Disaster's

By: Garrett Hundley

Hurricane Sandy• Hurricane sandy started in Cuba and moved to too New York and New

Jersey. It was a category 3 Hurricane . At least 286 people were killed in seven different countries. It was the 2nd major hurricane of the year .

• In Jamaica 70% of the residents were left without power.

The destruction of Pompeii

many people in pompeii spoke Greek and Latin. A few other towns were destroyed by the blast 1 is Herculaneum . Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D 79. pompeii is found in Italy close to Naples. Pyroclastic flows can incinerate the body and kill almost Instantly.

The Titanic

• The titanic set sail on April 10, 1912 at Southampton England.• It sank on April 14 . 90 % of the people who died on Board

were men . Only 705 people survived. There was a lifeboat drill but captain Smith canceled it. A first class passenger paid

• $4,350 for a parlor suite ticket and $150 for a berth ticket.• Most of the people who survived were first class passengers.

Hurricane Katrina

• Hurricane Katrina was a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir- • Simpson scale. More than 1, 700 people were killed and

hundreds of thousands without a home. The winds speeds reached up to 145 miles- per -hour. More than 10,000 people were inside the super dome. Survivors moved to start a better life as far away as Massachusetts and Utah. Some of the levees and canals broke and crumbled. Hurricane Katrina

• left three states without power.

The tohoku tsunami and earthquake

• The earthquake was a magnitude 9.0. The strongest ever recorded in Japan. It started on Friday March 11, 2011.

• After the tsunami, the power plant started to leak radiation.• The earthquake was the fifth strongest ever since they started

to record them in the year 1900.