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Famine
averted |
1973 |
July |
|
West
Central Africa |
Africa |
Weather |
Drought |
No |
Cardex |
Fire,
Famine & Disease |
1913 |
March |
|
Ohio,
Indiana, Nebraska |
America |
Weather |
Tornadoes,
flood, storms |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Severe
storms kill 150 |
1941 |
March |
15th-16th |
Minnesota
&S/Dakota |
America |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Raging
storm: 34+dead |
1945 |
November |
30th |
North
East America |
America |
Weather |
Snow
& gales |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Freak
storm: 16 dead |
1947 |
April |
29th |
Worth
Missouri |
America |
Weather |
Windstorm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Ice
storm kills 38 |
1948 |
January |
24th-31st |
Southern
America |
America |
Weather |
Ice
storm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Heatwave
kills 44 |
1951 |
August |
1st-22nd |
Central
Texas |
America |
Weather |
Prolonged
Heat |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Heavy
Storms kill 30 |
1953 |
January |
8th-11th |
NewEngland,York,Jersey |
America |
Weather |
Storms
4dys |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:47
Injured:200 |
1955 |
March |
22nd/23rd |
Colorado,Idaho,Montana |
America |
Weather |
Snow/Tornado |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Low
temperatures:41 dead |
1955 |
March |
27th-28th |
Eastern
America |
America |
Weather |
Storms/Cold |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:10
Injured:135 |
1956 |
May |
12th |
Michigan
& Ohio |
America |
Weather |
Tornado/Rain |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead
in 15 states:71 |
1959 |
January |
21st-23rd |
East&Midwest
America |
America |
Weather |
Floods/Snow |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:
40+ Inj: 1250 |
1962 |
March |
5th-9th |
East
coast of |
America |
Weather |
Heavy
storm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
Doreen:25dead |
1962 |
October |
6th |
Lower
California |
America |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Severe
storm:46 dead |
1962 |
October |
11th-13th |
Pacific
North West |
America |
Weather |
Winds
120mph |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Snow,
Winds,Temp: 26+dead |
1963 |
January |
1st |
North
East America |
America |
Weather |
Intense
storm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Subzero
temperatures:150dead |
1963 |
January |
24th |
Eastern
seaboard |
America |
Weather |
Frigid
cold wave |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Severe
storm: 166 dead |
1966 |
January |
31st |
Maine
to Florida |
America |
Weather |
Winter
storm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Great
Lakes battered |
1972 |
November |
14th |
Mid
West & North East |
America |
Weather |
Storms,Snow |
No |
Cardex |
Lake
Michigan floods |
1973 |
April |
9th |
Midwest |
America |
Weather |
Storm
for 24hrs |
No |
Cardex |
Eleven
states disaster |
1973 |
May |
26-28th |
South
Central USA |
America |
Weather |
Tornadoes |
No |
Cardex |
Temp
excess of 100f: 1,200+ dead |
1980 |
June |
|
Dallas |
America |
Weather |
Heatwave |
No |
Cardex |
Floods/landslides:37dd |
1982 |
January |
3rd-5th |
San
Francisco Bay |
America |
Weather |
Rainstorm |
No |
Cardex |
Blizzards,Rain,Tornadoes |
1982 |
December |
(early) |
Western
America |
America |
Weather |
Snow,Rain
etc |
No |
Cardex |
Temperatures
kills 128 |
1985 |
January |
(late) |
E
& South east America |
America |
Weather |
Cold
wave |
No |
Cardex |
Heatwave
kills 80+ |
1987 |
July/August |
(late/early) |
|
America |
Weather |
Temp:38C |
No |
Cardex |
Tornadoes
& floods |
1989 |
May |
6th |
Texas
- Oklahoma |
America |
Weather |
Storm |
No |
Cardex |
Thunderstorms
& winds |
1991 |
March |
28th/29th |
Georgia
to Virginia |
America |
Weather |
Thunderstorms |
No |
Cardex |
Tornado
like storms: 12 dead Inj:29 |
1992 |
Autumn |
|
Mississippi |
America |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
Extra
tropical cyclone |
1992 |
December |
10th-11th |
North
East America |
America |
Weather |
Winter
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Killer
Storm: 112 dead |
1993 |
|
|
|
America |
Weather |
Storms |
Yes |
408 |
Us
Storms claim 173 |
1993 |
March |
12th/15th |
|
America |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
Temperature
95f: 30+ dead |
1993 |
July |
|
East
Coast |
America |
Weather |
Heatwave |
No |
Cardex |
Heatwave
kills dozens |
1993 |
July |
(early) |
North
east America |
America |
Weather |
Temp.
