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12/26/2004 -
Tsunami Indian Ocean was an
9.0 Earthquake Near Indonesia
Statistics
Death
toll - 212,000
People lost their houses -
5,000,000
Effected countries - 36
This is the fourth
largest earthquake in the world since
1900 and is the largest since the
1964 Prince William Sound,
Alaska earthquake. The
tsunami caused more casualties than
any other in recorded history.
In total, more than 157,577 people
were killed, 26,763 are still listed
as missing and 1,075,350 were
displaced in South Asia and East
Africa. At least 110,229 people were
killed by the earthquake and tsunami
in Indonesia. Tsunamis killed at
least 30,922 people in Sri Lanka,
10,749 in India, 5,303 in Thailand,
150 in Somalia, 81 in Maldives, 68 in
Malaysia, 59 in Myanmar, 10 in
Tanzania, 3 in Seychelles, 2 in
Bangladesh and 1 in Kenya. Tsunamis
caused damage in Madagascar and
Mauritius and also occurred in
Mozambique, South Africa, Australia
and Antarctica. The tsunami crossed
into the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
and was recorded in New Zealand and
along the west and east coasts of
South and North America. The
earthquake was felt (VIII) at Banda
Aceh and (V) at Medan, Sumatra and
(II-IV) in parts of Bangladesh,
India, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar,
Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Subsidence and landslides were
observed in Sumatra. A mud volcano
near Baratang, Andaman Islands began
erupting on December 28
12/25/2004
- Snowfall in Victoria, TX [view image] [view site]
Snow covered along the
Gulf in Texas! This was the first
white Christmas in Galveston, Texas since
the 1800's.
09/13-16/2004
- Hurricane Ivan -/ Category 3 hurricane
Hurricane
Ivan generated a 27 m high storm wave
considered to be the highest and most
intense ever registered in
history, according to
scientists from the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) who conducted an aerial
photographic survey on the path and
impact of the destructive hurricane.
Statistics
Effected areas:
Western Panhandle of Florida and
Alabama Gulf Coast
Death toll- 14
Injuries - 1
Category - "3" at
landfall-
One of the
most damaging hurricanes to affect
the extreme western Florida Panhandle
in modern history.
08/13/2004 -
Hurricane Charley
Statistics
Effected
- The entire west coast of
Florida
Death toll - 24
Injuries - 792
Category - "4"
Damage in $'s - $11.2 billion.
The second costliest hurriance on
record in the U.S.
