14 Worst Natural Disasters of new
- 6 years ago
It wasnt a good year for new as far as natural disasters go with terrible floods in Texas and Oklahoma and the Australian wildfires.\r
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7. The Wildfires in the Western U.S.\r
It was last summer when the drought in California combined with the dry weather to create massive fires that blazed through the northern area of the state all the way to Montana. It was reported that more than 70 vast fires in total had scorched the land and claimed the lives of three firefighters in central Washington state while they were battling a fire after their car had crashed.\r
9,000 homes were also left without power in the city of Chelan, Washington when utility poles were burned down and it was then that Jerry Brown, the governor of California, had issued a state of emergency in certain counties, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.\r
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6. The Earthquake in Chile\r
On the day of Sept. 16, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck and killed 11 people in central Chile and then triggered tsunami warnings as far off as California and Hawaii. It was reported that as many as one million people evacuated their homes and waves that were up to 4.5 meters high began to slam into Chiles port city of Coquimbo. Many people were relieved that this event was not as horrific as the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that killed around 500 people in Chile back in new.\r
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5.Cyclone Pam\r
Winds that reached up to 270 kilometers an hour ripped through the 65-island South Pacific archipelago, that is home to about 267,000 people. One of the more heavily damaged places was the capital, Port Vila, where 47,000 people live. The wreckage proved to be even worse on the outer island of Tanna. Its here that the Australian military guessed about 80 percent of the structures and buildings had been flattened, along with the airport and the local hospital. The islands location made it difficult for rescuers to get through because it was so remote and around 24 people throughout Vanuatu died.\r
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4. Burma landslide\r
During the middle of the night on Nov. 21, a landslide in Burma, also known as Myanmar, had managed to kill as many as 113 people when a mountain of dirt that was 60-metres high collapsed. The disaster happened in one of the mining communities in the northern part of the country that is rich with jade. Authorities claimed that at first they believe that mostly men who were digging through the mining scraps looking for jade were killed, but later stated that 70 huts that housed sleeping miners were buried in the late hours.\r
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3. Super Typhoon Soudelor Strikes\r
Better known as Typhoon Hanna, this tropical storm happened to be the second most intense tropical storm to form in the Northern Hemisphere since Typhoon Vongfong. Yes, that was its ual name. Soudelor managed to pave its way through the Pacific Ocean back in August, and the typhoon became the strongest storm of the year when the Japanese Meteorological Agency reported it reached a record low pressure of 900 millibars.Winds up to 100 mph blasted the island of Saipan and brought 50 inches of rain to Taiwan, along with deadly landslides. As many as 34 people were killed in Taiwan and China combined and another 100 people were presumed as missing.\r
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2. The Malawi And Mozambique Floods\r
The rainfall that occurred in the month of J anuary was above-normal which is what led to the devastating floods that rushed through Malawi and Mozambique.This then forced hundreds and hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes and killed nearly 200 people as reported by the World Vision team, who helped provide the victims with much need amenities. Families lost not just their homes, but their crops and livestock as well as bridges, roads, and water systems that had been destroyed or partially damaged. \r
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1. The Nepal Earthquake\r
On the day of April 25, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck the city of Nepal. The sheer force of this natural disaster was enough to damage around 900,000 buildings, leaving around 1 million children out of school, and set off avalanches in the Mt. Everest that killed at least 19 people. More than 8,800 individuals lost their lives that day and the disaster was labeled as the deadliest in Nepals history. In the weeks after the earthquake, there were reports of massive aftershocks, including a tremor that reported a 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale.
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7. The Wildfires in the Western U.S.\r
It was last summer when the drought in California combined with the dry weather to create massive fires that blazed through the northern area of the state all the way to Montana. It was reported that more than 70 vast fires in total had scorched the land and claimed the lives of three firefighters in central Washington state while they were battling a fire after their car had crashed.\r
9,000 homes were also left without power in the city of Chelan, Washington when utility poles were burned down and it was then that Jerry Brown, the governor of California, had issued a state of emergency in certain counties, forcing thousands of people to evacuate.\r
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6. The Earthquake in Chile\r
On the day of Sept. 16, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck and killed 11 people in central Chile and then triggered tsunami warnings as far off as California and Hawaii. It was reported that as many as one million people evacuated their homes and waves that were up to 4.5 meters high began to slam into Chiles port city of Coquimbo. Many people were relieved that this event was not as horrific as the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that killed around 500 people in Chile back in new.\r
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5.Cyclone Pam\r
Winds that reached up to 270 kilometers an hour ripped through the 65-island South Pacific archipelago, that is home to about 267,000 people. One of the more heavily damaged places was the capital, Port Vila, where 47,000 people live. The wreckage proved to be even worse on the outer island of Tanna. Its here that the Australian military guessed about 80 percent of the structures and buildings had been flattened, along with the airport and the local hospital. The islands location made it difficult for rescuers to get through because it was so remote and around 24 people throughout Vanuatu died.\r
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4. Burma landslide\r
During the middle of the night on Nov. 21, a landslide in Burma, also known as Myanmar, had managed to kill as many as 113 people when a mountain of dirt that was 60-metres high collapsed. The disaster happened in one of the mining communities in the northern part of the country that is rich with jade. Authorities claimed that at first they believe that mostly men who were digging through the mining scraps looking for jade were killed, but later stated that 70 huts that housed sleeping miners were buried in the late hours.\r
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3. Super Typhoon Soudelor Strikes\r
Better known as Typhoon Hanna, this tropical storm happened to be the second most intense tropical storm to form in the Northern Hemisphere since Typhoon Vongfong. Yes, that was its ual name. Soudelor managed to pave its way through the Pacific Ocean back in August, and the typhoon became the strongest storm of the year when the Japanese Meteorological Agency reported it reached a record low pressure of 900 millibars.Winds up to 100 mph blasted the island of Saipan and brought 50 inches of rain to Taiwan, along with deadly landslides. As many as 34 people were killed in Taiwan and China combined and another 100 people were presumed as missing.\r
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2. The Malawi And Mozambique Floods\r
The rainfall that occurred in the month of J anuary was above-normal which is what led to the devastating floods that rushed through Malawi and Mozambique.This then forced hundreds and hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes and killed nearly 200 people as reported by the World Vision team, who helped provide the victims with much need amenities. Families lost not just their homes, but their crops and livestock as well as bridges, roads, and water systems that had been destroyed or partially damaged. \r
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1. The Nepal Earthquake\r
On the day of April 25, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck the city of Nepal. The sheer force of this natural disaster was enough to damage around 900,000 buildings, leaving around 1 million children out of school, and set off avalanches in the Mt. Everest that killed at least 19 people. More than 8,800 individuals lost their lives that day and the disaster was labeled as the deadliest in Nepals history. In the weeks after the earthquake, there were reports of massive aftershocks, including a tremor that reported a 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale.