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Tsunamis

sunami can be caused by undersea earthquakes as the one caused in Ao Nang, Thailand by the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake, or by landslides such as the one which occurred at Lituya Bay, Alaska in.

• Ao Nang, Thailand (2004). The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake created theBoxing Day Tsunami and disaster at this site.
• Lituya Bay, Alaska (1953). A mega-tsunami occurred here, the largest ever recorded.
• This would also fit within Land movement category because it starts with an earthquake.

Blizzards

Significant blizzards in theUnited States include:

• The Great Blizzard of 1888
• The Schoolhouse Blizzardearlier the same year
• The Armistice Day Blizzard in 1940
• The Storm of the Century in 1993

[edit]Cyclonic storms

Main articles: tropical cyclone and cyclone

Cyclone, tropical cyclone, hurricane, and typhoon are different names for the same phenomenon a cyclonic storm system that forms over the oceans. The deadliest hurricane ever was the 1970 Bhola cyclone the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was the Great Hurricane of 1780 which devastated Martinique St. Eustatius and Barbados. Another notable hurricane is Hurricane Katrina which devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005.

[edit]Droughts

Well-known historical droughts include:

• 1900 India killing between 250,000 and 3.25 million.
• 1921-22 Soviet Union in which over 5 million perished from starvation due to drought
• 1928-30 northwest China resulting in over 3 million deaths by famine.
• 1936 and 1941 Sichuan Province China resulting in 5 million and 2.5 million deaths respectively.
• As of 2006 Western Australia New South Wales Victoria Australia Victoria and Queensland states of Australia have been under drought conditions for five to ten years. The drought is beginning to affect urban area populations for the first time.
• In 2006 Sichuan Province China experienced its worst drought in modern times with nearly 8 million people and over 7 million cattle facing water shortages.

[edit]Hailstorms

Hailstorms (AKA hailstones) are rain drops that have formed together into ice. A particularly damaging hailstorm hit Munich, Germany onAugust 31, 1986, felling thousands of trees and causing millions of dollars in insurance claims.