natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, avalanches, tsunamies and insane storms have been happening around the world since the the Earth formed... well I must admit the asteroid hits are decreasing every millenium. We have compiled an archive of footage of many of these "acts of GOD" as insurance companies call them... so check em out
January saw three major disasters around the world, Starting on New Years and going for 4 days Kenya saw riots that burned down homes, businesses, farms and killed an estimated 300 people in the riot. The riots began over a presidential election where Mwai Kibaki (Kikuyu) defeats Raila Odinga (Luo) sending the two Luo and Kikuyu tribes into a tribal battle for 5 days of new years violence. January 7 & 8: Tornadoes caused by record-breaking temperatures kill at least six people, including two children, destroy houses, and flood roads. Jan. 28 - China: 78 million people are affected by severe snow storms and bad weather leaving over 800,000 people evacuated, millions without power, 600, 000 train passengers stranded and 2 dozen dead. This disaster is expensive for China costing an estimated 3.2 billion dollars. January to Spring Brazil: Brazil starts a fever outbreak that will last for months. By April, more hospitals are opened and people begin education for curbing the mosquito driven dengue fever that has now infected over 75,000 people and by April, killed at least 80. January saw the start on the dangue fever epidemic.
February 2008 Disasters
The disasters just kept going through February… Feb. 3- Rep. of the Congo: at least 45 people are killed and about 450 more injured after two earthquakes, a 6.0 and a 5.0. Feb. 5 U.S South.: at least 55 people are killed and hundreds more injured after violent tornadoes rip through the southern United States. According to emergency officials, the victims include 31 people in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, 7 in Kentucky, and 3 in Alabama. Feb. 7 - U.S.: an explosion at an Imperial Sugar Refinery near Savannah, Georgia kills 14 people and injures many more. Feb. 21, Venezuela: A airplane from Venezuela crashes into the Andean Mountain - killing all 46 people aboard.
March 2008 Disasters
March 14 - US: Georgia is hit by another disaster, this time it’s bad weather and tornadoes rip through the southern state. 2 people are killed and at least 30 people are injured in Atlanta and northwestern counties of Georgia including Polk County and Floyd County. The tornadoes bring down many large centers including the CNN one and cause millions in damage. March 17-US: Flooding and bad weather affect states from Pennsylvania to Texas causing road closures, evacuations and the deaths of 13 people.
April 2008 Disasters
April 29, US: Tornadoes in Virginia cover 3 counties, destroy communities and injure many
May 2008 Disasters
May saw 2 of the worst natural disasters of the decade and left over 150,000 casualties, billions in damage, millions homeles and the entire world trying to help. May 3 - Myanmar: One of the worst natural disasters of the decade hits, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Death and destruction follow leaving millions homeless and an astounding estimated 78,000 people dead or missing. Most of the deaths were caused by water and the huge tidal waves that flooded the land and ripped structures apart. May 11- US.: 20 people die and many left homeless in southern states because of tornadoes May 12 - China: A 7.9 earthquake strikes China killing over 67,000 people die and leaving hundreds of thousands more injured. Following the earthquake were more natural disasters in the form of floods and landslides that killed, injured and left many more people trapped.
June 2008 Disasters
June 9- US.: Central states see severe weather and record flooding, 10 people die as the Cedar river rises 17 feet, the highest recorded, and floods Cedar Rapids breaking dams and causing thousands of evacuations. June 11 -US: In Iowa a tornado kills four Boy Scouts and injures 48 people June 17 - southern China: the worst flooding in 50 years kills over 60 people, destroys 5.4 million acres of crops, causes landslides, and leaves 13 people missing in nine southern Chinese provinces. June 21 - Philippines: Typhoon Fengshen crosses the Princess of the Stars, killing most of the 865 passengers and crew. There are 59 known survivors. Almost 500 other people die during the storm.