100f |
No |
Cardex |
Series
of Wildfires |
1993 |
Oct/Nov |
late/early |
Southern
California |
America |
Weather |
Santa
Ana wind |
No |
Cardex |
Bitter
cold kills 140 |
1994 |
January |
(mid) |
Midwest-EastSeaboard |
America |
Weather |
Temp:-22f |
No |
Cardex |
Tropical
storm Alberto |
1994 |
July |
(early) |
Georgia,Alabama,Florida |
America |
Weather |
Tropical
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Counties
34 Disaster Areas |
1995 |
January |
early/mid |
Rio
Linda,California |
America |
Weather |
Violent
storms |
No |
Cardex |
California
hit again |
1995 |
March |
(early) |
California |
America |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
Winds,
Large Hailstones |
1995 |
May |
5th |
Dallas
& Fort Worth |
America |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
Heat
wave kills 1000 |
1995 |
July |
|
Midwest
& East |
America |
Weather |
Temp.
100f |
No |
Cardex |
Bitter
cold grips nation |
1996 |
February |
2nd-4th |
|
America |
Weather |
Temp:-76f |
No |
Cardex |
Heatwave
kills 20 |
1996 |
July |
(early) |
Oklahoma
& Texas |
America |
Weather |
Temp:100f+ |
No |
Cardex |
Mudslides
kill 12 |
1996 |
November |
18th-22nd |
N/W
America |
America |
Weather |
Snow/Ice |
No |
Cardex |
Storms
kill 29 |
1996 |
December |
26th-31st |
California
- Washington |
America |
Weather |
Rain/Snow |
No |
Cardex |
Blistering
Heat kills 110 |
1998 |
June-July |
|
Texas |
America |
Weather |
Heat
wave |
No |
Cardex
|
Storms,
Floods: 21 dead |
1998 |
June |
late |
Mid
West & East |
America |
Weather |
Tornadoes |
No |
Cardex
|
Storms
kill 34 |
1949 |
November |
28th |
|
America&Canada |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Storms
kill 34 |
1950 |
January |
15th |
|
America&Canada |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods,
Mud Slides,Winds |
1986 |
February |
13th-14th |
California
-Canada |
America-Canada |
Weather |
Pacific
storms |
No |
Cardex |
Weather
kills 100 |
1972 |
January |
4th |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Weather |
Heatwave
100f |
No |
Cardex |
Dead:
239 Miss: 89 Inj:93 |
1963 |
September |
15th |
Eastern
Asia |
Asia |
Weather |
Typhoon
Gloria |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods,Heat,Bushfires |
1982 |
January |
26th |
|
Australia |
Weather |
Storms/heatWave |
No |
Cardex |
Dead:200
Injured:15,000 |
1973 |
April |
12th |
Faridpur
District |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Winds/Rains |
No |
Cardex |
Violent
weather kills 24 |
1982 |
April |
(early) |
|
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Storms/Torndo |
No |
Cardex |
Killed
12 in 2 days |
1985 |
October |
16th/17th |
|
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Typhoons |
No |
Cardex |
Bad
Weather kills 92 |
1986 |
April |
14th |
Gopalganj-Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Ice/Wind
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
High
Waves Hit South Coast |
1988 |
October |
19th |
Southern
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Brutal
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Coldest
weather in 20 yrs |
1989 |
January |
(mid) |
|
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Cold,cyclones |
No |
Cardex |
Tropical
storm kills 166 |
1990 |
March/April |
late/early |
|
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Summer
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Fishermen
killed in storm |
1990 |
October |
(early) |
Bay
of Bengal |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
High
waves |
No |
Cardex |
Children
& elderly die |
1993 |
January |
(early) |
|
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Cold
wave 1wk |
No |
Cardex |
Children
& elderly killed |
1994 |
January |
(mid) |
N
& N/W Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Cold
snap |
No |
Cardex |
Tropical
storm kills 229 |
1994 |
April |
17th |
|
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Tropical
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Bitter
cold kills 120 |
1995 |
January |
(early) |
Northern
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Cold |
No |
Cardex |
Storm
hits 250 houses |
1997 |
March |
23rd |
Chittagong |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Winds
124 kph |
No |
Cardex |
Unusual
weather:130+dead |
1998 |
January |
early |
Northern
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Weather |
Cold
spell |
No |
Cardex
|
Fierce
typhoon kills 27 |
1981 |
December |
11th |
