Paricutin Volcanic Eruption – Mexico – February 19, 1943

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The eruption continued in the village of Paricutin, about two hundred miles west of Mexico City, and its cone reached…

San Juan Earthquake – Argentina – January 15, 1944

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This magnitude 7.8 quake was the largest natural disaster in the history of Argentina, which caused the death of 10…

Shinnston Tornado – West Virginia – June 23, 1944

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This tornado had a width of a thousand feet as it touched down. It killed 153, seriously injured eight hundred…

Northeast United States Hurricane – September 15, 1944

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This Northeast hurricane received the name the Great Atlantic because of its devastating work on coast and sea all the…

Cleveland Gas Explosion – Ohio – October 21, 1944

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In the dying days of World War II inferior materials, because of war shortages, were used to repair a gas…

Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb – Japan – August 6, 1945

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Hiroshima, a city in the south of the main Island of Honshu, was the target in this first use. Most…

Bikini Atoll Nuclear Tests – Marshall Islands – February 1, 1946

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Shortly after the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy decided to carry out a series of atomic bomb…

Unimak Tsunami – Alaska – April 1, 1946

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This tsunami, with a wave height of one hundred feet, was triggered by an underwater earthquake of magnitude 8.1. On…

Gainesville Tornado – April 6, 1936

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This tornado reached downtown Gainesville as a double-funnel storm that caused 203 deaths and $13 million worth of damage. Early…

Quetta Earthquake – May 31, 1935

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Quetta is 5,500 feet above sea level and is located in a very mountainous area about fifty miles from the…