Alabama
Tornados average 20 per year. 6 dead.
2004 Hurricane Ivan hit Gulf Shores, spun off more than 100 tornados. Damage $14 billion.
1998 tornado. Birmingham. 34 dead.
1994 tornado. Piedmont. 22 dead.
1989 tornado. Huntsville. 21 dead
1980 Hurricane Frederick. Mobile area. Damage $2 billion.
1974 tornado. Guin. 30 dead.
1974 tornado. Northern. 28 dead.
1966 Alabama lowest temp. New Market. -27F.
1957 Hurricane Audrey hit Alabama to Texas. 390 dead.
1932 tornado. Central Alabama. 49 dead.
1932 tornado. Sylacauga. 41 dead.
1932 tornado. Northeast. 38 dead.
1932 tornado. Northport. 37dead.
1925 Alabama highest temp. Centerville. 112F.
1916 quake 5.1. Irondale.
1908 tornado. Birmingham. 35 dead.
1904 tornado. Moundville. 36 dead.
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Alaska
Tornados average per year: None.
1995 floods. South Central Alaska. $10 million damage.
1987 quake 7.9. Gulf of Alaska.
1986 quake 8.9. Andreanof Islands.
1979 quake 7.6. Mt. St. Elias.
1979 quake 7.0. Alaska Peninsula.
1975 quake 7.6. Near Islands.
1972 quake 7.6. Sitka.
1971 Alaska lowest temp Prospect Creek. -80F.
1966 quake 7.0. Rat Islands.
1965 quake 8.7. Rat Islands.
1965 quake 7.6. Rat Islands.
1965 quake 8.7. Aleutian Islands.
1964 quake 8.4/tsunami 180-ft. (60-m) wave height. Valdez area. 120 dead.
1964 quake 9.2. Prince William Sound.
1958 quake 7.3. Huslia.
1958 quake 7.7. Lituya Bay.
1958 quake 8.3/tsunami 1,500-ft (500-m) wave height (highest ever recorded).
Lituya Bay area.
1957 quake 8.6. Aleutian Islands.
1957 quake 8.6. Andreanof Islands.
1957 quake 7.1. Fox Islands.
1957 quake 7.0. Andreanof Islands.
1957 quake 7.1. Andreanof Islands.
1957 quake 7.0. Andreanof Islands.
1953 quake 7.1. Near Islands.
1947 quake 7.2. Wood River.
1946 quake 8.1. Unimak Island.
1946 quake in Alaska caused tsunami in Hawaii. 160 dead.
1943 quake 7.4. Skwenta.
1937 quake 7.3. Central Alaska.
1938 quake 8.2. Shumagin Islands.
1934 quake 7.1. Chugach Mountains.
1927 quake 7.1. Southeast Alaska.
1929 quake 7.8. Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands.
1923 quake 8.5. Alaska.
1923 quake 8.5. Alaska.
1915 Alaska highest temp. 100F. Fort Yukon.
1912 quake 7.2. Paxson.
1912 volcanic eruption at Novarupta, one of largest of the 20th Century.
1910 quake 7.0 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands.
1908 quake 7.0. Gulf of Alaska.
1904 quake 7.3. Fairbanks.
1901 quake 7.1. Cook Inlet.
1900 quake 7.7. Kodiak Island.
1899 quake 7.9. Cape Yakataga.
1899 quake 7.4. Yakutat Bay.
1899 quake 7.0. Copper River delta.
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Arizona
Arizona tornados average 3 per year. No dead.
1994 highest temp for Arizona at Lake Havasu City. 128F.
1971 Arizona lowest temp at Hawley Lake. -40F.
1959 quake 5.6. Arizona-Utah border.
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Arkansas
Arkansas tornados average 19 per year with 6 dead.
2000 Two damaging statewide ice storms.
1968 tornado. Jonesboro. 35 dead
1952 tornado. Judsonia. 50 dead.
1952 tornado. Cotton Plant. 40 dead
1949 tornado. Warren. 55 dead.
1947 tornado. Pine Bluff 35 dead.
1942 tornado. Berryville. 29 dead.
1936 Arkansas. Highest temp at Ozark. 120F.
1927 tornado. Poplar Bluff. 98 dead.
1909 tornado. Brinkley. 49 dead.
1905 Arkansas. Lowest temp at Pond. -29F.
1898 tornado. Fort Smith. 55 dead.
1843 quake 6.3. Northeast Arkansas.
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California
California averages 5 tornados per year. No dead.
2003 Cedar Fire in Southern California. 3,700 homes destroyed.
Damage $2 billion.
1999 quake 7.2. Hector Mine.
1995 floods Southern California. 11 dead. $1.3 billion damage.
1994 quake 6.6. Northridge Los Angeles area. Major damage.
1992 quake 7.2. Cape Mendocino.
1992 quake 7.3. Landers.
1991 firestorm Oakland. Damage $3 billion.
1989 quake 7.1. Santa Cruz. Loma Prieta. 67 dead.
1984 quake 6.2. Morgan Hill.
1983 quake 6.5. Coalinga.
1980 quake 7.2. Humboldt County.
1980 quake 5.8. Livermore Valley.
1980 quake 5.4. Livermore.
1979 quake 6.4. Imperial Valley.
1971 quake 6.7. San Fernando fault near Los Angeles.
64 dead. Damage $500 million.
1952 quake 7.3. Kern County.
1940 quake 7.1. Imperial Valley.
1937 lowest temp at Boca -45F.
1933 quake. Long Beach.
1927 quake 7.1. Lompoc.
1922 quake 7.3 Eureka.
1923 quake 7.2. Humbolt County.
1922 highest temp at Greenland Ranch. 134F.
1915 volcanic activity Lassen Peak.
1906 quake 7.8 and fire. San Francisco.
1899 quake 7.0 Eureka.
1892 quake 7.8. Imperial Valley.
1873 quake 7.3. California-Oregon coast.
1872 quake 7.4. Owens Valley.
1865 quake 6.5. Santa Cruz mountains.
1857 quake 7.9. Fort Tejon.
1812 quake 7.1. Ventura.
1838 quake 6.8. San Francisco area.
1786 volcanic activity. Mt Shasta.
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Colorado
Colorado averages 25 tornados per year. No dead.
1985 Colorado lowest temp recorded at Maybell. -61F.
1976 flash flood. Big Thompson Canyon. 135 dead.
1888 Colorado highest temp recorded at Bennett. 118F.
1882 quake 6.2. Denver.
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Connecticut
Connecticut averages one tornado per year. No dead.
1995 Connecticut highest temp recorded at Danbury. 106F.
1955 Hurricane Connie caused flood along 5 rivers. 91 dead.
1943 Connecticut lowest temp recorded at Falls Village. -32F.
1791 quake. Moodus.
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Delaware
Delaware averages one tornado per year. No dead.
1930 Delaware highest temp recorded at Millsboro. 110F.
1893 Delaware lowest temp recorded at Millsboro. -17F.
1846 Hurricane pushed water up the Delaware River into Wilmington,
Philadelphia, and Camden.
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District of Columbia
1930 D.C. highest temp recorded. 106F.
1922 blizzard. "Knickerbocker Storm" (Theatre collapsed.) 100 dead.
1899 D.C. lowest temp recorded. -15F.
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East coast states regional events
(see also Northeast states)
2005 floods Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey.
2004 Hurricane Ivan moved from Florida Panhandle up coast to New York.
Damage $14 billion.
2004 Hurricane Jeanne hit Florida to New York. Damage $7 billion.
2004 Hurricane Frances hit Florida to New York. Damage $9 billion.
2003 Hurricane Isabel hit Carolinas to New York. Damage $5 billion.
1999 Hurricane Floyd hit coast from North Carolina to New England with 30 inches (76 cm) of rain in places. Extensive floods. Damage $5 billion.
1998 ice storm hit New England states. Damage $1 billion.
1996 blizzard. 100 dead.
1993 blizzard Atlantic states.
1992 nor'easter hit New England. Damage $2 billion.
1991 Hurricane Bob hit East Coast, landfall in New England. Damage $1.5 billion.
1985 Hurricane Gloria hit North Carolina then moved up east coast. Damage $1 billion.
1958 blizzard hit northeastern states.