|
Bangladesh/India |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
Cardex |
Dead:
50 Missing: 300 |
1967 |
October |
11th |
|
Bay
of Bengal |
Weather |
Severe
storm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Killed:
15 Injured: 46 |
1997 |
June |
23rd |
|
Belarus
& Ukraine |
Weather |
Heavy
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Dead:
59 |
1959 |
August |
15th |
Southern
Brazil |
Brazil |
Weather |
High
Winds |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Children
dead: 56 |
1975 |
December |
|
Nova
Iguacu |
Brazil |
Weather |
Heatwave |
No |
Cardex |
Swirling
winds kill 43 |
1982 |
June |
26th-27th |
Parana
& Sao Paulo |
Brazil |
Weather |
Winds
90mph |
No |
Cardex |
Houses
collapse |
1985 |
September |
30th |
Minas
Gerais |
Brazil |
Weather |
Freak
hailstorm |
No |
Cardex |
Gales
& raging seas kill 29 |
1991 |
January |
5th/6th |
|
Britain
& Ireland |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
British
Isles hit by storm |
1986 |
August |
25th |
Ireland,Scotland,England |
British
Isles |
Weather |
Hurricane
Charley |
No |
Cardex |
Killed:
100+ |
1965 |
October |
28-29th |
Central
Burma |
Burma |
Weather |
Cyclonic
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
Fisherman
dead:12 |
1959 |
June |
21st |
Newcastle,Newbrunswick |
Canada |
Weather |
Atlantic
Gales |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Town
of Lively destroyed |
1970 |
August |
20th |
Lake
Huron, Ontario |
Canada |
Weather |
Freak
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Earth
cave in: 31 dead |
1971 |
May |
4th |
StJean
deVianneyQuebec |
Canada |
Weather |
Excessive
rains |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Ships,planes
etc ruined. |
1975 |
March |
(late) |
British
Columbia |
Canada |
Weather |
Violent
Storm |
No |
Cardex |
Storm
kills 26 |
1957 |
January |
17th |
Palma
Island |
Canary
Island |
Weather |
Rainstorm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Archipelago
hit by storm |
1984 |
September |
16th-17th |
|
Cape
Verde |
Weather |
Violent
storm |
No |
Cardex |
Tropical
storm 'Dorothy' |
1970 |
August |
19th |
Eastern
Caribbean Sea |
Caribbean |
Weather |
Storm |
No |
Cardex |
Storms
kill 100 |
1940 |
July |
25th |
Northern
Province |
Chile |
Weather |
Storms |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Homeless:
70000 |
1965 |
August |
9-16th |
Central
Chile |
Chile |
Weather |
Violent
storms |
No |
Cardex |
Dead:200
Injured:100 |
1948 |
June |
7th |
Tungting
Lake area |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Fishing
boats sink:800d |
1948 |
September |
27th |
Leichow |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
kills 30 |
1948 |
October |
2nd |
Hainan
island |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
kills 1,000 |
1949 |
August |
7th |
|
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
Iris: 2300 dead |
1959 |
August |
20th |
Fukien
Province |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
Mary:1690 dead |
1960 |
June |
9th |
Hong
Kong & Fukien |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
kills:730+ Inj:100's |
1964 |
September |
5th |
Hong
Kong&Kwangtung |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon
Ruby |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Typhoon
Clara kills many |
1981 |
September |
21st |
Fujian
Province |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon
Clara |
No |
Cardex |
Typhoon
'Ike' |
1984 |
September |
6th |
off
coast of Beihai |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
Cardex |
Typhoon
kills 177 |
1985 |
July |
30th |
Zhejiang
Province |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon |
No |
Cardex |
Typhoon
kills 38+ |
1987 |
July |
28th |
Zhejiang
Province |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon
Alex |
No |
Cardex |
Weather
kills 83 |
1988 |
July |
3rd-12th |
Nanjing |
China |
Weather |
Heat
wave |
No |
Cardex |
Weather
kills 1440 |
1988 |
July |
19th |
Southern
China |
China |
Weather |
Heat
wave |
No |
Cardex |
Weather
kills 157 |
1989 |
April |
20th |
Sichuan
Province |
China |
Weather |
Hailstorm |
No |
Cardex |
Typhoon
Brenda kills 26 |
1989 |
May |
(late) |
Southern
China |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon
Brenda |
No |
Cardex |
Typhoon
Vera kills 162 |
1989 |
September |
16th |
Zhejiang
Province |
China |
Weather |
Typhoon
Vera |
No |
Cardex |
Three
typhoons kill 63 |
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