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LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 1 Oct

Last week the eye of the storm was supposed to hit south of Luzon island (Philippines) means our neighborhood was supposed to be hit. But it went to Visayas Island instead and they suffered floods. You'd think it was over, until...

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Deadliest Natural Disaster in History

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 1 Oct 22

I have been watching the news about hurricane Ian and how devastating it has been. I wondered as bad as this one is what could possibly be the worst one in history. I found that it happened back in September of 1900. Can you...

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West Coast Tsunami and I'm in LA!

Kade @akruser13 (475) • Los Angeles, California 15 Jan 22

Welp. This wasn't the "first post" I was imagining. But I woke up to the news of a volcano erupting in the ocean and how the ENTIRE west coast is on a tsunami warning. I'm far enough inland where it won't affect me but mostly it's...

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Flooded!

allen0187 @allen0187 (59828) • Philippines 22 Jul 21

Was unable to log in here yesterday, July 22, Thursday night , Manila time. Due to the typhoon and the stronger monsoon rains, it got flooded in our area. The flood water got in the house and it was ankle-deep. Certainly not how I...

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After the catastrophic freeze in Texas, the governor is lifting all pandemic restrictions

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 3 Mar 21

The freezing weather has been catastrophic for people in Texas,United States. The people have endured temperatures of well below zero,resulting in cracked pipes and record business for plumbers. Many people there rely on...

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Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand - Due to Climate Change!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 8 Feb 21

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. I came to know about a sad news so thought to share it with you guys. Their has occured Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand State in...

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What's happening??

Jessa Arienda @Hanbinandaeyo (3299) 23 Aug 20

South Korea experience flood by recent continuous raining, UAE experience frequent fires, California said to have a tornado fire which is really scary, Bicol Region in Philippines experience Magnitude 6.5 earthquake leadint to...

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Do you think there's a big one coming?

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 5 Jul 19

Not sure if people from California were already used to it but a 6.4 earth quake is huge for me. Experts way back were assuming a big one was coming and now some even think a bigger quake comes after this one. Not sure if they...

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How Do You Save a Million People From a Cyclone? Ask a Poor State in India. "Biggest Human Evacuation!!!"

DJ @Daljinder (23193) • Bangalore, India 5 May 19

The eastern coast of India braced itself for the worst super cyclone earlier this week. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) pin point prediction of the incoming cyclone catapulted Odisha (the eastern coastal...

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Japan's Mt. Aso erupted this morning

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 7 Oct 16

Mount Aso is on the island of Kyushu and put off a big ash cloud this morning. It went up at least 10,000 meters in the air and ash is expected to fall, largely in the area of the volcano, but possibly as far as 230 km away. The...

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Evacuation Centers

Jethro Dale Abrea @jethrodale (44) • Philippines 25 Feb 16

Philippines had been experiencing several disasters. It is said that a minimum of 26-30 storms will pass by the country. This natural disasters had been causing thousands loss of lives, damage to infrastructure, and hampers the...

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What kind of Natural Disaster(s) happens in your State? Or Country?

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 8 Jan 16

After a few days of continuous rain, this evening while driving home made me realize there are SO many potholes! I live in Southern California and the common natural disasters we experience are earthquakes and wildfires. Where...

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Have you ever been personally affected by a natural disaster?

Dawnwriter @Dawwriter (246) • Pakistan 10 Aug 15

We hear about natural disasters all the time on news channels. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions to name a few which can cause a lot of damage to property and infrastructure. I just wondered how many...

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All the haters wanted Jersey gone but they stood up to Sandy!

scorpiobabes @scorpiobabes (7225) • United States 31 Oct 12

As many of you have seen, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in extreme southern Jersey. She caused widespread flooding and power outages, but worse, she's taken away entire portions of the shore. Atlantic City has reportedly lost...

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Can These Earthquakes Be Avoided In The Future?

Artemeis @artemeis (4189) • China 9 Sep 12

I think a lot of you would have read about the recent earthquake in Yunnan, China and I find this rather disturbing because since the big earthquake in Szechuan 4 years ago, earthquakes have been occurring around my country almost...

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Only a hint of what's to come??

moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 27 Feb 12

I am living in Mackay in Central Queensland - right near the Whitsundays...over the weekend, we had a deluge of rain which has caused localised flooding but nothing too severe...on the news tonight, they said it was only a hint...

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Natural disaster

victorkrish @victorkrish (1614) • Malaysia 2 Feb 12

There is a lot of natural disaster, flood, tornado, hurricane, earthquake and son on. Which is most dangerous you think?

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And your point is…....?

isloooboy @isloooboy (1733) • United Arab Emirates 13 Sep 11

If you look around the globe, you will find so many conflicts, natural disasters, Increasing Crime, Decrease in Moral values, Anger is growing with highest ratio, Patience are depleting, Liar's are sitting on the highest post,...

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Flash Flooding

derlilaStern @derlilaStern (1756) • United States 8 Sep 11

Its no secret that the weather this year has been crazy all over the US! Fires in Texas, Earthquake in DC and Alaska, and flooding in the Northeast. It definitely makes you wonder what is happening! Today...

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When great disaster threatens, why do people stay?

Awinds @Awinds (2468) • United States 27 Aug 11

(Last question like this - I promise!) I was just reading yesterday about a certain surfer in North Carolina. He has willingly ignored evacuation orders. In the back of his truck are two surf boards. He says the waves created...

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