A series of earthquakes, all of them of magnitude 7 or more, struck the Yakut region of Alaska. The main…
This whole coastal area experiences greater damage from earthquakes and tsunamis than anywhere else on the Californian coast because of…
All places within fifty miles of Lompoc suffered damage and a tsunami from the earthquake was recorded on the tidal…
This storm’s extremely high winds, high storm surge, record low pressure, and high fatalities earned it the name of the…
As the Hindenburg came in to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, it caught fire and, with hydrogen tanks in use,…
This tornado took the lives of ninety-six people, destroyed six hundred homes, and damaged more than 1,100 others. On the…
An earthquake of this extraordinary size is capable of great damage. It created a huge tsunami that killed a thousand…
A series of tornadoes was triggered by thunderstorms. Amite was the strongest of these and it was responsible for the…
The explosion that ensued was one of the world’s greatest prior to the arrival of atomic bombs. It shattered the…
The disease spread from places where there were high concentrations of soldiers. It spread all over the world and took…