1955 Hurricane Connie hit North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York City.
1955 Hurricane Diane hit Outer Banks then areas up to New England. 200 dead. Damage $1 billion.
1954 Hurricane Hazel hit Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. 600 dead.
1954 Hurricane Edna hit Long Island and New England.
1950 blizzard: "Storm of the Century" hit Eastern U.S. 383 dead.
1947 blizzard New York and North Atlantic states. 55 dead.
1944 Hurricane hit North Carolina, Cape Henry, Virginia, Long Island, and New England. 390 dead.
1938 Hurricane hit Cape Hatteras, then Long Island and New England. 600 dead, 17-ft (5 m.) storm surge at Providence.
1933 Hurricane hit Cape Lookout, North Carolina and Virginia.
1743 Hurricane hit Boston area.
1717 blizzard. New England.
1635 Hurricane hit Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Florida
Florida averages 45 tornados per year. 2 dead.
2005 Hurricane Wilma first hit Cozumel, Mexico, then moved over Cuba,
producing 45-ft (15-m) waves at Havana. Next it went ashore in Florida near
Naples before crossing the state. Damage $120 billion.
2005 Hurricane Dennis hit Cienfuegos, Cuba, with 150 mph (241 kph) winds,
then moved across the island into the gulf. Its next landfall was near Pensacola.
Damage $2 billion.
2004 Hurricane Jeanne first hit Puerto Rico and Hispanola, leaving 1,500 dead.
in Haiti. Then it hit Florida near Stuart before turning north. Damage $7 billion.
2004 Hurricane Frances moved slowly across mid-Florida. Damage $9 billion.
2004 Hurricane Charley hit Port Charlotte area and moved across Florida.
Damage $14 billion.
2004 Hurricane Ivan hit Panhandle and moved up east coast. Damage $14
billion.
1999 Hurricane Irene hit South Florida.
1998 Hurricane Georges hit Leeward Islands, the Florida Keys and Mississippi.
600 dead. $6 billion damage.
1998 forest fires caused $400 million damage and displaced 80,000.
1995 Hurricane Opal hit Pensacola area. Damage $3 billion.
1995 Hurricane Roxanne hit Panama City area. Damage $1.5 billion.
1995 Hurricane Erin hit near Vero Beach, crossed Florida, and hit again near
Pensacola.
1992 Hurricane Andrew, Category Five, hit below Miami and crossed Florida.
Damage $30 billion.
1985 Hurricane Kate hit the Port St. Joe area of the Florida Panhandle.
1985 freeze in central and northern areas. $1 billion damage to citrus.
1983 freeze central and northern areas. Damage to citrus $2 billion.
1975 Hurricane Eloise hit the Florida coast from Ft. Walton Beach to Panama
City. 16-ft (5-m) surge. Damage $1 billion.
1972 Hurricane Agnes hit Apalachicola, Florida. Caused floods in Pennsylvania.
Damage $2 billion.
1966 Hurricane Inez moved from the Caribbean to Florida, and to Mexico.
1,500 dead.
1966 tornado, Polk County. 11 dead.
1965 Hurricane Betsy hit South Florida and then Louisiana.
1964 Hurricane Dora hit St Augustine area. 12-ft (4-m) surge.
1964 Hurricane Cleo hit Miami area.
1960 Hurricane Donna zig-zagged across Florida Keys, hit Ft Myers, crossed
Florida, then hit North Carolina, finally crossing Long Island into New England.
13-ft (4-m) surge. Damage in billions.
1950 Hurricane hit Cedar Key, Florida, circled back and hit again.
1950 Hurricane King hit the Miami area. Storm surge 19 ft (6 m).
1947 Hurricane hit Florida and mid-Gulf Coast. 51 dead.
1935 Category Five Hurricane hit Florida Keys. 400 dead.
1931 Florida highest temp recorded at Monticello. 109F.
1928 Hurricane hit Lake Okeechobee area. 2,500 dead.
1926 The Great Miami Hurricane. Estimated damage $60+ billion by current
measures.
1899 Florida lowest temp recorded at Tallahassee. -2F.
1894 An historic freeze hit the state with temperatures as low as 14F in the
citrus-growing region, killing almost all of the trees.
1879 quake. St. Augustine.
1780 quake. Northwest.
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Georgia
Georgia averages 20 tornadoes per year. 3 dead.
1994 Tropical Storm Alberto heavy rains and flooding, GA, AL, FL. 33 dead.
$750 million damage.
1983 Georgia highest temp recorded at Greenville. 112F.
1979 Hurricane David. Category Five, hit the coast of Georgia then moved up to
Long Island.
1953 tornado Warner-Robins. 19 dead.
1940 Georgia lowest temp recorded at CCC Camp F-16. -17F.
1936 tornado Gainesville. 203 dead.
1929 tornado Statesboro. 40 dead.
1903 tornado Gainesville. 98 dead.
1893 Hurricane hit Savannah, Georgia and adjacent areas in South Carolina.
2,000 dead.
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Hawaii
Hawaii averages one tornado per year. No dead.
1832 - present. volcanic activity Mauna Loa Volcano.
1790 - present. volcanic activity Maui Volcano.
1790 - present. volcanic activity Kilauea Volcano.
1700 - present. volcanic activity Hualalai Volcano.
1979 Hawaii lowest temp recorded on 13,770-ft. (4,197 m.) Mauna Kea, -11F.
1975 quake 7.2, Kalapana, Hawai.
1931 Hawaii highest temp recorded at Pahala, 100F.
1871 quake 6.8, Lanai.
1868 quake 7.0, Ka'u District, Island of Hawaii.
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Idaho
Idaho averages 3 tornadoes per year. no dead.
1983 quake 7.0, Borah Peak.
1975 quake 6.1, Eastern Idaho.
1944 quake 6.1, Sheep Mountain.
1943 Idaho lowest temp recorded at Island Park Dam, -60F. 6,285 dead.
1934 Idaho highest temp recorded at Orofino, 118F.
1910 "Great Fire" destroyed 3 million acres (1,214,056 hectares) in Idaho and
Montana. 86 dead.
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Illinois
Illinois averages 25 tornadoes per year. 4 dead.
1999 Illinois lowest temp recorded at Congerville, -36F.
1995 heat wave in Chicago area. 700 dead.
1990 tornado, Plainfield. 29 dead.
1968 quake 5.3, Southern Illinois.
1967 tornado, Oak Lawn. 33 dead.
1967 tornado, Belvidere. 24 dead.
1967 blizzard shut down Chicago with heavy snow.
1954 Illinois highest temp recorded at E. St.Louis, 117F.
1948 tornado, Bunker Hill. 33 dead.
1925 tornado. 200-mile (322-km) track across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana. 695
dead, 234 dead at Murphysboro, IL.
1917 tornado, Mattoon. 101 dead.
1909 quake 5.1. Aurora.
Floods sites on Mississippi River, various years:
- Keithsburg
- Quincy
- Grafton
- Melvin Price
- Chester
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Indiana
Indiana averages 20 tornadoes per year. 5 dead.
1994 Indiana lowest temp recorded at New Whiteland, -36F.
1974 tornado, Madison. 11 dead.
1974 tornado, Monticello. 19 dead.
1965 tornado, Dunlap. 36 dead.
1965 tornado, Kokomo. 25 dead.
1936 Indiana highest temp recorded at Collegeville, 116F.
1917 tornado, New Albany. 46 dead.
1909 quake 5.1, Wabash River Valley.
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Iowa
Iowa averages 31 tornadoes per year. 1 dead.
1996 Iowa lowest temp recorded at Elkader, -47F.
1968 tornado, Charles City. 13 dead.
1934 Iowa highest temp recorded at Keokuk, 118F.
1893 tornado, Pomeroy. 71 dead.
Flood sites on Mississippi River, various years:
- Muscatine
- Burlington
- Keokuk
- Quad Cities
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Kansas
Kansas averages 47 tornadoes per year. 4 dead.
1991 tornado, Wichita-Andover. 17 dead.
1977 flash flood, Kansas City area. 25 dead.
1966 tornado, Topeka. 16 dead.
1936 Kansas highest temp recorded at Alton, 121F.
1905 tornado, Marquette. 34 dead.
