, in Kerala, India, where rescue efforts continue this week.

By Pacific Standard Staff
Onlookers cheer as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand to a hospital on July 8th, 2018, in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Divers began an effort to pull the 12 boys and their soccer coach on Sunday morning after they were found alive in the cave in northern Thailand.
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Viewfinder: Cheering for the Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team

Onlookers cheer as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand to a hospital on July 8th, 2018, in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

By Pacific Standard Staff
Rescue workers stand guard in front of a cordon as the Yun Tsui apartment building leans to one side after an overnight earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on February 7th, 2018.
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Viewfinder: A Magnitude-6.4 Earthquake Hits the East Coast of Taiwan

Rescue workers stand guard in front of a cordon as the Yun Tsui apartment building leans to one side after an overnight earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on February 7th, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff
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Social Justice

Drowning in Good Intentions

Heroism is a virtue, but how do we keep water rescuers from becoming victims themselves?

By Richard Korman