Nocere – Earth Disasters

A heavy blizzard recently landed on Ohio, covering the whole state with thick snow. The snow was more than 20 inches thick in the capital city Columbus, and has set a new record, breaking the town’s previous record of 15.3 inches back in February 1910. Several other places were affected too, including Indiana, Arkansas, Louisville and several others. The phenomenon has caused major traffic congestions while officers had issued a warning to citizens to not drive unless there were emergencies. On the other hand, flights within the state had to be either canceled or delayed due to the hazardous conditions.

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A man miraculously survived from a lightning strike while pumping gas into his gas tank. The bizzare incident was captured by a surveillance camera in the K&K Food Mart in Barker, New York, Wednesday. 44-year old victim Willian Hall claimed that when he started puming gas, he saw a very bright orange light, followed by a very bright white light, and then total darkness, as he fainted after current passed through his body. Hall was back up after 5 minutes, suffering from nothing but only sore muscles and blisters. Watch the video here.

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Nearly 800 have been killed in Haiti after being hit by lethal storms for the past two months.  As a result, a total of 793 citizens died from the four storms which landed on the Caribbean nation in August and September. The phenomena namely Gustav, Ike, Hanna, and Fay also left the Caribbean country with 548 injured and 300 missing. Gonaives was the region which suffered most casualties, with 466 deaths, while the buildings were all destroyed and covered by mud.

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