1905 Kansas lowest temp recorded at Lebanon, -40F.
1867 quake 5.1, Manhattan.
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Kentucky
Kentucky averages 8 tornadoes per year. 2 dead.
1994 Kentucky lowest temp recorded at Shelbyville, -37F.
1980 quake 5.1, Northeast Kentucky.
1974 tornado, Brandenburg. 31 dead.
1968 tornado, Falmouth. 6 dead.
1953 ice storm hit state.
1933 tornado, Tompkinsville. 36 dead.
1930 Kentucky highest temp recorded at Greensburg, 114F.
1925 tornado, South-central. 39 dead.
1890 tornado, Louisville. 76 dead.
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Louisiana
Average 24 tornadoes per year. 3 dead.
2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana/Mississippi coast. Flood topped
levees in New Orleans. More than 1,000 dead. Damage $200 billion.
2005 Hurricane Rita hit the Sabine Pass area causing heavy damage in Lake
Charles and Vermillion Parish.
2002 Hurricane Isidore hit Mexico/Yucatan then moved across Gulf to
Louisiana.
2002 Hurricane Lili hit Louisiana.
2001 ice storm. Major disaster in 6 parishes.
1995 floods in Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. 7 dead. $3 billion damage.
1936 Louisiana highest temp recorded at Plain Dealing, 114F.
1930 quake 4.2, Napoleonville.
1921 tornado, Gardner. 31 dead.
1919 Hurricane, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. 750 dead.
1915 Hurricane, eastern Texas and Louisiana. 275 dead.
1909 Hurricane. 350 dead.
1908 tornado. 143 dead.
1908 tornado, Gilliam. 49 dead.
1906 Hurricane. Louisiana and Mississippi. 350 dead.
1899 Louisiana lowest temp recorded at Minden, -16F.
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Maine
Maine averages 2 tornadoes per year. No dead.
1991 Hurricane Bob hit Wiscasset area.
1985 Hurricane Gloria caused heavy damage.
1954 Hurricane Carol hit Auburn area.
1925 Maine lowest temp recorded at Van Buren, -48F.
1911 Maine highest temp recorded at North Bridgton, 105F.
1904 quake 5.1, Southeast Maine.
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Maryland
Maryland averages 3 tornadoes per year. No dead.
1985 Hurricane Gloria brushed eastern area.
1960 Hurricane Donna moved along coast.
1936 Maryland highest temp recorded at Cumberland and Frederick, 109F.
1933 Hurricane storm surge. 13 dead.
1912 Maryland lowest temp recorded at Oakland, -40F.
1778 blizzard, Maryland to Maine.
1772 blizzard, Maryland and Virginia.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts averages 3 tornadoes per year. 2 dead.
2005 floods Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey.
1998 ice storm hit New England states.
1991 Hurricane Bob hit East Coast. Landfall in New England. Damage $1.5
billion.
1981 Massachusetts lowest temp recorded at Chester, -35F.
1975 Massachusetts highest temp recorded at New Bedford and Chester, 107F.
1958 blizzard hit northeastern states.
1953 tornado Worcester. 94 dead.
1938 Hurricane hit East Coast. 600 dead.
1743 Hurricane hit Boston area.
1717 blizzard New England.
1635 Hurricane hit Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Michigan
Michigan averages 16 tornadoes per year. 5 dead.
1965 tornado, Branch County. 44 dead.
1956 tornado, Grand Rapids. 18 dead.
1953 tornado, Flint. 115 dead.
1947 quake 4.6, Southern Michigan.
1936 Michigan highest temp recorded at Mio, 112F.
1934 Michigan lowest temp recorded at Vanderbilt, -51F.
1925 quake 6.6, Clarkston Valley.
1896 tornado central Michigan. 47 dead.
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Minnesota
Minnesota averages 18 tornadoes per year. 2 dead.
1996 Minnesota lowest temp recorded at Tower, -60F.
1975 quake 5.0 western Minnesota.
1936 Minnesota highest temp recorded at Moorhead, 114F.
1919 tornado, Fergus Falls. 57 dead.
1918 tornado, Tyler. 36 dead.
1894 Hinckley fire destroyed 12 towns. 450 dead.
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Mississippi
Mississippi averages 23 tornadoes per year. 9 dead.
2002 Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana/Mississippi coast. 27-ft (9-m) storm
surge at Gulfport, 22-ft (9.1-m) surge at Bay St. Louis. 100 dead. Damage in
billions.
1985 Hurricane Elena hit Biloxi area. Damage $1 billion.
1971 tornado, rural Mississippi. 46 dead.
1969 tornado, Hazelhurst. 32 dead.
1969 Hurricane Camille, Category Five, hit Gulfport area. Surge 24 ft. (8 m) 250
dead.
1966 tornado, Jackson. 57 dead.
1964 Mississippi lowest temp recorded at Corinth, -19F.
1953 tornado, Vicksburg. 38 dead.
1942 tornado, central Mississippi. 63 dead.
1936 tornado, Tupelo. 216 dead.
1933 tornado, Jones/Jasper Counties. 37 dead.
1931 quake 4.6, Charleston.
1930 Mississippi highest temp recorded at Holly Springs, 115F.
1920 tornado, Mississippi and Alabama. 88 dead.
1920 tornado, Meridian. 36 dead.
1909 tornado, rural Mississippi. 29 dead.
1906 hurricane hit Louisiana and Mississippi. 350 dead.
1900 tornado, northwest Mississippi. 30 dead.
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Missouri
Missouri averages 26 tornadoes per year. 3 dead.
1993 The "Great Flood" covered nine states and 400,000 square miles. Over
1,000 levees were topped or failed from St. Paul down to Rock Island, St. Louis,
Kansas City, and Omaha. 50 dead.
1959 tornado, St. Louis. 21 dead.
1957 tornado, Ruskin Heights. 44 dead.
1954 Missouri highest temp recorded at Warsaw and Union, 118F.
1927 tornado, St. Louis. 79 dead.
1925 tornado, Tri-State (Mo.-Ill.-Ind.). 695 dead.
1905 Missouri lowest temp recorded at Warsaw, -40F.
1899 tornado, Kirksville. 34 dead.
1896 tornado St. Louis area. 255 dead.
1895 quake 6.6 Charleston.
1811 quake estimated 8.0 hit New Madrid, Mo., area. Largest ever recorded in
mainland U.S. Changed course of Mississippi River, formed new lakes.
Historic Missouri River flood sites in Missouri, various years:
- St. Joseph
- Kansas City
- Napoleon
- Lexington
- Waverly
- Miami
- Glasgow
- Boonville
- Jefferson City
- Gasconade
- Hermann
- St. Charles
Historic Mississippi River flood sites in Missouri, various years:
- Hannibal
- Louisiana
- Clarksville
- Winfield
- Gregory Landing
- St. Louis
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Montana
Montana averages 4 tornadoes per year. No dead.
2005 floods.
1959 quake, 7.3, Hebgen Lake.
1947 quake, 6.2, southwest Montana.
1936 Montana highest temp recorded at Medicine Lake, 117F.
1935 quake, 6.2 Helena.
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Nebraska
Nebraska averages 37 tornadoes per year. 1 dead.
1964 quake 5.1, Merriman.
1936 Nebraska highest temp recorded at Minden, 118F.
1913 tornado Omaha. 103 dead.
1899 Nebraska lowest temp recorded at Camp Clark, -47F.
1877 quake 5.1, eastern Nebraska.
Historic flood sites on Missouri River, various years:
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Nevada
1994 Nevada highest temp recorded at Laughlin, 125F.
1954 quake 7.1 Dixie Valley.
1937 Nevada lowest temp recorded at San Jacinto, -50F.
1932 quake 7.2 Cedar Mountain.
1915 quake 7.1 Pleasant Valley.
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New Hampshire
1940 quake 5.5, Ossipee Lake.
1934 New Hampshire lowest temp recorded at Mt. Washington, -47F.
1934 wind speed of 231 mph (372 kph) recorded on Mt. Washington.
1911 New Hampshire highest temp recorded at Nashua, 106F.
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New Jersey
Numerous floods as Hurricanes moved along East Coast, various years.