July 2008 Disasters
July 24 - Japan: 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes many miles below the earth’s surface in the region of Iwate. July 27 - Ukraine: 18 people die during 5 days of very heavy rain inthe Ukraine and Romania,
August 2008 Disasters
Aug. 1- Pakistan: a large mass of ice breaks on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, causing an avalanche that kills 11 climbers. Aug. 4 - Himachal Pradesh: almost 150 people die in a stampede during a festival celebrating the Hindu mother goddess at Naina Devi temple in northern India. A rumor of a landslide is said to have started the stampede Aug. 20 - Spain: Over 150 people die when a 160-person passenger plane skids off the runway and explodes while trying to take off at the Barajas airport in Madrid. Aug. 23 - U.S.: 12 people die, many more are injured and left homeless as Tropical storm Faye hits Florida and other southern states. Aug. 28 - India: Kosi River floods killing 75 and leaving millions homeless or living in camps. Aug. 28 - Cuba: Over 130 people die and many more are injured when Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in the Caribbean.
September 2008 Disasters
Sept. 1 - U.S. Gulf Coast: Hurricane Gustav back at work leaving Cuba and now hitting the U.S. Hurricane Gustav devastates the Gulf Coast, kills at least 26 people in Louisiana, Georgia, and Mississippi. Sept. 5 - Haiti: Tropical Storm Hanna strikes Haiti, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands. Sept. 7 - Cuba: Cuba and the islands just got hit with one storm a fe weeks back and now they face Hurricane Ike which kills over 60 people in Haiti, 4 more are killed in Cuba, and 80% of homes are destroyed on Turks and Caicos islands. Sept. 12 - U.S. California: Metrolink commuter train collides with a freight train northwest of Los Angeles, killing 25 passengers. Sept. 13 - US: Hurricane Ike hits Texas and causes more deaths, evacuations and loss of power, Hurricane Ike travels inland causing severe flooding and power outages in parts of Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. 17 more people die due to Ike. Sept. 30 - India: Another religious stampede and a collapsed wall kill over 100 people during the Navratra religious festival. Those Indian religious festivals are starting to look dangerous
October 2008 Disasters
Oct. 6 - Kyrgyzstan: 6.6 magnitude earthquake levels the town of Nura. 70 people die, hundreds more are injured. Oct. 29 - Pakistan: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 170 people and destroying around 15,000 homes.
November 2008 Disasters
Nov. 7 - Haiti: School collapses killing 90 students. Nov. 9 - Sea of Japan: A new Russian nuclear sub has an accident. 20 people die and 21 more are injured when two compartments flood with Freon gas during tests in the Sea of Japan. Nov. 15 - U.S.: California wild fires Nov. 22 - Brazil: Brazil is hit again by bad weather and 119 people die and over 80,000 homes are destroyed during heavy rains and flooding.
December 2008 Disasters
Dec. 11- U.S.: The New England states see tons of ice and snow during storms. Many power lines are effected, hundreds of thousands left without power causing President Bush to declare a state of emergency in parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, getting FEMA to come in with help.
Enjoy this music video! I had a whole bunch of clips of Natural disasters and Ready to Fall in my little editing program so I could share with my peeps.
Here is the year end list of the worst natural and man made disasters of 2007 - Plane crashes, tornadoes, storms… check out the list
Jan. 1, Indonesia: Adam Air Flight KI-574, flying from Java to Manado, crashed in stormy weather and strong winds, killing all of the 102 people on board.
Jan. 12, Athens, Greece: the U.S. embassy was fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but no injuries.
Jan. 12–16, Tex., Okla,, Mo., Mich., Ind., Iowa, N.Y., N.H., Maine: a winter storm with heavy sleet, ice, and snow moved across 9 states, from Texas to Maine, resulting in extensive power outages and causing 65 storm-related deaths of which 23 were in Oklahoma. Washington state, Oregon, and California also experienced freezing weather.
Jan. 16, Louisville, Ky.: a CSX freight train carrying chemical cargo derailed and 14 cars ignited, forcing the evacuation of homes and closing roads including 20 miles of Interstate 65. There were no injuries.
February 2007 Disasters
Feb. 2, Florida: At least 20 people died when tornadoes and thunderstorms ripped through central Florida.
