Category:Natural disasters
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This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
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- Avalanches (18 articles)
E
F
- Floods (68 articles)
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M
- Mudslides (9 articles)
T
- Tornadoes (31 articles)
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Pages in category "Natural disasters"
The following 160 pages are in this category, out of 160 total.
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- 6.1 magnitude aftershock earthquake hits Haiti
- 6.2 magnitude aftershock provokes panic in southern Chile
- 6.3 magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea
- 6.5 magnitude aftershock hits Bío Bío, Chile
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Acre, Brazil
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Taiwan
- 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits western China
- 600 people missing after typhoon hits Taiwan
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- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Haitian coast
- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japanese coast
- 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Araucanía, Chile; no tsunami warning
- 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
- 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Nicobar Islands, India
- 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near Tonga, tsunami generated
- 77 dead after flooding in Saudi Arabia
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- As shipping exemption expires, hurricane-torn Puerto Rico may face changes in relief from mainland United States
- At least 160 killed by landslides in the Philippines
- At least 22 dead after typhoon hits Vietnam
- At least eighteen dead after storms in Brazil
- At least four dead and hundreds of homes destroyed after week of wildfires rage throughout Texas
- Australia flash flooding traps thousands
- Avalanche in Sikkim, India kills seven, injures twelve
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- Chile tsunami first reached Pichilemu, SHOA reports
- China: Heavy flooding displaces over a million, kills dozens
- Costa Rican volcano erupts, alert issued
- Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti
- Cyclone Giri makes landfall in Myanmar, kills one
- Cyclone Laila lashes across India's Eastern coastline
- Cyclone Monica misses Darwin
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- Deadly flooding in Pakistan kills hundreds
- Deadly floods in Brazil after heavy rainfall
- Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to sixty
- Death toll from China rainstorm reaches 65
- Death toll from Chinese earthquake passes 2,000
- Death toll from earthquake in Syria and Turkey surpasses 20,000
- Details emerge in Haiti earthquake; thousands feared dead
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- Earthquake strikes Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Region, China; no casualties reported
- Earthquake strikes Melbourne, no reports of injuries
- Emergency declared in El Salvador after torrential rains
- England: Parts of Birmingham area flood; music festival evacuates
- England: West Midlands region floods amid heavy rain, high winds
- Europe's airline chaos: in depth
- European airspace closed by volcanic ash
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- Fernando Alonso wins 2010 Korean Grand Prix
- Fire breaks out in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
- Flash floods kill at least nineteen campers in Arkansas
- Flooding kills dozens in North Korea, leaves thousands more homeless
- Floods in South Africa wreak havoc
- Four aftershocks hit central Chile; no damages reported
- Four earthquakes hit the Philippines in quick succession
- Fresh floods in India claim sixteen lives
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- Haiti relief efforts: in depth
- Haiti rescue effort abandoned
- Haiti's banks reopen
- Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
- Heavy 6.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia; at least one killed
- Heavy earthquake hits Sumatra, Indonesia
- Heavy earthquake hits the Philippines
- Heavy storm hits Philippines, kills fourteen
- Homes destroyed and feared loss of life in New South Wales bush fires
- Hurricane Bill gains strength over Atlantic
- Hurricane Fiona batters parts of Caribbean
- Hurricane Paloma hits Cuba
- Hurricane Richard makes landfall in Belize
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- Magnitude 3.6 earthquake shakes Washington, D.C.
- Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Central Canada
- Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Southern California
- Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits New Zealand's South Island; dozens dead
- Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits east coast of Honshu, Japan
- Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Chile as president is sworn in
- Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits New Zealand
- Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Aceh
- Major earthquake jolts Bangladesh, centered in Nicobar Islands
- Merritt, British Columbia evacuated amid massive storm
- Minor aftershock hits Pichilemu, Chile area
- MN4 2004 asteroid now considered safe
- Moderate earthquake hits Crete, Greece
- Much of inland New South Wales, Australia affected by flooding
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- Namibia struck by floods, president declares state of emergency
- Near-Earth asteroid 2004 MN4 reaches Torino Scale hazard rating 4
- New Year’s Eve tornado slams northwest Arkansas, killing three
- No tsunamis after two major earthquakes strike islands near India and Japan
- North Korea to accept international aid
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- Pacific Rim braces for tsunami following major Chilean earthquake
- Paleontologists reaffirm the cause of dino extinction
- Part of California highway near Big Sur falls into the sea
- People from Pichilemu, Chile leave La Cruz Hill
- Peruvian crater caused by meteor
- Philippines hit by Typhoon "Kiko" (Morakot), dozens killed
- Philippines prepares for new typhoon
- Pichilemu, Chile former post office is demolished
- Powerful earthquake rocks Vanuatu archipelago
- Powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico power company cancels US$300 million Whitefish contract
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- Scientists debate whether Hurricane Katrina was aggravated by global warming
- Scotland suffers severe flooding following downpour
- Second earthquake in eleven days hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Seismologist Mario Pardo rebukes notion that Pichilemu, Chile experiencing "seismic swarm"
- Severe sandstorm strikes Beijing, China
- Smoke from Arizona fire spreads to other states
- Spain hit by 6.3 magnitude earthquake
- Special report on Japanese tsunami emergency in Pichilemu, Chile
- State of emergency declared in Greece after heavy forest fires
- Strong aftershock hits central Chile
- Strong rain and wind kill one in Chile
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- Ten dead after earthquake in Bhutan
- Thousands displaced after heavy flooding in Burkina Faso
- Three earthquakes hit off New Zealand's coastal areas, residents warned to avoid coast
- Tornado touches down in Huntsville, Alabama
- Tornadoes cause millions in damages in Waco, Texas
- Tropical Storm Debby effects Florida, going up coast
- Tropical storm Fung-wong makes landfall in Eastern China
- Tropical storm hits Philippines, 45,000 people displaced
- Tropical Storm Mirinae kills 90 in Vietnam
- Tropical storm Otto moves into central Atlantic
- Tropical Storm Paula weakens to remnant low
- Tropical storm Richard forms, drifts towards Honduras
- Tropical storm Richard nears hurricane strength, soaks Honduras
- Tropical Storm Stan forms over Yucatan Peninsula
- Turkish government stops search of survivors of Aegean Sea earthquake off Izmir
- Two people killed after Typhoon Melor hits Japan
- Two tornadoes touch down near Wellington, Utah
- Typhoon Ketsana leaves over 140 dead in the Philippines after heavy flooding
- Typhoon Ketsana reaches Cambodia; up to eleven people killed
- Typhoon kills two in southern China
- Typhoon Koppu makes landfall in the Philippines, displacing at least 16,000
- Typhoon Megi heads towards China
- Typhoon Megi kills seven in Taiwan, heads towards southern China
- Typhoon Parma threatens Taiwan
- Typhoon prompts massive evacuations in China
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- UN 'optimistic' on tsunami aid effort
- UN proposes world-wide natural disaster warning system
- UN reports 222,570 dead in Haiti earthquake
- UN: 30,000 people affected by flooding in Kenya
- US government to resume Haiti evacuations
- US National Park Service announces part of Yosemite National Park to close for days as flooding forecast