Ultimate 10. Natural disasters

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Tornadoes

2009
Provides information on ten of history's worst tornado-related disasters, including the storms in Greensburg, Kansas, in 2007, Hallam, Nebraska, in 2004, and Beecher, Michigan, in 1953.

Blizzards and winter storms

2009
Provides information on ten of history's worst blizzards and winter storms, including the New York blizzard of 1888, the Donner Party catastrophe, and the 1996 Mount Everest tragedy.

Earthquakes

2009
Provides information on ten of history's worst earthquakes, including the 1960 earthquake in Chile, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco.

Volcanoes

2009
Provides photographs and accounts of ten of history's worst volcano disasters, including the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in Italy, and Mount St. Helens in Washington.

Hurricanes

2009
Provides information on ten of history's worst hurricanes, including the Great New England hurricane in 1938, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the cyclone in Myanmar in 2008.

Tsunamis and floods

2009
Provides information on ten of history's worst flood-related disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi River floods of 1993, and the 1964 tsunami in Alaska.
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