Natural disasters in Central America

1, Hurricane Galveston-65438+September 8, 0900

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, Galveston was once known as "the jewel of Texas", but after a deadly hurricane swept away, this reputation no longer existed. At that time, this bustling island city was the largest city in Texas and the hub of cotton trade. The gratifying achievements have bred people's complacency, so officials and all the residents of the town have neglected to build seawalls to protect the city from the waves. Finally, on the morning of September 8, 1900, when a category 4 hurricane landed in Galveston with a wind speed of 135 miles per hour, all the buildings were destroyed under the waves of 15 feet. By that afternoon, the whole island city was flooded and more than 8,000 people were killed. Although the whole city will be rebuilt in the future, the former prosperity and the reputation of "Southern new york City" are gone.

2. Hurricane Katrina-August 29, 2006

When the Atlantic storm blew over South Florida, it became a 1 hurricane. A devastating hurricane hit the United States with heavy losses. When Hurricane Katrina roared across the coast of Louisiana with a wind speed of125mph, the storm destroyed the dam that protected New Orleans and flooded about 80% of the whole city. In Hurricane Katrina, at least 1836 people died, and the direct loss was about125 billion dollars.

3. Sandstorm-Early 1930s

Before the early 1930s, the Great Plains of the United States was a paradise for farmers. The first world war promoted the growth of wheat demand and stimulated residents to reclaim grasslands in the southern plain. However, when cash crops replace grass and trees that can keep the land moist in summer, large-scale agricultural planting makes the land vulnerable to erosion. The dry climate in 10 turned loose topsoil into dust, which was blown to the east by the storm, darkening the sky all the way to the Atlantic coast. With the destruction of crops in most areas, one-third of farmers have to turn to the government for help, and about 500 thousand American residents are homeless.

4. San Francisco fire and earthquake-1906 April 18.

On a spring morning, San Francisco residents were awakened by an earthquake that lasted less than a minute, and then a series of chain reactions caused by the earthquake burned the whole city for four days. The 7.7-7.9 earthquake destroyed the main natural gas pipeline and the main water supply pipeline. The former causes fire, while the latter makes the fire department only use limited water resources for fire fighting and emergency rescue. In the whole fire, more than 500 urban areas were destroyed, 3,000 people were killed and 225,000 survivors were homeless.

5. Hurricane Okijob-1928.

When the evacuated residents near Lake Okichoby learned that the hurricane did not arrive as scheduled, many people returned home, thinking that they would not be hurt by the hurricane. However, not long after, on the night of September 16, a hurricane suddenly struck, and the wind was as high as 140 mph. The storm brought by this high-intensity hurricane destroyed a small dam at the southern end of Lake Okichoby, and floods in the following weeks killed at least 2,500 people.

6. 1980 heat wave-1980 summer

1980 heat wave is the most disastrous long-term natural disaster in American history. Under the action of the ridge of high pressure, the temperature in the central and southern parts of the United States reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit almost all summer. Between June and September, the temperature in Kansas is below 90 degrees Fahrenheit for only a few days. Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas experienced ultra-high temperatures for 69 days, and the highest temperatures recorded on June 26th and 27th were 1 17 degrees Fahrenheit. The agricultural losses caused by dry weather were about 48 billion dollars, and 654.38+00000 people died.

7. 1988 heat wave-1988 summer

The heat wave of 1988 aggravated the year-long drought, destroyed the whole agricultural economy, and caused agricultural economic losses as high as $6 10 billion. This figure exceeds the loss of heavy rain in the Great Plains of the United States for three months from April to June. The long drought led to wildfires that swept through Yellowstone National Park and Presidential Mountain in the United States that summer, and 5000 to 1000 people died of various health complications caused by extreme high temperature.

8. Flood in John City-1889 May 3 1.

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, John City, an industrial community in Pennsylvania, was famous for producing high-quality steel. However, all the industrial progress was destroyed when the disrepair Nanfoge Dam, located on the mountain 0/4 mile away from John City/Kloc, was washed away by heavy rain. More than 20 million tons of floods and debris rushed out of the dam, destroying the whole town with the power of Niagara Falls. 1600 houses were razed to the ground and 2209 people were killed.

9. Peshti Hogg-187 1 year1October 8th.

This fire happened on the same day as the Chicago fire that almost destroyed the United States, but it was much less famous. At that time, Gocheng, Peshti Province, suffered from long-term drought, so when a powerful storm blew through a burning pasture, more than/kloc-0.000000 acres of woodland in Fiona Fang were "ignited". Wildfire even jumped over the Peshti River, trapping all the towns on both sides of the river in the fire. When the fire of hell receded, 12 towns were all burned down, and about 1200 people were killed.

10, tri-state tornado-1925 March 18

Tri-state tornado is the deadliest tornado in American history. It started in the center of Missouri and quickly entered Illinois and southwest Indiana. During the three-and-a-half-hour tornado, more than 65,438+05,000 houses were destroyed and nearly 700 people died, including 665,438+03 people from Illinois. After the disaster, government forecasters began to take measures to develop a tornado warning system to save the lives of residents.