1934 New Jersey highest temp recorded at Runyon, 110F.
1904 New Jersey lowest temp recorded at River Vale, -34F.
1871 quake Delaware border.
1821 hurricane hit Cape May.
1783 quake 5.3.
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New Mexico
1994 New Mexico highest temp recorded at Waste Pilot Pit, 122F.
1966 quake 5.1, Dulce.
1951 New Mexico lowest temp recorded at Gavilan, -50F.
1906 quake Socorro area.
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New York
1998 In the United States, icing coated Northern New York and parts of New
England.
1996 blizzard, Appalachians, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. 187 dead. Damage $3
billion.
1993 blizzard, Eastern states. 270 dead.
1884 quake 5.5, New York City.
1983 quake 5.1, Blue Mountain Lake.
1983 blizzard, Eastern U.S. 270 dead. Damage $5 billion.
1979 New York lowest temp recorded at Old Forge, -52F.
1978 blizzard, Eastern U.S. 54 dead. Damage $1 billion.
1977 blizzard, Buffalo. Winds 70 mph (113 kph), drifts 30 ft. (10 m), 29 dead.
1969 blizzard, New York City paralyzed with snow.
1958 blizzard, Northeastern states. 171 dead.
1955 Hurricane Connie hit North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
and New York City.
1954 Hurricane Hazel hit Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. 600 dead.
1954 Hurricane Edna hit Long Island and New England.
1950 blizzard, "Storm of the Century," hit Eastern U.S. 383 dead.
1947 blizzard, New York and North Atlantic states. 55 dead.
1944 quake 5.8 Massena.
1944 Hurricane hit North Carolina, Cape Henry, Virginia, Long Island, and New
England. 390 dead.
1938 hurricane hit Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, then Long Island and New
England. 600 dead. 17-ft (5-m) storm surge at Providence.
1926 New York highest temp recorded at Troy, 108F.
1893 hurricane hit New York City, 90 mph (145 kph) winds.
1888 blizzard, East Coast. 400 dead.
1811 blizzard New York City, Long Island, and southern New England.
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North Carolina
2004 Hurricane Alex hit Outer Banks.
2003 Hurricane Isabel. Damage $3 billion.
2002 ice storm.
1999 Hurricane Floyd hit coast from North Carolina to New Jersey with 30
inches (76 cm.) of rain in places. Extensive floods. Damage $5 billion.
1996 Hurricane Bertha hit Wilmington area.
1996 Hurricane Fran. Damage $3.2 billion.
1994 Hurricane Gordon hit Outer Banks then turned back to Florida.
1985 North Carolina lowest temp recorded at Mt. Mitchell, -34F.
1985 Hurricane Gloria hit North Carolina then moved up East Coast. Damage
$1 billion.
1983 North Carolina highest temp recorded at Fayetteville, 110F.
1955 Hurricane Diane hit Outer Banks then areas up to New England. 200
dead. Damage $1 billion.
1955 Hurricane Ione.
1958 Hurricane Helene hit Wilmington.
1953 Hurricane Barbara hit between Morehead City and Ocracoke Island.
1954 Hurricane Carol hit near Cape Hatteras.
1944 Hurricane hit North Carolina, Cape Henry, Virginia, Long Island, and New
England. 390 dead.
1938 Hurricane hit Cape Hatteras, then Long Island and New England. 600
dead. 17-ft (5-m) storm surge at Providence.
1933 Hurricane hit Cape Lookout, NC, and Virginia.
1916 quake 5.2, Waynesville.
1874 Hurricane hit the Carolinas.
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North Dakota
1997 floods in Dakotas and Minnesota. Damage $4 billion.
1957 tornado, Fargo. 10 dead.
1949 blizzard including Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado,
and Nevada. Winds 70 mph (113 kph), drifts 30 ft (10 m).
1936 North Dakota highest temp recorded at Steele, 121F.
1936 North Dakota lowest temp recorded at Parshall, -60F.
1909 quake 5.5.
1888 blizzard, Dakota and Montana territories. 235 dead.
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Northeastern states
1996 blizzard Appalachians, Mid Atlantic, Northeast. 187 dead.
1993 winter "Super Storm." 270 dead.
1978 blizzard. 54 dead. Damage $1 billion.
1977 blizzard. Drifts to 30 ft. (10 m). 29 dead.
1950 "Storm of the Century." 383 dead.
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Ohio
1990 flash floods, Shadyside. 26 dead.
1986 quake 5.0, Northeast Ohio.
1985 tornado, Niles. 18 dead.
1974 tornado, Xenia. 34 dead.
1965 tornado, Toledo.18 dead.
1937 quake 5.4, Western Ohio.
1934 Ohio highest temp recorded at Gallipolis, 113F.
1924 tornado Lorain-Sandusky. 85 dead.
1899 Ohio lowest temp recorded at Milligan, -39F.
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Oklahoma
1999 tornado Oklahoma City. 36 dead.
1994 Oklahoma highest temp recorded at Tipton. 120F.
1955 tornado Blackwell. 20 dead.
1952 quake 5.5 El Reno.
1945 tornado Antlers. 69 dead.
1947 tornado Woodward. 181 dead.
1942 tornado Pryor. 52 dead.
1942 tornado Oklahoma City. 35 dead.
1930 Oklahoma lowest temp recorded at Watts, -27F.
1920 tornado Peggs. 71 dead.
1905 tornado Snyder. 97 dead.
1893 tornado Moore. 31 dead.
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Oregon
1997 floods Pacific Northwest. Damage $3 billion.
1996 floods Pacific Northwest. Damage $1 billion.
1933 Oregon lowest temp recorded at Seneca, -54F.
1898 Oregon highest temp recorded at Pendleton, 119F.
1856 volcanic activity. Mt. Hood.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania averages 10 tornadoes per year. 2 dead.
1944 tornado Southwestern Pennsylvania. 30 dead.
1936 Pennsylvania highest temp recorded at Phoenixville. 111F.
1904 Pennsylvania lowest temp recorded at Smethport, -42F.
1889 flood Johnstown. 2,200 dead. Dam broke.
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Puerto Rico
1996 Hurricane Hortense.
1995 Hurricane Luis hit the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island
Hurricane Marilyn hit Puerto Rico, the Leeward Islands and Virgin Islands.
Damage $1.5 billion.
1992 flash floods. 23 dead.
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Rhode Island
1985 Hurricane Gloria. 105 mph (169 kph) winds.
1976 quake 3.5 Newport.
1975 Rhode Island highest temp recorded at Providence, 104F.
1960 Hurricane Donna, 105 mph (169 kph) winds.
1954 Hurricane Carol, 130 mph (209 kph). 60 dead.
1942 Rhode Island lowest temp recorded at Kingston, -23F.
1815 Hurricane hit Providence, storm surge 11 feet (3 m)
1798 blizzard.
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South Carolina
South Carolina averages 9 tornadoes per year. 1 dead.
1989 Hurricane Hugo, Category Five, hit Charleston. Damage $7 billion.
1985 South Carolina lowest temp recorded at Caesars Head, -19F.
1954 South Carolina highest temp recorded at Camden, 111F.
1924 tornado Rural S.C. 53 dead.
1886 quake 7.3 Charleston.
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South Dakota
South Dakota averages 25 tornadoes per year. No dead.
1972 flash flood near Rapid City. 230 dead.
1949 blizzard drifts to 30 ft. (10 m.).
1936 South Dakota highest temp recorded at Gann Valley, 120F.
1936 South Dakota lowest temp recorded at McIntosh, -58F.
1888 blizzard. 235 dead.
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Tennessee
Tennessee averages 11 tornadoes per year. 4 dead.
1991 ice storm. $100 million damage.
1865 quake 5.0. Memphis.
1933 tornado Livingston. 35 dead.
1930 Tennessee highest temp recorded at Perryville, 113F.
1917 tornado Tennessee-Kentucky. 67 dead.
1917 Tennessee lowest temp recorded at Mountain City, -32F.
1909 tornado rural Tennessee. 29 dead.
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Texas
Texas averages 122 tornadoes per year. 11 dead.
2005 Hurricane Katrina hit gulf coast.
2001 Tropical Storm Allison caused floods Houston area. Damage $5 billion.
1998 floods southeast Texas. Damage $1 billion.
