Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Even though it was not the deadliest hurricane in the region, Hurricane Katrina was the costliest. The damaged totaled a whopping $81 billion and killed more than 1,800 people. The most lives were lost in New Orleans by the category 5 storm.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
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The Haiyuan Earthquake, 1920
Can you imagine an earthquake so powerful that it even changed the course of some rivers? It actually happened in 1920 in Haiyuan County, China. Over 235,000 people lost their lives in this horrific natural disaster. Due to frequent aftershocks, residents only built temporary shelters which caused many of them to perish during the severe winter that followed.
The Haiyuan Earthquake, 1920
