Mattoon Tornado – Illinois – May 26, 1917

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Mattoon was responsible for the deaths of 121 people in the town of the same name and the destruction of…

Titanic Iceberg Tragedy – April 15, 1912

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The unsinkable Titanic was suddenly sunk as it collided with an iceberg. Through a variety of failures, the Titanic was…

Kelud Volcanic Eruption – Indonesia – May 1, 1919

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The eruption expelled a lake on its surface, throwing mud and pyroclastic flows from the heated water all over the…

Katmai Volcanic Eruption – Alaska – June 6, 1912

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Volcanic ash in volume greater than the sum of all other volcanic eruptions in Alaska was ejected and devastated every…

Texas Hurricane – August 4, 1915

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A storm surge of twelve feet inundated the business district of the city to a depth of six feet and…

Vancouver Island Earthquake – Canada – December 6, 1918

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This one had a magnitude of 7 but its activity was unrelated to the sub ducting plate. Earthquakes are common…

Florida Hurricane – September 18, 1926

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This hurricane was sixty miles wide and it reached Florida at 150 mph, causing a death toll between 325 and…

Pleasant Valley Earthquake – Nevada – October 3, 1915

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Pleasant Valley was thinly populated and the main impact of the quake was geological, creating a twenty-mile scarp at the…

Louisiana Hurricane – September 20, 1909

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Six million dollars of damage was caused in New Orleans and 350 people were killed. The Louisiana hurricane of September…

Mona Passage Earthquake – Puerto Rico – October 11, 1918

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It was wartime. World War I was still being fought. The death toll was 116 and damage costs four million…