Disasters 2
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- Mount St. Helen volcano
- 1980, 57 dead
- Great Alaska Earthquake
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1964, Prince William Sound,
9.2 on the Richter Scale, 131 dead, Largest in U.S., Caused multiple tsunamis. - San Francisco Earthquake
- 1906, 7.7 on the Richter Scale, 503 dead, followed by fire storm.
- Hawaii Tsunami of 1946
- 1946, Earthquake in Aleutians. 165 dead. Water 1/2 mile inland.
- Charleston Earthquake
- 1886, 102 buildings destroyed, 90% of the cite damaged
- Loma Prieta Earthquake
- 1989, 6.9 on the Richter Scale, 62 dead, collapsed double-decker highway.
- New Madrid Earthquakes
- 1811-12, Mississippi Valley, 8.0 - 8.6 Richter Scale, Series of 3 quakes
- Johnstown Flood
- 1889, Pennsylvania, Earthen dam allowed to decay.
- Midwest Floods of '93
- 1993, 48 dead, $21 billion, heavy snowfall, wide-spread flooding along Missouri River.
- Big Thompson Canyon
- 1976, Colorado, flash flood, 139 dead
- Northridge Earthquake
- 1994, California, N of LA, 57 dead, $20 billion, effectiveness of new codes evident.
- New York Ice Storm
- 1998, NE US, 4 million without power in extreme cold.
- Southeast Ice Storm
- 1994, TN, MS, AL, NC, SC, VA, KY, Ice 6" in places, 100,000's without power.
- 1995 Heatwave
- 1995, 1000 dead
- 1988 Drought, Heatwave
- 1988, 5-10,000 dead
- 1980 Heatwave
- 1980, 1200 dead
- 1901 Heatwave
- 1901, Midwest, 9500 dead
- Berkeley-Oakland Hills Fire
- 1991, 1500 acres, $2 billion, 25 dead, 3000 homes
- Palm Sunday Tornadoes
- 1994, 42 dead, 320 injured, $107 million, AL, GA, NC, SC.
- 1965 Tornadoes
- 1965, IN, IL, OH, MI, WI, 271 dead
- Great Tri-State Tornadoes
- 1925, MI, IL, IN, 695 dead
- Hurricane Andrew
- 1992, 61 dead in US, $26.5 billion, 175 mph winds, 49,000 homes. Crossed S FL then LA coast.
- Hurricane Hugo
- 1989, 400 dead in US and Caribbean, $7 billion
- Hurricane Agnes
- 1972, Cat. 1, 122 dead
- Hurricane Camille
- 1969, Cat. 5, 256 dead
- Great Galveston Hurricane
- 1900, 8000+ dead
- Chilean Earthquake
- 1960
- Kobe Japan Earthquake
- 1995, $10's of billions, Liquifaction, warning devices destroyed.
- Tangshan China Earthquake
- 1976, 250,000 dead
- Mexico City Earthquake
- 1985, 4200 dead, 8.1 Richter Scale
- Dust Bowl
- 1930's, 50 million acres