Natural disasters primary source set with teacher’s guide Natural Disasters primary source set Disasters, Devastation and Destruction from America’s Library Severe Weather In Custodia Legis Natural Disasters: A Resource Guide National Geographic Natural Disasters National Severe Storms Laboratory Natural Disasters: Nature’s Fury lesson plan Avalanches & snow storms Cyclones hurricanes, typhoons Earthquakes Fire! Floods &…
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Today in History–September 8–the Library of Congress features the Galveston storm of 1900, which made landfall on this day and, according to the National Weather Service was the deadliest cyclone in U.S. history, responsible for the deaths of at least 8,000 people. Find out more by visiting the Today in History section, then click the links below to access…
Today in History–August 29–the Library of Congress features Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on this date in 2005 near Buras, Louisiana, and headed north. Two hours later New Orleans’ Industrial Canal levee had been breached and within an hour, the neighborhood known as the Lower Ninth Ward was under six-to-eight feet of water. This devastating hurricane caused damage from Texas…