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  2. Category:Documentary films about disasters - Wikipedia

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    Documentary films about natural disasters (3 C, 9 P) H. Documentary films about Hurricane Katrina (14 P) M. Documentary films about maritime disasters (2 C, 8 P) S.

  3. Category:Documentary films about natural disasters - Wikipedia

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    Documentary films about natural disasters, major adverse events resulting from natural processes of the Earth. Examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes.

  4. Extreme weather events are forcing school closures. Experts ...

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    Without this, kids might feel unsettled, adds mental health counselor Matthew Schubert, owner of Gem State Wellness. “When their school routines are upended by natural disasters or illnesses ...

  5. Schoolhouse Blizzard - Wikipedia

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    The blizzard came unexpectedly on a relatively warm day, and many people were caught unaware, including children in one-room schoolhouses.. The weather prediction for the day was issued by the Weather Bureau, which at the time was managed by Brigadier General Adolphus Greely.

  6. List of disaster films - Wikipedia

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    This list of disaster films represents over half a century of films within the genre. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing disaster as a central plot feature. The films typically feature large casts and multiple storylines and focus on the protagonists attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster ...

  7. List of Seconds from Disaster episodes - Wikipedia

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    The National Geographic documentary programme Seconds From Disaster investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters from the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately affected the disaster.

  8. Natural disaster - Wikipedia

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    A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches , droughts , earthquakes , floods , heat waves , landslides , tropical cyclones , volcanic activity and wildfires . [ 1 ]

  9. Vargas tragedy - Wikipedia

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    The Vargas tragedy was a natural disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela on 15 December 1999 (over the course of 10 days), when torrential rains caused flash floods and debris flows that killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed thousands of homes, and led to the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure. According to relief ...