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Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami September 29, 2009
An early morning offshore earthquake on September 29, 2009 in the Samoa Islands caused a tsunami that brought death and destruction to American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga. more...
Hurricane force winds from the North Atlantic produced a storm surge in the North Sea and caused widespread coastal flooding by breaching seawalls and dikes. more...
The 1946 Aleutian Island Tsunami
An earthquake near Unimak Island in the Aleutian Island chain generated a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean with waves as high as 100 feet that pounded coastal areas. more...
The Boxing Day or Asian Tsunami on December 26 2004 affected Indonesia in the east to Africa in the west. more...
Excluding the floods caused by hurricanes, the worst and deadliest flood in the US occurred on May 31, 1889 when the South Fork Dam burst. more...
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Flash Floods in the Cornish Village of Boscastle
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Rachel Wills
Dramatic scenes of cars being swept away and people stranded on rooftops in Boscastle hit the UK screens in August 2004. What is the story behind this devastation? more...
Tsunami Warning Creates Chaos in Gisborne, NZ
By: Sarah Curtis
The coastal town of Gisborne, N.Z. plunged into chaos after residents reacted to early morning phone calls from overseas relatives warning that a tsunami was coming. more...
The Red River North is Rising and Threatening
By: Paul Hamilton
As residents and volunteers have continued to work hard at first sandbagging and most recently at evacuations, the collective hope is that the make-shift dykes hold. more...
Indonesia Opens Tsunami Museum
By: Rich Bowden
Indonesia has opened a four-storey building on the country's northwestern province of Aceh where over half of the estimated 240,000 people died. more...
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