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Natural Disasters

  • 1896 St Louis Tornado

    1896 St Louis Tornado
    -The 1896 St. Louis – East St. Louis tornado is a historic tornado event that occurred on Wednesday, May 27, 1896, as part of a major tornado outbreak across the Central United States on the 27th, continuing across the Eastern United States on the 28th.
    -caused over $10,000,000 in damage (1896).
    -One of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history.
  • Hurricane in Galvan, Texas

    Hurricane in Galvan, Texas
    -The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on September 8, 1900, in the city of Galveston, Texas, in the United States
    -The hurricane caused great loss of life with the estimated death toll between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals;
    -20 Million dollars worth of Damage!
  • San Francisco Earthquake

    San Francisco Earthquake
    -The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 struck San Francisco and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906
    -Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. As a result of the quake and fires, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed.[4]
    -The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States[5] alongside the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and Hurricane
  • Great Lake Storm

    Great Lake Storm
    -The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the "Big Blow"' It occured, tNovember 10, 1913.
    -The deadliest and most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes,[1] the Great Lakes Storm killed more than 250 people, destroyed 19 ships, and stranded 19 others
    -The storm, an extratropical cyclone, originated as the convergence of two major storm fronts, fueled by the lakes' relatively warm waters—a seasonal process called a "November gale". It produced 90 mph (145 km/h)
  • Avalanch In Washington

    Avalanch In Washington
    -For nine days at the end of February 1910, the little town of ---Wellington, Washington was assailed by a terrible blizzard. Wellington was a Great Northern Railway stop high in the Cascades, on the west side of the old Cascade Tunnel, under Stevens Pass. As much as a foot of snow fell every hour, and, on the worst day, 11 feet (340 cm) of snow fell.
    -Late on February 28, the snow stopped and was replaced by rain and a warm wind
    -The avalanche Killed over 350,000 People.