Natural Disasters That Made Headlines

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• Which natural disaster caused the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004?
• Hurricane Katrina made headlines in 2005 primarily because it caused catastrophic flooding in which U.S. city?
• The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan is commonly known by which name?
• Which 2022 natural event disrupted air travel across the Pacific region after producing a powerful atmospheric…
• The 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti was centered near the capital, [____].
• Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded at landfall, struck the Philippines in [____].
• The 2015 earthquake disaster that killed thousands and triggered avalanches on Mount Everest occurred in [____].
• In 2010, the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull caused widespread flight cancellations across [____].