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2,000 1893 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane: Tropical cyclone: Louisiana: Fatalities estimated 1,700 1980 1980 United States heat wave: Heat wave: Central and southern states $20,000,000,000 (1980 USD) Official death toll, may have been higher 1,500–2,500 1871 Peshtigo Fire: Wildfire: Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The 2000 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California during 2000. According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) statistics, 7,622 fires burned a total of 295,026 acres (119,393 hectares). [1] Cal Fire wildfire suppression costs for fires that burned ...
Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast ( 1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which analyzed Easter dates from 1600 to 2099, the most common dates for Easter are March 31 and April 16. Over the 500 years, Easter will have occurred or is ...
The 2010 Baja California earthquake (also known as 2010 Easter earthquake, 2010 Sierra El Mayor earthquake, or 2010 El Mayor – Cucapah earthquake) occurred on April 4 ( Easter Sunday) with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ). The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time (3:40:41 PM PDT) south of ...
Easter 2023. Which brings us to our central question: Why is Easter on a different date each year? And why is it on April 9, 2023, this year, which is later than last year and the year before?
Unlike fixed holidays like Halloween and Christmas, Easter is considered a "moveable feast" and can fall anywhere from March 22 and April 25," according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. Easter falls ...
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [2] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.