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U.S. Drought/Heat Wave
approximately half of the United States is experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions -
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake
Tangshan earthquake of 1976, earthquake on July 28, 1976, with a magnitude of 7.5, which nearly razed the Chinese coal-mining and industrial city -
Hurricane Andrew
a devastating Category 5 storm that struck South Florida on August 24, 1992 -
Indian ocean quake
a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 MW struck with an epicentre off the west coast -
Hurricane Katrina
a devastating Category 3 storm that made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005 -
Hurricane Sandy
a devastating storm that impacted the Caribbean and the eastern United States in late October 2012 -
Hurricane Harvey
hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, -
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record -
Hurricane Maria
a catastrophic Category 4 storm that caused widespread devastation in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands in September 2017 -
Hurricane Ida
Ida is the sixth-costliest tropical cyclone on record, and the fifth-costliest Atlantic hurricane in the United States, having caused at least $75.25 billion -
Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian was a devastating tropical cyclone which was the third costliest weather disaster on record worldwide. It was also the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane -
Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern