natural disasters
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What Is A Derecho? (Hint: Highly Destructive Force Of Nature)
You’re in the middle of a midwestern field right now. You feel a warm breeze gathering. Then wall of clouds starts heading in your direction. The wind gets stronger. Then a thunderstorm comes out of nowhere.
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Microbursts Are Just As Scary As Tornadoes
Golf ball-sized hail. Intense, gusting wind smashing the ground and spreading out, pushing everything in its way. Torrential downpour making it impossible to see anything farther than an inch away. My god, microbursts are previews for the apocalypse.
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Photographers Survey Japan One Month After The Earthquake
The Big Picture has a quality photo package of Japan one month after the massive earthquake and tsunami. There’s still wreckage, aftershocks, evacuations and radiation, reminding us Japan has a long road to recovery. [The Big Picture]
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How One Japanese Mariner Took The Tsunami Head On And Won
With tsunami warnings blaring, 64-year-old Susumu Sugawara didn’t head for higher ground like most of the 3500 or so inhabitants of Oshima, the small island on which he lives. Sugawara knew that if he let the storm destroy his fleet, his island risked becoming isolated after the calamity subsided. So he got in his favourite…