Feb. 18, India: Two homemade bombs exploded on a train headed for Pakistan from India, killing at least 70.
Feb. 18, Thailand: Some 30 coordinated bombs exploded at bars, hotels, and electricity transmitters in Pattani Province, killing or wounding 60 people.
March 2007 Disasters
March 1, Ala., Minn., Miss., and Ga.: Storms hit Alabama, Minnesota, Missouri, and Georgia, killing about 20 people, including eight high school students.
March 6, Sumatra, Indonesia: Two earthquakes, magnitudes 6.4 and 6.3, struck the island of Sumatra two hours apart, killing at least 70 people.
March 7, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: A Garuda Indonesia Airlines plane overshot the runway and crashed, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.
March 19, Ulyanovskaya, Russia: A methane explosion killed 110 people in a coal mine. It was the worst mine disaster in recent Russian history. .
April 2007 Disasters
April 1, Honiara, Solomon Islands: Magnitude 8.1 earthquake and ensuing tsunami left at least 34 dead and thousands homeless.
April 16, Blacksburg, Va.: A Virginia Tech student killed 32 fellow students and then himself in the most deadly shooting rampage in U.S. history.
May 2007 Disasters
May 5, Doula, Cameroon: A Kenya-bound Kenya Airways plane took off in stormy weather and crashed moments later, killing all 114 people on board.
May 7, Greensburg, Kansas: A tornado destroyed a small farming town, killing 10.
May 24, Novokuznetsk, Russia: A methane explosion killed 38 coal miners in Yubileinaya, two months after a similiar explosion in a nearby town killed 110.
June 2007 Disasters
June 10, Chittagong, Bangladesh and Beijing, China: Mudslides set off by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 62 people in Bangladesh. Torrential rains in southern China caused flooding in small cities and farming villages, killing at least 66.
June 18, Charleston, S.C.: Nine firefighters died when a roof collapsed during a fire in a furniture warehouse.
June 24, Karachi, Pakistan: More than 200 people died during severe storms in Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city.
July 2007 Disasters
July 8, West Bengal, India: Monsoon rains and flooding left 660 dead and more than a million stranded.
July 17, Niigata, Japan: 6.8 magnitude earthquake left at least 11 dead and injured more than 900. A nuclear power plant in nearby Kashiwazaki sustained significant damage, including minor radiation leaks, ruptured pipes, flooding, and a fire.
July 17, Sao Paulo, Brazil: More than 176 people were killed when an Airbus skidded off the runway at Congonhas Airport in rainy weather. It was the worst aviation accident in Brazil’s history.
August 2007 Disasters
August 1, Minneapolis, Minn.: An eight-lane interstate bridge packed with cars broke into sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing at least nine, and injuring at least 60. The bridge was in the midst of repairs when it buckled and broke apart.
August 1, Benaleka, Congo: A passenger train running between Ilebo and Kananga derailed after the brakes failed, killing about 100 people.
August 14, North Korea: Hundreds are reported dead or missing after a week of heavy rain in central and southern North Korea. Huge areas of farmland were washed away, provoking fears that North Korea’s food crisis could worsen.
August 14, Hunan province, China: A bridge undergoing construction collapsed in southern China, killing at least 28 people.
August 15, coast of central Peru: A 8.0-magnitude earthquake 95 miles southeast of Lima, Peru, leaves at least 337 people dead, and injures hundreds more.
August 25–27, Greece: Over 220 separate fires ravage the Greek countryside and endanger ancient Olympic sites around Athens. At least 59 people die in the blazes.
September 2007 Disasters
September 12 and 13, Sumatra, Indonesia: More than a dozen people die on the island of Sumatra when three earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 8.4, strike.
September 16, Phuket, Bangkok: A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 plane, which took off from Bangkok, skids off the runway and bursts into flames during heavy rain in Phuket. At least 88 people are killed.
