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Tidal
Wave kills 9,000 |
1900 |
September |
8th |
Galveston |
America |
Tidal
Wave |
Hurricane |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Wave
10ft high: 10 dead |
1996 |
November |
17th |
Nr.
Brownsville, Texas |
America |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Tidal
Wave 12ft: 20 dead |
1974 |
November |
29th |
off
Cox's Bazaar |
Bangladesh |
Tidal
Wave |
Cyclone |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Fishermen
dead: 800 |
1976 |
January |
19th |
Ganges
Delta |
Bangladesh |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Shanties
& Boats:100dead |
1995 |
May |
17th |
South
East Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Tidal
Wave |
Vicious
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Channel
Coast Devastated |
1904 |
February |
3rd |
Southern
England |
England |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Tidal
Waves x 2: 12dd |
1979 |
October |
16th |
French
Riviera |
France |
Tidal
wave |
Water
Landslide |
No |
Cardex |
Villages
struck: 618 dead |
1969 |
May |
17th-21st |
Vijayawada,Bay
of Bengal |
India |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Children
swept away |
1988 |
October |
25th |
Bay
of Bengal |
India |
Tidal
Wave |
Huge
wave |
No |
Cardex |
Fishermen
missing:400 |
1997 |
August |
22nd |
West
Bengal |
India |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Tidal
Wave 6ft: 539dead |
1979 |
July |
18th |
Lomblem
Island |
Indonesia |
Tidal
wave |
Volcano
Collapse |
No |
Cardex |
Tidal
Wave kills 60 |
1942 |
November |
28th |
Kyushu |
Japan |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
East
of Java: 170+ dead Injured:400+ |
1994 |
June |
3rd |
Coastal
Villages |
Java |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Underwater
Earthquake:6000 dead |
1998 |
July |
17th |
N/W
Coast of Papua |
New
Guinea |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
Yes |
396 |
Tidal
waves kill 150 |
1946 |
April |
1st |
Alaska
- Hawaii area of |
Pacific
Ocean |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Believed
dead: 500,000 |
1970 |
November |
12-13th |
Ganges-Brahmaputra |
Pakistan |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Wave
kills fishermen:10 |
1996 |
February |
21st |
North
Peru |
Peru |
Tidal
Wave |
Earthquake |
No |
Cardex |
Killed:
8000 |
1976 |
August |
17th |
Mindano&Sulu
Archipelago |
Philippines |
Tidal
Wave |
Earthquake |
No |
Cardex |
Drowned
200+ |
1942 |
July |
15th |
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Taiwan |
Tidal
Wave |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Wave
kills 500 |
1955 |
June |
23rd |
Near
Patani |
Thailand |
Tidal
wave |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
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