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2016 BCE
Rhodes earthquake
The clossus only stood for 56 years before it was hit by an earth quake in 226 BC. The force of the earthquake snapped the statue off at its knees. Scientists have found that the earth quake was caused by a cascade failure in the rivers holding the Colossus together,ncausing the arms to separate at the shoulders and the knees to bend, -
Jan 16, 1362
Grote mandrenke storm
Hurricane-force winds with giant waves and a considerable sea level rise due to the combine action of pushing winds and lifting of the sea surface because of low air pressure flooded a Lot of areas of the Netherlands, killing at least 25,000 people. The storm also flooded and eroded large land areas in western slesvig, Denmark -
The Indian cyclone
On November 25, 1839 a huge cyclone hit coringa, Indiana with a 40ft storm and illegal 300,000 people. The entire city was destroyed by this wave and the city was never rebuilt. Over 20,000 sea vessels were destroyed. -
The last island hurricane
The last island hurricane of 1856 was an intense Atlantic hurricane that destroyed last islands in southern Louisiana. The first tropical cyclone, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. It very quickly got bad, before making landfall as a category 4 hurricane. The powerful winds and storm surge of 11-12 feet destroyed the island, which was a popular tourist resort, tags storm killed more than 200 people. -
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
The best know eruption of Krakatoa accumulated in a series of massive explosions on August 21-27, 1883, which was among the most violent volcanic events in modern and recorded history. The VEI of 6,3 the eruption was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT(840 PJ) about 13,000 times the nuclear views of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 KT) thT devastated Hiroshima, Japan during the Workd War 2, the eruption whected approximately 21 cubic kilometers of rock, ash, and pumice. -
The Great Galveston Hurricane
The Great Galveston Hurricane was a category 4 storm, this was one of the most deadliest storms ever. This storm originated near West Africa traveling through the ocean causing Caribbean and hitting Florida, traveling into Texas. There was a reported deaths between 8,000 to 12,000. -
Valdivia earthquake
The Valdivia earthquake is the most powerful earthquake ever reported. Studies have placed the earth quake at 9.4-.9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. There were between 1,000-6,000 deaths. The earth quake resulted in a tsunami that affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, and the Aleutian Islands. -
Eruption of Mount St. Helens
In 1980 there was a major eruption in Washington The eruption occurred over 48 of the U.S states. The eruption made a two-month long series of earth quakes and steam venting episodes. -
Massive 8.8 earthquake strikes chile
A massive earthquake struck Chile on, February 27th, rocking buildings and killing hundreds of people. It was the worst disaster to strike South American city in the past 50 years. Along with ripping up the buildings, and smashing bridges, and destroying property on land, the earthquake caused an 8 foot tidal waves that struck the shore. The president declared a state of catastrophe. At least 521 people killed, 56 missing, about 12,000 injured, 800,000 displaced, 370,000 houses, 4,013 schools -
Super Typhoon Haiyan
Super typhoon Yolanda was one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded that devastated Southeast Asia, particularly the Philipines. This is the deadliest typhoon ever recorded killing about 6,300 people and about 1,100 people missing. the damaged cost about $2.86 billion USD.
