21 December 2010

2010: The Weather Year That Was

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2010's world gone wild: Quakes, floods, blizzards
This was the year the Earth struck back.

Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 — the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.

"It just seemed like it was back-to-back and it came in waves," said Craig Fugate, who heads the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. It handled a record number of disasters in 2010.

"The term '100-year event' really lost its meaning this year."
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1 comment:

  1. blessings devash. i just saw at shiratdevorah's the u tube on earth is shaking. it is really frightening and the usgs dont undertand it.

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