Famous Storms

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was formed in the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane

Season. It was the 5th deadliest storm in US history. Katrina was also the 6th strongest hurricane

overall. It started forming around the Bahamas area and crossed the

southern part of Florida as a Category 1 storm, and became a Category 3 storm near southeast Louisiana. Katrina caused tons of

damage along the Gulf Coast, from central Florida to southeast Texas. The most damage was caused in

New Orleans, Louisiana, where the city was flooded in 80% of the

area.

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CATEGORY 5 STORM

The Tri-State Tornado

The Tri-State Tornado happened in March, 1925, was the deadliest

tornado in US history. There were 695 confirmed deaths, which was twice as much as The 1840 Great

Natchez Tornado, the second deadliest tornado. The tornado crossed from Missouri through

Southern Illinois, to the Southwestern area of Indiana,

stretching more than 219 miles. The Tri-State Tornado was one of a series of tornadoes, ranging from

Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Alabama, and Kansas.

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Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

The Great Mississippi Flood started by heavy rain in 1926. On New Years Day, 1927, the Cumberland River flooded to 56.2 feet in Nashville

Tennessee, flooding the Mississippi River. On April 15th. 1927, 15 inches of rain poured in 18 hours. That caused flooding with a volume twice Niagara

Falls. The damage caused $400 million dollars and killed 246 people in

seven different states. The Great Mississippi Flood affected Arkansas,

Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Arkansas was hit hardest, with 14% of the state flooded.

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2010 San Bruno Wildfire (Pipeline Explosion)

The 2010 San Bruno Wildfire was actually caused by a

pipeline explosion at 6:11 pm on September 9th. San Bruno is a suburb of San Francisco. A

30-inch steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded 2 miles

from the San Francisco International Airport, in a

residential neighborhood of Crestmoor. At first, people

thought there was an earthquake, or that a plane

had crashed from the airport.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/SanBrunoFireNight.jpg

Bibliography

Page name: 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion Author: Wikipedia contributors Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 29 September 2010 23:23 UTC Date retrieved: 7 October 2010 14:25 UTC Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion&oldid=387815708 Primary contributors: Revision history statistics

Page name: Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Author: Wikipedia contributors Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 23 September 2010 21:36 UTC Date retrieved: 7 October 2010 14:22 UTC Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_1927&oldid=386622431 Primary contributors: Revision history statistics

Page name: Hurricane Katrina Author: Wikipedia contributors Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 22 September 2010 02:42 UTC Date retrieved: 7 October 2010 14:19 UTC Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Katrina&oldid=386226261 Primary contributors: Revision history statistics

Page name: Tri-State Tornado Author: Wikipedia contributors Publisher: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 28 September 2010 19:32 UTC Date retrieved: 7 October 2010 14:20 UTC Permanent link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tri-State_Tornado&oldid=387587599 Primary contributors: Revision history statistics

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