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12/23/2003
- Deadly Earthquake - A
magnitude 6.6 earthquake on December
26, 2003, near Bam, Iran, killed
26,200 and damaged or destroyed 85
percent of the buildings in the area.
09/11/2001
- Terrorist Attacks on America
Official and
unofficial lists of the dead have
converged for months around 3,000
dead, but even New York City agencies
do not agree on the toll there. The
police department lists 2,823 missing
and dead, while the medical
examiner's office trimmed that by
four to 2,819 when it released a list
of names this week to be read at
anniversary ceremonies.
Comparable media
tallies range from 2,786 to 2,814.
The toll of the other
attacks is undisputed: 224, not
counting hijackers. That includes 184
at the Pentagon and 40 in
Pennsylvania.
12/24/1992
-Hurricance Andrew / Category 4
The most destructive United States
hurricane of record started modestly
as a tropical wave that emerged from
the west coast of Africa on August
14. Andrew produced a 17 ft storm
surge near the landfall point in
Florida, while storm tides of at
least 8 ft inundated portions of the
Louisiana coast. Andrew also produced
a killer tornado in southeastern
Louisiana.
Statistics
Death
toll - 41
Homeless - 300,000
22,000
U.S Military Troops,the
largest U.S military operation
ever in this country
1974 -
Tornado Outbreak
The April 3-4, 1974
Super Outbreak was the largest known
outbreak, with 148 tornadoes in 11
states, killing 315 people, injuring
more than 5,300 and causing $600
million in damages. Alabama, Kentucky
and Ohio were the states
hardest hit. Perhaps the most notable
tornado of the outbreak was one which
touched down southwest of Xenia,
Ohio. The violent tornado destroyed
half the town, killing 34 and causing
property damages of more than $100
million.
08/17/69 -
Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille is
said to be the worst storm ever to
hit mainland United States. With
winds in excess of 200 mph and tides
over 20 feet, Hurricane Camille
smashed into the Mississippi Gulf
Coast on Sunday night, the 17th of
August and continued its devastating
path until the early hours of Monday,
the 18th
Statistics
Death
toll - 256
03/18/25 -
Tristate tornado
The Tri-State Tornado Outbreak of
March 18, 1925 killed 689 people in
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
Murphrysboro, Ill., had 234 of those
deaths, and West Frankfort, Ill., had
127.
09/08-09/1900
- Galveston Hurricane - 8000 people died
The 1900 Storm is still
considered to be the deadliest
natural disaster in U.S. history.
After the storm, Galveston
constructed a seawall and raised the
grade of the island to protect it
from future hurricanes.
Statistics
Death
toll - (ranges up to
10,000 - 12,000)
Damage in $'s - $150 million
Category
- "4"
Greatest U.S.
weather disaster on record
" … and
in various places there will be
famines, earthquakes, and
pestilences" (KJV).
The Top
Ten Deadliest Earthquakes Occurred in
the 20th Century:
Chile, 1906, 8.6, estimated death
toll: 20,000.
China, 1920, 8.6, estimated death
toll: 100,000.
Japan, 1923, 8.3, estimated death
toll: 100,000.
China, 1927, 8.3, estimated death
toll: 200,000.
Chile, 1939, 8.3, estimated death
toll: 28,000.
China, 1976, 7.8 to 8.2, official
death toll: 242,000. Unofficial
estimate 800,000.
Guatemala, 1976, 7.5, official death
toll: 22,778.
Iran, 1978, 7.7, estimated death
toll: 25,000.
Armenia, 1988, 6.9, estimated death
toll: 25,000.
Iran, 1990, 7.7, estimated death
toll: 50,000.
"Ten Major Events
Related to U.S./ ISRAEL" - Posted 09-01-2005
