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Relief of Unemployment Through the Performance of Useful Public Work (Ordering that Named Naval Surgeons Be Attached to the War Department for Duty With the Civilian Conservation Corps) May 13, 1933 64 6132 Withdrawing Land for Army Radio Station (Alaska) May 15, 1933 65 6133 Appointment of Mrs. Elizabeth Horter May 15, 1933 66 6134
Alaska (/ ə ˈ l æ s k ə / ⓘ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii.
Three vehicles entered the area which contained the escaping gas, and stalled near the rupture. The gas ignited at 10:05 p.m., and five persons died as a result. The three vehicles were destroyed and 40 acres (160,000 m 2) of woodland were burned. Although less than four years old, the 6-inch pipe had corroded internally and had been embrittled ...
The system was able to pull in cold arctic air, causing snow and freezing rain in the south, leading to a rare "White Christmas" event for that portion of the country. [16] As the system moved through the Tennessee Valley overnight into December 26, heavy snow continued in the Ohio Valley . [ 17 ]
John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator appeals for $460 million in funding to assist victims of the 2010 Pakistan floods. (Voice of America) National Transportation Safety Board investigators arrive at the scene of the 2010 Alaska plane crash near Aleknagik, Alaska.
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2015 are counted in the seasonal totals. 2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2015 are counted in the seasonal totals. 3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD Scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.