2005Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf Coast, Causing Thousands of Deaths

August 29 – 31: Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people across ...
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🌪️ Galveston Hurricane Kills Thousands

Galveston Hurricane in Texas kills 8000 people.
Galveston Hurricane Kills Thousands (1900)
HurricaneNatural DisasterTexasDisaster Relief
United StatesUnited States

🌋 Mount St. Helens Erupts, Causing Fatalities and Destruction

May 18: 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, state of Washington, leaves approximately 57 deaths and $1 billion of property damage.
Mount St. Helens Erupts, Causing Fatalities and Destruction (1980)
VolcanoEruptionNatural DisasterPacific NorthwestGeologyEnvironmental Impact
United StatesUnited States

💥 Loma Prieta Earthquake Strikes San Francisco Bay Area

October 17: The 6.9 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
Loma Prieta Earthquake Strikes San Francisco Bay Area (1989)
EarthquakeNatural DisasterSan FranciscoInfrastructureSeismologyDisaster Relief
United StatesUnited States

🫨 Northridge Earthquake Devastates Los Angeles

January 17: The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake strikes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
Northridge Earthquake Devastates Los Angeles (1994)
EarthquakeNatural DisasterSeismologyLos AngelesInfrastructureDisaster ReliefGeology
United StatesUnited States

🌀 Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf Coast, Causing Thousands of Deaths

August 2931: Hurricane Katrina kills 1,836 people across the Gulf of Mexico coast.
Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf Coast, Causing Thousands of Deaths (2005)
Natural DisasterHurricaneDisaster ResponseEnvironmental Disaster
United StatesUnited States

🛢️ Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (2010)
Environmental DisasterEnvironmentalismPollutionDisaster Response
United StatesUnited States