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A 5.8 magnitude quake, centered in 35 miles of Richmond, Va., in August 2011, one of the strongest ever felt in Maryland.
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Fire grew up to three and a half square miles. It was contained 45% but still injured 8 firefighters and killed one.
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Winds reached 1,100 miles and the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. This lead the areas in the Carolinas, New Jersey, Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania without electricity and flooded.
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Typhoon Haiyan located in the Philippines devastated southeast Asia with winds as high as 195 mph. It was the deadliest typhoon in Philippine history with at least 6,300 people dead.
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A major landslide occurred 4 miles east of Oso, Washington, when a portion of an unstable hill collapsed. It sent mud and debris across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, engulfing a rural neighborhood, and covering an area of 1 mile.
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California is entering the fourth year of a record-breaking drought creating an extremely parched landscape. Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought State of Emergency in May 2014 and imposed strict conservation measures statewide.
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The landslide in Santa Clarita California has gotten progressively worse since the year 2013. Weathering has caused severe damage to the roads.
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Over the course of Aug. 8-15 storms in south central Louisiana and southern Mississippi, many towns received more than 20 inches of rain. It has caused more than 7 trillion gallons of water and 13 lives lost.
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It had a magnitude of 5.6 which has destroyed many wells.
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Hurricane Newton hit Cabo San Lucas, Mexico yesterday. Conditions include 12 inches of rain along with 75 mph winds and life threatening flash floods.
