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San Francisco Earthquake
- About 3,000 poeple died
- over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed
- One of the worst Natural disasters in the history of the U.S
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Northridge Earthquake
- 60 deaths and more than 5,000 injuries
- 25,000 poeple left homeless
- 25 billion in damage wise
- making it one of the costliest natural disasters in the U.S history
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Kobe Earthquake
- killed nearly 6,500 people
- Deadliest disaster in the world that year
- Roughly 80% of the victims were crushed to the death by collapsed houses and fallen furniture
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Indian Ocean Tsunami
- Killing 230,000 poeple in 14 Countries
- one of the deadliest Natural Disasters in Recorded History
- waves up to 30 metres (100 ft ) high
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Hurricane Katrina
- August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005
- One of the five deadliest Hurricanes in the history of the U.S
- Caused 81 billion dollars in damage
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Sichuan Earthquake
- Killed about 70,000 people and left more than 18,000 missing
- measured at 8.0 magnitude
- direct damage and losses from the earthquake at 29 billion with indirect damage much higher