1995 flash flood Fort Worth-Dallas area. 16 dead. $900 million damage.
1994 flood Southeast Texas. 18 dead.
1991 floods. Trinity, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe rivers. 13 dead. Damage
$100 million.
1988 Hurricane Gilbert hit Mexico, then crossed the gulf to Texas.
1987 tornado. Saragosa. 30 dead.
1983 Hurricane Alicia hit the Galveston area. Damage $2 billion.
1979 tornado Wichita Falls. 45 dead.
1979 tornado Vernon. 11 dead.
1970 tornado Lubbock. 28 dead.
1970 Hurricane Celia hit the Corpus Christi area. Extensive damage.
1967 Hurricane Audrey hit Texas and Louisiana.
1967 Hurricane Beulah hit Texas. 54 dead. Spun off 150 tornadoes.
1961 Hurricane Carla hit near Port Lavaca. 18-ft. (6-m.) surge.
1957 Hurricane Audrey hit Alabama to Texas. 390 dead.
1953 tornado Waco. 114 dead.
1936 Texas highest temp recorded at Seymour, 120F.
1933 Texas lowest temp recorded at Seminole, -23F.
1931 quake 5.8 Valentine.
1930 tornado Frost. 41 dead.
1930 tornado Karnes County. 36 dead.
1921 tornado Texas and Arkansas. 59 dead.
1919 Hurricane hit Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. 900 dead.
1915 Hurricane hit eastern Texas and Louisiana. 275 dead.
1909 tornado, Zephyr. 34 dead.
1902 tornado, Goliad. 114 dead.
1900 Hurricane hit Galveston. 8,000 dead. Worst in U.S. history.
1896 tornado, Sherman. 73 dead.
1886 Hurricane destroyed Indianola on Matagorda Bay - the leading port in
Texas at the time.
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Utah
Utah averages 2 tornadoes per year. No dead.
1895 Utah highest temp recorded at St George, 117F.
1985 Utah lowest temp recorded at Peter's Sink, -69F.
1934 quake 6.5 Kosmo.
1901 quake 6.5 Richfield area.
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Vermont
A rich history of nor'easters and blizzards.
1911 Vermont highest temp recorded at Vernon, 105F.
1933 Vermont lowest temp recorded at Bloomfield, -50F.
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Virginia
Virginia averages 6 tornadoes per year. 1 dead.
2003 Hurricane Isabel brushed Norfolk.
1999 Hurricane Floyd caused floods.
1985 Virginia lowest temp recorded at Mountain Lake, -30F.
1972 Hurricane Agnes caused floods.
1954 Hurricane Hazel hit Norfolk airport with 100 mph (161 kph) winds.
1954 Virginia highest temp recorded at Balcony Falls, 110F.
1944 Hurricane hit eastern Virginia, 150 mph (241 kph) winds. 46 dead.
1933 Hurricane hit Virginia Beach and Chesapeake Bay area.
1897 quake 5.9, Giles County.
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Washington
1980 volcanic eruption. Mt. St. Helens.
1980 quake 5.2, Mount St. Helens.
1975 volcanic activity. Mount Baker.
1968 Washington lowest temp recorded at Mazama & Winthrop, -48F.
1965 quake 6.5 Puget Sound.
1961 Washington highest temp recorded at Ice Harbor Dam, 118F.
1949 quake 7.1, Puget Sound.
1894 volcanic activity, Mt. Rainier.
1872 quake 7.3, Lake Chelan.
1700 volcanic activity, Glacier Peak.
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West Virginia
West Virginia averages 2 tornadoes per year. No dead.
2002 floods, Freeburn and Majestic. 1,000 evacuated.
1969 quake 4.5, Southern West Virginia.
1944 tornado, Central West Virginia. 100 dead.
1936 West Virginia highest temp recorded at Martinsburg. 112F.
1917 West Virginia lowest temp recorded at Lewisburg, -37F.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin averages 19 tornadoes per year. 2 dead.
1996 Wisconsin lowest temp recorded at Couderay, -55F.
1881 historic snow storm leaves 20-ft. (6-m) drifts.
1936 Wisconsin highest temp recorded at Wisconsin Dells, 114F.
1899 tornado New Richmond. 117 dead.
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Wyoming
Wyoming averages 10 tornadoes per year. 2 dead.
1985 flash flood near Cheyenne. 12 dead.
1933 Wyoming lowest temp recorded at Riverside, -66F.
1900 Wyoming highest temp recorded at Basin, 114F.
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GLOBAL NATURAL DISASTER SITES
Afghanistan
2005 quake 7.6. Pakistan, Kashmir, India and Afghanistan. 70,000 dead.
2002 quake 6.1. Hindu Kush Region, 1,000 dead, 20,000 homeless.
2002 quake 5.8. Northern Afghanistan. 1,000 dead.
1998 quake 6.9. Northern Afghanistan and Tajikistan. 5,000 dead.
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Africa
2005 quake 6.0, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
2004 quake. Al-Hoceima, Morocco, 570 dead.
2003 quake 6.8. Northern Algeria, 2,300 dead. 10,000 injured, 150,000
homeless.
2000 quake 6.6. Tanzania Rukwa region.
1997 quake or storm, Congo Kinshasa area. 220 dead.
1990 quake 7.5, Sudan near Juba.
1980 quake 7.7. Algeria, El Asnam, 3,500 dead.
1969 quake. Ethiopia, Sardo area.
1960 quake 5.7. Morocco, Agadir. 10,000 dead.
1954 quake 6.8. Algeria, Orleansville. 1,250 dead.
1375 quake destroyed 400-foot (122-m) tall Pharos lighthouse at Alexandria.
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Argentina
1977 quake. 70 dead.
1974 wind storm. 100 dead.
1973 wind storm. 60 dead.
1967 flood. 56 dead.
1966 flood. 62 dead.
1958 flood. 360 dead.
1944 quake 7.8. San Juan, 5,000 dead.
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Armenia
1988 quake 6.8. Spitak. 25,000 dead.
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Australia
2000-2001 Bush fires are a major problem in Australia, especially in New
South Wales, particularly along the NSW coast and inland. Worst on record are in
NSW.
1993-94 Fires began on the North Coast and spread from the Queensland border
to Batemans Bay. Some 800 fires burned 1,976,843 acres (800,000 hectares).
200 homes destroyed. Some 20,000 fire fighters employed.
1991-92 fires at Baulkham Hills, Gosford City, Wyong Shire and Lake Macquarie.
1990-91 Fires burned 494,211 acres (200,000 hectares) of grazing land, killing
175,000 sheep.
1989 quake at Newcastle. First fatal earthquake recorded in Australia, 13 dead.
Extensive damage.
1984-85 During this season there were 6,000 fires in NSW, causing 8.6 million
acres (3.5 million hectares) to be burned, killing 40,000 stock and doing $40
million damage.
1983 Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. About 180 bushfires devastated the Adelaide
area. 76 dead, half a million sheep and cattle dead. Damages estimated at A$1
billion.
1974 Cyclone Tracy. Northern Territory. Destroyed city of Darwin.
1970 Cyclone Ada. Whitsunday Islands. Damage $400 million.
1939 bush fires in Victoria. 71 dead.
1939 heat wave in Victoria. 440 dead.
1899. Cyclone Mahina. Bathurst Bay, Queensland, 42-ft. (15-m) storm surge.
400 dead.
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Azerbaijan
Year? quake 6.9. 20,000 dead.
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Bangladesh
1997 cyclone. 100 dead.
1996 tornado. 600 dead.
1991 April cyclone.139,000 dead.
1991 June cyclone. 126,000 dead.
1990 storms. 242 dead.
1988 flood. 1,300 dead.
1985 cyclone. 10,000 dead.
1974 floods. 28,000 dead.
1970 cyclone. 300,000 dead.
1965 cyclone. 17,000 dead.
1965 cyclone. 30,000 dead.
1963 cyclone. 22,000 dead.
1876 cyclone. 200,000 dead.
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Bermuda
2003 Hurricane Fabian hit Bermuda causing major damage.
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Bolivia
1994 quake 7.7.
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Brazil
2005 flood. Sao Paolo area.
