Typhoon Nina brought severe flooding to the Philippines, causing the Banqiao Dam and a series of smaller nearby dams to collapse in 1975. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Bill Read of the National Hurricane Center says, "I would prepare for the worst and hope for the best." What exactly is the worst? Currently, Hurricane Irene is enormous. It's the size of several ...

Gordon, Eta and Mitch were previously hurricanes but weakened before making landfall. Yes, they just haven't made landfall in the United States as hurricanes. Hurricane Eta surged to an extremely ...

The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, the Great Hurricane of the West Indies, and the 1780 Disaster, was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane ...

Relief workers describe their efforts. Can be used as a case study on the impacts of Hurricane Mitch on an informal settlement in Honduras. List the factors that caused the settlements of ...