September 24, Sudan: Over 20 people die, at least 13,000 livestock are lost, and 65 people are injured by flooding in central Sudan during August and September. Over half a million people countrywide are affected by the floods. Clean water is being provided to 2.2 million people to prevent deadly epidemics.
October 2007 Disasters
October 13, southern Colombia: 21 people die and another 26 are injured in a landslide that was triggered by local residents digging for rumored gold deposits in an abandoned mine.
October 21–28, southern Calif.: 24 wildfires from Simi Valley to the Mexican border are fanned by 50 to 60 mph winds burning more than 516,000 acres. Seven people die, close to 90 people are injured, more than 2,000 homes are destroyed, and over 500,000 people evacuate their homes. A 10-year-old boy admits to accidentally starting one of the fires while playing with matches.
October 31, Carribean: 107 people die during Tropical Storm Noel. 66 people die, 27 are missing, 6,300 homes are destroyed, and more than 62,000 people are homeless when two rivers burst 26 miles outside Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At least 40 people die and 400 homes are destroyed in Haiti. In Cuba, 24,000 people are evacuated from low-lying areas and 2,000 homes are damaged by floods.
November 2007 Disasters
November 3, Mexico: Villahermosa, the capital of the southeastern state of Tabasco, remains paralyzed with no clean drinking water and electricity after severe flooding caused by five days of torrential rain. At least 300,000 people evacuate their homes, 70,000 people are in shelters, and one person dies. Most of the state’s crops are destroyed and 4,000 schools are damaged.
November 12, southern Russia: During a severe storm in the Black Sea 11 ships sink, 3 people die, and 20 sailors go missing. The tanker, Volganeft-139, splits apart and dumps 1,300 tons (about 360,000 gallons) of oil into the sea killing marine habitat, fish, and covering 30,000 seabirds in oil.
November 15, Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr, with winds over 100 miles per hour, kills nearly 3,500 people in southern Bangladesh. The United Nations reports that a million people are without homes.
November 18, Donetsk, Ukraine: 90 people die and 10 are missing in the deadliest mining explosion since 1991.
November 23, Antarctica: The Explorer strikes ice during an adventure cruise in the Antarctic causing the ship to sink. The National Geographic Endeavour and the Norwegian cruise liner, Nordnorge, resue all 100 passengers and 50 staff members.
November 30, western Turkey: A passenger jet, the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes seven miles from its destination airport in Isparta, killing all 56 passengers.
December 2007 Disasters
December 5, Omaha, Nebraska: Robert Hawkins, 19, of Bellevue, Nebraska, kills eight people before turning the gun on himself at the Von Maur department store in the Westroads Mall in Omaha. Five people are also wounded.
December 7, South Korea: Oil spill causes environmental disaster, destroying beaches, coating birds and oysters with oil, and driving away tourists with its stench. The Hebei Spirit collides with a steel wire connecting a tug boat and barge five miles off South Korea’s west coast, spilling 2.8 million gallons of crude oil. Seven thousand people are trying to clean up 12 miles of oil-coated coast.
Natural disasters are what my nightmares are made of… seriously, I had a dream the other night about being in a beach side house during a tsunami… talk about running for our lives. Its kinda hard to pick which natural disaster is better… I nean is is better to live in the East side US, know the hurricane, tornado or crazy category gazzilion storm is coming your way in 5 hours so run to your cellers, board up thewindows, strap yourself to the plumbing and pray to GOD that the roof stays on… or is it better to just not even know, like the earthquakes on the West Coast of the US and all over the world.
Seems like no matter where you go, the land always has someking of natural disaster to screw with you… But I must add that there is something to be said about tornadoes and hurricanes, they at least give you enough warning to whip out the video camera and catch the insane wreckage and wrath of mother nature at its deadliest and most vengefull self..
These guys did get the camera out, me, I would not be worried about filming my homes destruction, but hey… I suppose its always good to risk your life to have ammunition against the insurance companies. You see when they come vack and go… well, we are just not sure… are you positive a tornado destroyed the house and it wasn’t the angry teenager taking a baseball bat to his room… you can say.. YEP, its all on film!