Archive for Natural Disaster

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The Largest Recorded Tsunami – Lituya Bay Alaska

on February 14, 2013 at 4:55 am

The largest recorded tsunami was a wave 1720 feet tall in Lituya Bay of Alaska. On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fair-weather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards  of rock […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Drawback – Alerting Tsunami

on May 21, 2010 at 7:16 am

If the first part of a tsunami to reach land is a trough known as drawback, rather than a wave crest. The water along the shoreline recedes dramatically, exposing usually

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museum commemorating the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami has been opened in the Indonesian province of Aceh

on May 18, 2010 at 2:25 am

It has been planned and designed as a symbolic reminder of the disaster, as well as an educational centre. In addition it will also serve as an Emergency disaster shelter in case the area is ever hit by a tsunami […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Thunderstorms

on June 24, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Thunderstorms and Lightning 1 . Facts About Thunderstorms 2 . Facts About Lightning 3 . How Can I Protect Myself From a Thunderstorm or Lightning? All thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning. In the United States, an average of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Tornado

on June 23, 2009 at 11:26 am

Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a neighborhood in seconds. A tornado appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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