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Disaster Type Location (modern name) Region Deaths Notes Ref(s) 1689 August 5: Lachine massacre: Massacre: Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France (Lachine, Quebec) Central Canada: 253 1700 January 26: Cascadia earthquake: Earthquake: British Columbia: West Coast M w 8.7 – 9.2 megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone ...
Pages in category "Disasters in California" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill; 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes; A.
September 25, 1939 – A tropical storm known as El Cordonazo, or The Lash of St. Francis, made landfall near Long Beach with sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h), which as of 2025 is the most recent tropical storm landfall in California. The storm killed 45 people across southern California, and another 48 people at sea, with residents caught ...
Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image. The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Wednesday, Jan. 8. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live ...
Massive wildfires continue to spread in the Los Angeles area amid extreme winds, including the Palisades Fire, which has exploded to nearly 20,000 acres, and the Eaton Fire, which has scorched ...
Major fires in the Los Angeles area have leveled entire communities.. Satellite images show flames wreaking havoc on houses, businesses, and other structures. At least 10 people have died, and the ...
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