2004 floods in 16 states.120 dead. 180,000 homeless.
2001 flood in Rio de Janeiro area. 50 dead. 1,300 homeless.
2000 floods in states of Rio and Minas Gerais. 12 dead. 10,000 homeless.
1997 flood Itaqui region on Uruguay River. 20,000 homeless.
1974 flood Tubarao area. 1,000 dead. 60,000 homeless.
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Burma (Myanmar)
2004 tsunami, 90 dead.
Government not cooperative in releasing disaster data.
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Canada
2003 Hurricane Juan hit Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2000 Hurricane Michael hit Newfoundland.
1998 Ice Storm large area from Ontario to Maritimes. 700,000 without power.
1989 quake 6.3, Ungava region, Quebec.
1988 quake 5.9, Saguenay region, Quebec.
1986 ice storm at Ottawa.
1985 quakes 6.6 and 6.9, Nahanni region, NW Territory.
1982 quake 5.7 Miramichi region of New Brunswick.
1979 quake 7.2, Southern Yukon-Alaska Border.
1961 ice storm at Montreal.
1970 quake 7.4, south of Queen Charlotte Islands. C$1 billion.
1958 quake 7.9, near the British Columbia-Alaska border.
1949 quake 8.1, offshore Queen Charlotte Islands, C$1 billion.
1946 quake 7.3, Vancouver Island, C$1 billion.
1944 quake 5.6, Cornwall region, Ontario-New York border.
1935 quake 6.2, Quebec-Ontario Border, Temiscamingue region.
1933 quake 7.3, Baffin Bay, NW Territory.
1929 quake 7.0, south of Queen Charlotte Islands. C$1 billion.
1929 quake 7.2, Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland.
1929 tsunami. Newfoundland. 30 dead.
1925 quake 6.2, Charlevoix-Kamouraska region, Quebec.
1918 quake 7.0, Vancouver Island.
1917 tsunami. Nova Scotia. 200 dead.
1825 Miramichi Fire in New Brunswick burned 3 million acres (1.2 million
hectares). 160 dead.
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Caribbean and Central America
2005 Hurricane Stan hit Mexico and Central America. 1,500 dead.
2005 floods Central America. 1,400 dead, mostly in Guatemala.
2005 Hurricane Beta hit Nicaragua near Bluefields.
2005 Hurricane Wilma first hit Cozumel, Mexico, then moved over Cuba.
2005 Hurricane produced 45-ft (15-m)waves at Havana. Next it went ashore in
Florida near Naples before crossing the state. Damage $120 billion.
2004 floods, Haiti and Dominican Republic. 2,400 dead.
2001 Hurricane Iris hit Belize. 28 dead, including tourists.
2001 Hurricane Michelle hit Western Cuba and the Isle of Youth before turning
east and avoiding South Florida.
2001 quake, El Salvador. 850 dead.
2000 Hurricane Keith hit Belize.
1999 Hurricane Mitch hit Central America. It brought 75 inches (1,905 mm) of
rain, flooded areas in Honduras. 11,000 dead.
1998 Hurricane Georges hit Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico,
southeastern United States. 375 dead.
1996 Hurricane Cesar hit Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica. 62 dead.
1988 Hurricane Gilbert hit Caribbean. 260 dead.
1986 quake. El Salvador. 1,000 dead.
1980 Hurricane Allen hit Caribbean, Texas, United States. 272 dead.
1979 Hurricane in Caribbean. 2,000 dead.
1976 quake 7.5. Guatemala. 23,000 dead.
1974 Hurricane Fifi hit Honduras. 2,000 dead.
1972 quake 6.2. Managua. 5,000 dead.
1972 quake and flood, Nicaragua. 10,000 dead.
1970 Hurricane Dorothy hit Martinique. 42 dead.
1967 Hurricane Beulah hit Caribbean, Mexico, Texas, United States. 54 dead.
1966 Hurricane Inez hit Caribbean, Mexico, Southeastern U.S. 293 dead.
1966 Hurricane Alma hit Honduras and Eastern U.S. 51 dead.
1963 Hurricane Flora hit Caribbean. 6,000 dead.
1961 Hurricane Hattie hit British Honduras. 400 dead.
1955 Hurricane Janet hit Caribbean. 500 dead.
1946 tsunami hit Dominican Republic. 100 dead.
1931 quake 5.6. Nicaragua. 2,400 dead.
1930 Hurricane hit Dominican Republic. 2,000 dead.
1926 Hurricane hit Cuba. 600 dead.
1918 tsunami hit Puerto Rico. 42 dead.
1907 quake 6.5, Kingston. 1,600 dead.
1902 volcanic eruption Mount Pelee, Martinique. 29,000 dead.
1902 volcanic eruption, Soufriere, St. Vincent. 1,680 dead.
1902 quake, Guatemala. 2,000 dead.
1882 tsunami hit Panama. 60 dead.
1875 Hurricane hit the southern coast of Cuba.
1842 tsunami. Haiti. 300 dead.
1780. tsunami. Jamaica. 300 dead.
1692 tsunami. Jamaica. 2,000 dead.
1502 Hurricane predicted by Christopher Columbus hit Mona passage and
Hispaniola.
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Central America (see Caribbean)
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Chile
1960 quake 9.3. One of strongest earthquakes ever recorded, caused a tsunami
with waves 75 feet (25 m) high. 22,000 dead.
1939 quake 8.3. 28,000 dead.
1922 quake 8.7.
1906 quake 8.2. Valparaiso. 20,000 dead.
1868 tsunami. 25,000 dead.
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China
2005 floods, Guangixi. 600 dead. 2 million homeless.
2004 floods. 1,300 dead.
1998 floods Yangtze Kiang river. 3,600 dead.
1997 Typhoon Winnie, 140 dead.
1996 Typhoon Sally. Southern China. 145 dead.
1994 Typhoon Fred. Zhejiang Province. 700 dead.
1990 typhoons. 1,800 dead.
1981 flood Sichuan Province, Yangtze River. 1,300 dead. $1 billion damage.
1976 quake 8.0, Tangshan. 750,000 dead.
1975 quake 7.0. Haicheng. 10,000 dead.
1974 quake 6.8. China. 20,000 dead.
1971 Typhoon Rose. Hong Kong. 130 dead.
1970 quake 7.5. Yunnan Province. 10,000 dead.
1969 quake 5.9. Eastern China. 3,000 dead.
1964 Typhoon Ruby, Hong Kong. 735 dead.
1933 quake 7.4. 10,000 dead.
1932 quake 7.6. Gansu. 70,000 dead.
1931 floods, China. 3.7 million dead.
1927 quake 8.3, near Xining. 200,000 dead.
1927 quake 7.7. Qinghai. 200,000 dead.
1927 quake 8.3. Nanshan. 200,000 dead.
1932 quake 7.6. Gansu. 70,000 dead.
1925 quake 7.1. Yunnan. 5,000 dead.
1923 quake 7.3. China. 5,000 dead.
1920 quake 8.3. Northern China. 100,000 dead.
1920 quake 8.6. Gansu. 200,000 dead.
1918 quake 7.3. Guangdong. 10,000 dead.
1917 quake 6.5. China. 1,800 dead.
1906 typhoon, Hong Kong. 10,000 dead.
1887 flood, Hunan Province, on Yellow River. 1 million dead.
1881 typhoon. 300,000 dead.
1765 tsunami. 10,000 dead.
1556 quake, perhaps world's deadliest. Honan Shensi province. 830,000 dead.
1290 quake, Chihli. 100,000 dead.
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Colombia
1999 quake 6.2. Western Colombia. 1,000 dead.
1987 quake 7.0. Colombia-Ecuador. 1,000 dead.
1985 volcanic eruption, Nevada del Ruiz. 25,000 dead.
1906 quake. Colombia-Ecuador. 1,000 dead.
1845 mudflow. Ruiz, 700 dead.
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Czech Republic
2002 floods, Prague area.
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Denmark
1999 Hurricane winds on coast.
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Ecuador
1949 quake, Ambato. 6,000 6.8
1906 quake 8.6. Ecuador. 500 dead.
1877 mudflow Cotopaxi, 1,000 dead.
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Egypt (see Africa)
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Europe
2005 Hurricane-strength wind storm Erwin hit northern Europe.
2003 heat wave. 35,000 dead.
