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toranadoes
The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck shortly after 4 pm on the day after Mother's Day in 1953. It touched down north of the town of Lorena and began moving North-Northeast toward Waco. On a radar screen at Texas A&M University, the tornadic storm developed a hook shaped echo. Nearly 1/3 of a mile wide, the massive F5 tornado crossed Waco on a path that ran almost south to north, killing 114 persons and injuring 597. It destroyed around 600 homes and other buildings and damaged over 1000 -
ice storm
Ice storms — also referred to as glaze storms — are common in valleys and foothills. Ice accumulates when super-cold rain freezes on contact with surfaces, such as tree branches, that are below freezing point. Throughout the U.S., ice storms occur most often during the months of December and January, usually during the coldest part of the day: sunrise. -
erathquake
In response to questions about the safety of decontaminated water, Japanese government official Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks a glass of decontaminated water taken from a puddle at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
November 2, 2011 - Kyushu Electric Power Co. announces that it restarted No. 4 reactor, the first to come back online since the March 11 disaster, at the Genkai nuclear power plant in western Japan.
November 17, 2011 - Japanese authorities announce that they have halted the shipment of r -
hurricane katrina
1.hurricane katrina was the largest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US
2.in New Orleans, the levees were designed for category 3, but katrina peaked at a category 5 hurrinacane, with winds up to 175 mph
3.the storm surge from katrina was 20 ft (six meters) high -
tsunami
The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck shortly after 4 pm on the day after Mother's Day in 1953. It touched down north of the town of Lorena and began moving North-Northeast toward Waco. On a radar screen at Texas A&M University, the tornadic storm developed a hook shaped echo. Nearly 1/3 of a mile wide, the massive F5 tornado crossed Waco on a path that ran almost south to north, killing 114 persons and injuring 597. It destroyed around 600 homes and other buildings and damaged over 1000
