To: edmond246
To: colinhester
That highest death toll from a tsunami number from Guinness Book of World Records has been surpassed by at least twice that number in this disaster.
6 posted on
12/28/2004 11:54:22 AM PST by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: colinhester
11 posted on
12/28/2004 11:55:57 AM PST by
Conspiracy Guy
(Pray for the millions of lives disrupted by tsunami.)
To: colinhester
Highest Death Toll From A Tsunami
Following an earthquake off the coast of Sanriku, Japan, in 1896, approximately 27,000 people were drowned when a tsunami hit the coast. A wave that struck Shirahama had an amplitude of 38.2 m (125 ft).
55 posted on
12/28/2004 1:30:30 PM PST by
b4its2late
(Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough.)
To: colinhester
From your link:
HIGHEST DEATH TOLL FROM A FLOOD
An estimated 900,000 people were killed when the Huang He (Yellow River), Huayan Kou, China, burst its banks in October 1887.
Just damn.
56 posted on
12/28/2004 1:30:59 PM PST by
BureaucratusMaximus
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" - Hillary Clinton)
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