1999 wind storm Lothar damaged power grids.
1990 wind storm Vivian hit UK and Europe. Damage $6 billion.
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France
2003 heat wave. 14,000 dead.
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Germany
2003 heat wave. 7,000 dead.
2002 floods Dresden area.
1962 winds drove water over dikes at Hamburg. 300 dead.
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Greece
Greece has long been prone to quakes along the Anatolian fault that runs from
Greece to Turkey. Between 1800 and 2000 some 500 tremors have been
reported.
2003 quake 6.3, island of Lefkada.
1997 quake, Assisi. Heavy damage.
1995 quake, Grevena.
1956 quake, island of Amorgos. 50 dead.
1650 quake/tsunami hit island of Ios with waves 40 feet (13 m) high.
1410 BC tsunami, Greek islands. 100,000 dead.
1650 BC volcanic eruption, Santorini island. Believed to have destroyed Cretan
society.
??? A quake was assumed to have caused the collapse of the Colossus of
Rhodes.
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Iceland
1783 volcanic eruption at Laki. 20% of Icelandic population killed.
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India
2005 monsoon, Mumbai (Bombay). 1,000 dead.
2003 heat wave, Andhra Pradesh. 1,300 dead.
2001 quake 8.1, Gujarat. 20,000 dead.
2001 quake 7.9. 2,500 dead.
1999 cyclone Orissa, 7,600 dead.
1999 quake 6.8, Uttar Pradash.
1999 cyclone, eastern India. 9,000 dead.
1998 cyclone, Gujarat, western India. 1,000 dead.
1996 cyclone, Andhra Pradesh, India. 1,000 dead.
1996 cyclone, southeastern India. 120 dead.
1994 cyclone. 260 dead.
1993 quake 6.3, Maharastra.
1993 quake 6.2, Latur-Killari. 10,000 dead.
1991 quake 7.0, Northern India. 2,000 dead.
1990 cyclone. 500 dead.
1988 quake 6.6. Nepal-India border. 1,500 dead.
1977 cyclone, Andhra Pradesh. 20,000 dead.
1971 cyclone, Orissa State. 10,000 dead.
1864 cyclone. 70,000 dead.
1950 quake 8.6, Assam, Tibet. 1,500 dead.
1943 flood (dams collapsed), New Delhi area. 5,000 dead.
1942 cyclone. 40,000 dead.
1935 quake 7.5, Quetta. 50,000 dead.
1934 quake 8.1, Bihar-Nepal. 15000 dead.
1905 quake 7.5, Kangra. 19,000 dead.
1897 quake. 1,500 dead.
1775 tsunami. 60,000 dead.
1762. tsunami, Bay of Bengal. 500 dead.
1737 quake, Calcutta. 300,000 dead.
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Indian Ocean
2005 quake 8.7 in Indonesia caused tsunami killing 31,000 in Sri Lanka, 10,700
in India, 5,400 in Thailand, 68 in Malaysia, 82 in the Maldives, 300 in Myanmar
and 150 in Somalia, including 1,500 Scandinavian tourists, and dozens of
Germans, Italians, Dutch, etc.
1997 floods, Seychelles.
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Indonesia
2005 quake 8.7, Northern Sumatra. 1,300 dead.
2004 quake 9.0 and tsunami, Aceh, Sumatra. 200,000 dead.
1992 quake 7.5 and tsunami wave height of 82 feet (25 meters). Flores. 2,500
dead.
1983 ash flows, Agung, Indonesia. 1,200 dead.
1941 tsunami, Andaman Sea. 5,000 dead.
1919 mud flows, Kelut. 5,000 dead.
1917 quake, Bali.
1907 tsunami, Sumatra. 400 dead.
1883 Volcanic eruptions of Krakatoa caused a tsunami that drowned 36,000 in
western Java and southern Sumatra.
1882 mudflows, Galunggung. 4,000 dead.
1861 tsunami, Sumatra. 1,700 dead.
1815 volcanic eruption at Tambora, one of largest ever.
1772 ash flows, Papandayan. 3,000 dead.
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Iran
2005 quake, Zarand. 500 dead.
2003 quake 6.5, Bam, Southeastern Iran. 26,000 dead.
1997 quake 7.5, Northern Iran. 1,600 dead.
1990 quake 7.7, Northwest Iran. 50,000 dead.
1990 quake 7.7, Gilan and Zanjan. 35,000 dead.
1981 quakes 6.9 and 7.3, Southern Iran. 4,500 dead.
1978 quake 7.7, Northeast Iran. 25,000 dead.
1976 quake 7.3,. Northwest Iran-USSR border. 5,000 dead.
1972 quake 7.1, Southern Iran. 5,000 dead.
1968 quake 7.3. 12,000 dead.
1962 quake 6.6, Bam.
1957 quake 7.3. 1,100 dead.
1953 flood. 10,000 dead.
1945 quake 8.2. 4,000 dead.
1930 quake 7.2. 2,500 dead.
1929 quake 7.4. 3,300 dead.
1923 quake 5.7. 2,200 dead.
1909 quake 7.3. 5,500 dead.
1780 quake. 200,000 dead.
1727 quake, Tabriz. 77,000 dead.
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Iraq
Numerous sand and dust storms, various years.
Floods along Euphrates River.
(unable to collect specific data)
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Ireland
1974 Hurricane force winds hit County Down.
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Italy
2003 heat wave, 4,175 dead.
1980 quake 7.2, Southern Italy. 4,000 dead.
1976 quake 6.5, Northeastern Italy. 1,000 dead.
1930 quake 6.5. 1,400 dead.
1915 quake, Avezzano. 30,000 dead.
1908 quake 7.2 and tsunami, Messina. 70,000 dead.
1905 quake 7.9, Calabria. 2,500 dead. 7.9
1783 tsunami. 1,500 dead.
1783 quake, Calabria. 50,000 dead.
1693 tsunami. 1,000 dead.
1693 quake, Sicily. 60,000 dead.
1631 volcanic eruption, Vesuvius. 3,500 dead.
44 BC volcanic eruption, Mount Etna on Sicily. Still active 2005.
79 AD volcanic eruption. Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. 3,300
dead.
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Japan
1995 quake 7.2. Kobe. 6,000 dead.
1994 quake 8.1. Hokkaido and Kurile Islands.
1993 quake 7.8. Kushiro, Hokkaido.
1983 quake 7.7. Sea of Japan, 100 dead.
1974 Typhoon Gilda. Japan/South Korea. 108 dead.
1968 quake 7.9. Tokachi, eastern Hokkaido. 50 dead.
1967 Typhoon Billie hit southwestern Japan. 350 dead.
1963 quake 8.6. Kurile Islands.
1959 Typhoon Sarah hit Japan/South Korea. 2,000 dead.
1959 Typhoon Vera hit Japan. 4,500 dead.
1952 quake 8.2. Hokkaido. 8,000 dead.
1948 quake 7.3. Fukui. 5,000 dead.
1946 quake 8.0. Shikoku, western Japan. 2,000 dead.
1946 quake 8.1. Tonankai. 1,300 dead.
1945 quake 7.1. Mikawa. 1,900
1944 quake 8.1. Tonankai. 1,000 dead.
1943 quake 7.4. Tottori. 1,200 dead.
1933 quake 8.9. tsunami off northeastern coast. 2,990 dead.
1933 quake 8.4. Sanriku. 3,000 dead.
1927 quake 7.6. Tango. 3,000 dead.
1923 "The Great Tokyo Earthquake" 8.3 and fire. Tokyo and Yokohama, Kwanto
areas. 143,000 dead.
1896 quake/tsunami, waves 93 feet (30 m) high. East coast. 27,000 dead.
1891 quake, Mino-owari. 7,000 dead.
1826 tsunami. 27,000 dead.
1792 quake and tsunami, Unzen. 15,000 dead.
1783 mudflows, Asama. 1,400 dead.
1741 tsunami. 15,000 dead.
1730 quake, Hokkaido. 140,000 dead.
1707 tsunami. 30,000 dead.
1707 volcanic eruption, Mount Fuji.
1640 tsunami Komagatake. 700 dead.
