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An F5 tornado struck New Richmond, Wisconsin. As the tornado traveled toward New Richmond it

A series of earthquakes, all of them of magnitude 7 or more, struck the Yakut

This whole coastal area experiences greater damage from earthquakes and tsunamis than anywhere else on

All places within fifty miles of Lompoc suffered damage and a tsunami from the earthquake

This storm’s extremely high winds, high storm surge, record low pressure, and high fatalities earned

This tornado took the lives of ninety-six people, destroyed six hundred homes, and damaged more

An earthquake of this extraordinary size is capable of great damage. It created a huge

A series of tornadoes was triggered by thunderstorms. Amite was the strongest of these and

The strongest earthquake in Oregon’s history hit the State from an offshore epicenter. Damage from

Mattoon was responsible for the deaths of 121 people in the town of the same

The eruption expelled a lake on its surface, throwing mud and pyroclastic flows from the

Volcanic ash in volume greater than the sum of all other volcanic eruptions in Alaska

A storm surge of twelve feet inundated the business district of the city to a

This one had a magnitude of 7 but its activity was unrelated to the sub

This hurricane was sixty miles wide and it reached Florida at 150 mph, causing a

Pleasant Valley was thinly populated and the main impact of the quake was geological, creating

Six million dollars of damage was caused in New Orleans and 350 people were killed.

It was wartime. World War I was still being fought. The death toll was 116