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Huascarán avalanche [1] Peru: 1962: 4 310: 2015 Afghanistan avalanches: Afghanistan: 2015: 5 265: Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches: Austria-Switzerland-Italy: 1951: 6 201 (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) 2012 Afghanistan avalanches [3] Afghanistan: 2012: 7 200: Lahaul Valley avalanche [4] India: 1979: 8 172: 2010 Salang avalanches ...
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. [1] Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, other animals, and earthquakes. Primarily composed of flowing snow and air, large avalanches have the capability to ...
Sally did not have its name retired, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Atlantic that did not have its name retired. [14] [20] [21] 2020 Hurricane: 77 $19.1 billion Hurricane Laura: Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, The Bahamas, Gulf Coast of the United States, Midwestern United States, Eastern United States
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Natural disaster deaths in Oklahoma (1 P) H. Hurricanes in ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion (2013 USD) worth of damages in its wake. [12] Tornadoes in Oklahoma have broken numerous national and worldwide records. Both the widest and most powerful tornadoes ever recorded occurred in Oklahoma.
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[16]: 1 The El Reno–Piedmont tornado became one of only 59 tornadoes ever rated F5 or EF5 to date, and one of only nine tornadoes to receive an EF5 rating since the advent of the Enhanced Fujita scale in 2007. It was the first tornado in Oklahoma to receive an EF5 rating, and the only one until the 2013 Moore tornado. [19]