阅读理解 Tsunami(海啸) Death Toll to Rise Greatly A senior UN official has described the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami as among the worst-ever natural disasters(灾难).The United Nations
Barcelona, Spain— Spanish authorities said Wednesday that at least 72 people have died after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Emergency serv...
阅读理解 Tsunami(海啸) Death Toll to Rise Greatly A senior UN official has described the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami as among the worst-ever natural disasters(灾难).The United Nations
with an estimated death toll of 168,000, but the wave killed people in thirteen other countries around the ocean rim, some as far away as Somalia.
Sadly death tolls reached approximately 3.7 million people and this is seen as the worst natural disaster of all time due to the massive loss of life. The effect went beyond the initial loss of life from the flood waters. The damage caused by the flood took out buildings and housing and ...
The fire’s official death toll stands at 100, a tragic toll that makes the event Hawaii’s deadliest natural disaster on record. Four residents stillremained unaccounted formonths after the fire. WATCH: Tragic damage in ...
as search and rescue operations continued Thursday. Roads transformed into raging rivers with little warning as flash floods tore through the eastern region of Valencia, with muddy rapids flinging parked cars around like tin cans in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in a ...
News Analysis: Myriad factors responsible for high death toll in Japan's worst weather disaster in 36 years TOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A number of meteorological, natural and social factors combined to make the perfect storm, which since last Thursday has killed at least 176 people and ...
The Dust Bowl wasa severe drought and food shortagethat devastated the Southern Plains region of the United States throughout the 1930s. While the Dust Bowl was in part caused by natural environmental factors, human activity played a role in worsening the disaster. In 1862, the Homestead Act ...
Death Toll:100,000+ St. Felix's Flood is still considered theworst flood disaster in European history. The flood completely destroyed the Dutch city of Reimerswaal, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time. A further 18 villages were also destroyed on the day that would eventual...