1498 tsunami. 31,000 dead.
1293 tsunami. 23,000 dead.
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Jordan
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Lebanon
1551 quake and tsunami Beirut. 10,000 dead.
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Malaysia
2005 tsunami caused by earthquake in Sumatra. 70 dead, 7,000 homeless.
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Maldives
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Mexico
2005 Hurricane Emily hit Mexico in Yucatan.
1999 quake, Oaxaca.
1997 Hurricane Pauline hit Pacific coast of Mexico. 400 dead.
1991 volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
1988 Hurricane Gilbert hit Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean. 260 dead.
1985 quake 8.1, Central Mexico. 9,500 dead.
1985 quake, Mexico City.
1982 quake, El Chichon. 2,000 dead.
1982 volcanic eruption 1,800 dead.
1967 Hurricane Beulah hit Caribbean/Mexico/Texas, United States. 54 dead.
1966 Hurricane Inez hit Caribbean/Mexico/Southeastern U.S. 293 dead.
1955 Hurricane Hilda hit Mexico. 200 dead.
1911 quake, Mexico City.
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Morocco - see Africa
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Netherlands
2003 heat wave. 1,400 dead.
1953 storm brought seas over levees. 1,800 dead.
1228 flood from sea. 100,000 dead.
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New Zealand
1988 Cyclone Bola, East Coast, North Island.
1987 quake, Edgecumbe, Bay of Plenty.
1984 floods, Invercargill, Southland.
1968 Cyclone Giselle: New Zealand wide.
1958 floods, Kopuawhara, Mahia Peninsula.
1929 quake, Murchison.
1886 volcanic eruption, Mt. Tarawera, central North Island.
1855 quake, Wellington.
North Korea
Government not cooperative in providing disaster data.
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Norway
2005 Storm Inga hit south coast causing heavy surge.
2000 Storm Tora hit south coast with damaging surge.
1994 Hurricane winds hit Stavanger airport.
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Oceania and Pacific Islands
2005 Cyclone Percy hit Cook Islands and Tokelau.
2004 Cyclone Ivy hit Vanuatu.
2003 Cyclone Ami hit Fiji.
2003 Cyclone Gina hit Solomons.
2003 Cyclone Heta hit Samoa, Tonga, and Niue.
2002 Typhoon Pongsana. Guam and Mariana Islands. 40 dead.
2002 Cyclone Zoe hit Solomons.
2002 Cyclone Waka hit Tonga.
1998 quake 7.2. Fiji Islands.
1998 quake 7.1 and tsunami. Papua New Guinea. 2,200 dead.
1990s typhoon hit Nauru.
1990s typhoon hit Truk.
1951 ash flows, Lamington, Papua New Guinea. 3,000 dead.
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Oman
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Pakistan
2005 quake 7.6: Pakistan, Kashmir, India and Afghanistan. 70,000 dead.
1998 cyclone. 250 dead.
1974 quake.
1965 cyclone, Karachi. 10,000 dead.
1960 cyclone, eastern Pakistan. 6,000 dead.
1935 quake 8.1. Quetta. 30,000 dead.
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Paraguay
Floods are main problem.
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Peru
2001 quake 7.9.
1970 quake 8.0. 54,000 dead.
1962 volcanic eruption, Mt. Huascaran. 3,000 dead.
1970 quake 7.8, North Peru. 66,000 dead.
1946 quake 7.3, Ancash. 1,400 dead.
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Philippines
2004 typhoon. 1,000 dead.
1998 typhoons Zeb and Babs. 270 dead.
1995 Typhoon Angela. 700 dead.
1991 storm. 4,000 dead.
1990 typhoon. 150 dead.
1990 typhoons. 1,300 dead.
1990 quake 7.8, Luzon. 1,600 dead.
1987 Typhoon Nina. 650 dead.
1978 Typhoon Rita. 400 dead.
1976 Typhoon Olga. 215 dead.
1976 quake 7.9, tsunami: Mindanao, southwest Philippines. 8,000 dead.
1972 Typhoon Theresa. 169 dead.
1974 Storm Dinah, Luzon. 71 dead.
1970 Typhoon Sening. 580 dead.
1970 Typhoon Georgia. 300 dead.
1970 Typhoon Titang. 526 dead.
1968 Typhoon Nina. 63 dead.
1964 Typhoon Winnie, northern Philippines. 100 dead.
1952 typhoon. 440 dead.
1951 ash flows Hibok-Hibok. 500 dead.
1981 Typhoon Irma, Luzon. 176 dead.
1984 Typhoon Ike, southern Philippines.
1911 ash flows, Taal. 1,335 dead.
1814 mud flows, Mayon. 1,200 dead.
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Portugal
2002 heat wave. 1,316 dead.
1755 quake 8.7/tsunami, Lisbon. 60,000 dead.
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Romania
2003 quake 7.2. 1,500 dead.
1940 quake 7.3. 1,000 dead.
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Russia (and former USSR)
1996 earthquake: Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Thousands dead.
1995 quake 7.5, Sakhalin Island. 2,000 dead.
1957 quake, Russia.
1952 quake 9.0, Kamchatka.
1948 quake 7.3: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 110,000 dead.
1902 quake, Turkestan.
1824 flood, Neva River in St. Petersburg caused by ice jam.
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Saudi Arabia
1982 quake 6.0, Western Arabian Peninsula. 2,800 dead.
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Singapore
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South Korea
2003 Typhoon Maemi hit southern South Korea. 100 dead.
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Spain
2005 Hurricane Vince hit Spain near Huelva. Reported to be first tropical
cyclone to make landfall in Spain.
2003 heat wave. 4,230 dead.
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Sri Lanka
2005 tsunami.
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Sweden
2000 Hurricane winds in Skagerrack area.
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Syria
1138 quake, Aleppo. 230,000 dead.
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Taiwan
1999 quake 7.7. 2,300 dead.
1996 Typhoon Herb. 400 dead.
1977 Typhoons Thelma and Vera. 39 dead.
1935 quake 7.1. 3,300 dead.
1935 quake 6.5. 2,700 dead.
1906 quake 7.1, Kagi. 1,300 dead.
1782 tsunami. 40,000 dead.
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Thailand
2005 tsunami. 1,000 dead.
1988 flood. 600 dead.
1962 typhoon. 700 dead.
1955 wave surge.
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Turkey
2002 quake 6.0.
1999 quake 7.6, Western Turkey. 17,000 dead. .
1999 quake 7.4. Izmit.
1998 quake 6.2. Adana.
1983 quake 6.9. 1,300 dead.
1975 quake 6.7. 2,300 dead.
1966 quake 7.1, Varto. 2,500 dead.
1970 quake 7.3, Gediz. 1,100 dead.
1946 quake 6.0. 1,300 dead.
1944 quake 7.4. 2,800 dead.
1943 quake 7.6. 4,000 dead.
1942 quake 7.6. 4,000 dead.
1942 quake 7.3, Erbaa. 3,000 dead. .
1939 quake 7.9, Erzincan province. 33,000 dead.
1903 quakes. 3,900 dead.
1668 quake. 8,000 dead.
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United Arab Emirates
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United Kingdom
2005 Hurricane force winds hit Northern Ireland and Scotland.
2003 heat wave. 2,045 dead.
1998 winds over 100 mph (161 kph) recorded at Prestwick airport.
1994 winds over 100 mph (161 kph) hit Scotland.
1992 winds of 150 mph (241 kph) hit Shetlands.
1989 winds of 140 mph (225 kph) hit Scotland.
1987 hurricane winds hit southeast England. 16 dead.
1968 hurricane hit Scotland. 20 dead.
1953 North Sea flood. 200 dead.
1931 quake 6.0, Dogger Bank, North Sea.
1884 quake 5.1.
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Venezuela
2001 floods and mudslides along north coast. 1,000 dead.
1999 floods in Venezuela. 20,000 dead.
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Vietnam
2001 floods, Vietnam and Cambodia, millions displaced.
1992 cyclone.
1971 Red River flood. 100,000 dead.
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Yemen
1996 floods. 320 dead. 20,000 homeless. Damage $1 billion.
1982 quake. 3,000 dead.
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Yugoslavia
1963 quake 6.0, Skopje. 1,100 dead.
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