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Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms. "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System". European Commission and United Nations website initiative. "What the Development Programme of the United Nations (UN) does to reduce the human risks linked to Natural Disasters". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
This hurricane, making landfall Aug. 8, was one of the most devastating in Puerto Rican history, bringing 28 straight days of rain and winds as high as 100 mph.
Earthquake July 28 1977 10,000–50,000 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone: India Tropical cyclone November 19 1978 15,000–25,000 1978 Tabas earthquake: Iran Earthquake September 16 1979 2,078 Hurricane David: Dominican Republic, Dominica Tropical cyclone August 15 – September 8 1980 2,633-5,000 1980 El Asnam earthquake: Algeria Earthquake October ...
Three earthquakes struck California between July 4 and July 5. The main earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude, as two others were 5.4 and 6.4 magnitudes. At least one was killed and several others were injured. The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in 20 years. [28] 2019 Hurricane: 84 killed, 245 missing $5.1 billion ...
In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes were damaged when the eastern Kentucky county flooded. “After that flood I had 500 homeless people looking at me, ‘Judge what are we going ...
The second earthquake, which was the strongest of the two, was reported an hour later, just before noon ET.That earthquake was a magnitude 6.8 and was centered about 25 miles south of Bartolomé ...
Major earthquakes in the Caribbean are infrequent and are sometimes accompanied by tsunami. Earthquakes. Date Region Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments Source
A 2015 report from the risk modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. ranked it as the place most vulnerable to storm surge flooding from a hurricane in the U.S. Its underwater terrain, in particular, can ...