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At the time, Ike was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, after leaving behind $38 billion in damages in Texas alone. 2008 Hurricane: 53 $8.31 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane Gustav: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma: 2008 Tornado: 59 $1.2 billion 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
On December 17, 1944, 80 years ago today, the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet Fast Carrier Task Force was in a refueling operation several hundred miles east of the Philippines, in one of the world's most ...
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.
Date Incident Location 6,000 29 March 1809 Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto. Civilians fleeing the advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed. [citation needed] Portugal: 4,000 5 June 1941 Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by ...
Hurricane Helene is arguably the worst natural disaster in state history. Hurricanes Floyd in 1999 and Hazel in 1954 have their place, as does Asheville's Great Flood of 1916. Comparison is not ...
Category: Disasters by year. 52 languages. ... Natural disasters by year (304 C) * Transport disasters by year (43 C) Explosions by year (138 C) Fires by year (188 C)
The explosion was analyzed in-depth by the Disaster Research Center (DRC), a group formed in 1963 at the Ohio State University to investigate and study large-scale disasters. [54] [72] In total, the DRC conducted three visits to the location, including one the day after the explosion had occurred. [73]
The resulting flooding in the Central Valley and other low-lying areas forced over 120,000 people from their homes and caused over $2 billion in property damage alone. 48 out of California's 58 counties were declared disaster areas with many streamflow gauge stations in these areas recording return intervals of over 100 years. It would take ...