Showing posts with label Natural Disaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural Disaster. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tropical storm Ida hits Southern USA today.

The storm caused a power outage, shutting down about a third of natural gas production, and along with minor damage. Most people say it wasn't TOO bad compared to the other storms/hurricanes that have experienced in the past. However it caused many indirect deaths in El Savador from flooding and landslides, back then when Ida had hurricane status.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

A major earthquake strikes again ...

near the islands of Indonesia. This caused major destruction and a considerable death toll. More details in the link.

P.S. According to the article, this earthquake is NOT related to the one that happened on Tuesday.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A tsunami has struck near American Samoa ...

more than ten people died during the disaster. The earthquake's magnitude is about 8.3 and residents flee to higher grounds to avoid the wrath of an incoming tsunami.