Hurricane Galveston - Sept. 8, 1900According to LiveScience…
10. Aggravated allergies. Higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures associated with global warming are also playing a role by prodding plants to bloom earlier and produce more pollen.
9. Animals are moving up to higher land. This is mostly due to changes in their habitats caused by global warming.
8. Arctic natural life is blooming sooner. The ice melts earlier in spring, and higher levels of the form of the photosynthesis product chlorophyll in modern soils than in ancient soils shows a biological bloom in the Arctic in the recent decades.
7. Lakes are disappearing. The permafrost underneath the lakes probably thawed out so the water in the lakes can seep through the soil, draining the lake, and the ecosystems they support also lose their homes.
6. Layer of permanently frozen soil is thawing under the ground’s surface. This causes holes and occurs unevenly, so damage is done to structures such as railroad tracks, highways and houses.
5. Animals playing “survival of the fittest.” The plants are blooming earlier each year, meaning unless animals can reset their internal clocks and get into the open earlier each year, most of their food will be gone and they may not have sufficient time to produce offspring.
4. Less dense atmosphere and less drag. More carbon dioxide emissions causes more of its kind in the air, which, in turn, causes more cooling and again, in turn, causes the air to settle, leaving the atmosphere less dense with less drag.
3. Mountains are growing taller. As glaciers melt, weight that normally pushed against the Earth’s surface is now lifted and the surface slowly springs back up.
2. Ruins are being destroyed. Rising seas and extreme weather can completely destroy temples, ancient grounds and other artifacts, such as Sukothai, which was once the capital of a Thai Kingdom.
1. Forest fires. Canada and the United States are suffering from an extreme number of forest fires, which are due to warmer temperatures and snow that melts earlier, the latter which causes the grounds to stay drier for longer, giving flames more opportunities to develop.
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1 Ojos del Salado, Argentina/Chile
2 San Pedro, Chile
3 Guallatiri, Chile
4 Cotopaxi, Ecuador
5 Tupungatito, Chile
6 Lascar, Chile
7 Popocatepetl, Mexico
8 Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
9 Sangay, Ecuador
10 Guagua Pichincha, Ecuador
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10. Mount Etna, Sicily
Year: 1169
Casualties: 15,000
9. Vesuvius, Italy
Year: 1631
Casualties: 18,000
8. Vesuvius, Italy
Year: 79
Casualties: 18,000
7. Laki, Iceland
Year: 1783
Casualties: 20,000
6. Mount Etna, Sicily
Year: 1669
Casualties: 20,000
5. Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
Year: 1985
Casualties: 23,000
4. Krakatoa, Sumatra & Java
Year: 1883
Casualties: 36,000
3. Mont Pelee, Martinique
Year: 1902
Casualties: 40,000
2. Unsen, Japan
Year: 1793
Casualties: 53,000
1. Tambora, Indonesia
Year: 1815
Casualties: 92,000
1. Indonesia - 104,055
2. Sri Lanka - 48,677
3. India - 15,493
4. Thailand - 5,246
5. Somalia - 176
6. Burma - 90
7. Maldives - 82
8. Malaysia - 68
9. Tanzania - 10
10. Seychelles - 3
Source: BBC, CBC, Wikipedia, Reuters
Definition: Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here.
1. Australia $819,900,000
2. Germany $653,000,000
3. Japan $500,000,000
4. United States $350,000,000
5. Canada $344,960,000
6. Netherlands $300,500,000
7. Norway $175,300,000
8. Kuwait $100,000,000
9. United Kingdom $93,550,000
10. Italy $91,400,000
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Definition: Number of foreign tourists visiting the tsunami hit areas who are not reachable, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).
1. Japan 700
2. Germany 668
3. Sweden 637
4. Switzerland 500
5. Austria 500
6. United States 456
7. United Kingdom 359
8. Belgium 350
9. Australia 349
10. Italy 310
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State
1. Katrina - $63 billion - 2005
2. Andrew - $43.7 billion - 1992
3. Charley - $15 billion - 2004
4. Ivan - $14.2 billion - 2004
5. Hugo - $12.3 billion - 1989
6. Agnes - $11.3 billion - 1972
7. Betsy - $10.8 billion - 1965
8. Frances - $8.9 billion - 2004
9. Camille - $8.9 billion - 1969
10. Diane - $7 billion - 1955
1. Florida Keys 1935
2. Hurricane Camille
3. Hurricane Andrew
4. Florida and Texas 1919
5. Lake Okeechobee 1928
6. Hurricane Donna
7. Galveston, Texas 1900
7. Grand Isle Hurricane
7. Louisiana 1915
7. Hurricane Carla
1. Hurricane Andrew
2. Hurricane Hugo
3. Hurricane Floyd
4. Hurricane Fran
5. Hurricane Opal
6. Hurricane Georges
7. Hurricane Frederic
8. Hurricane Agnes
9. Hurricane Alicia
10. Hurricane Bob
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