Worst United States Disasters

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Future shocks: think mother nature has dealt us her worst? Think again. Here are five natural disasters poised to strike the United States, and why they will be like nothing we have ever seen. (Popular Mechanics)

When an emergency or disaster strikes ... are you ready?(United States Military Section) (The Exceptional Parent)

An up-Hill battle; Getting money to disaster areas proves challenging.(United States. Congress on Hurricane Katrina, 2005) (Modern Healthcare)

Courting disaster. (United States relations with Iraq) (Column) (The New Leader)

Nasty election, nasty consequences; bad as the outcome of the vote has proved, the United States would be wrong to abandon unhappy El Salvador. (editorial) (The Economist (US))

Worlds Apart : In their first face-to-face encounter--as in the presidential campaign so far--Al Gore and George Bush won't pay much attention to the world outside the United States. That's too bad. (Newsweek International)

THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE: ONE OF AMERICA'S WORST URBAN DISASTERS (2005) (Film & History)

Montana's Worst Natural Disaster (Montana; The Magazine of Western History)

Big bad dreams: once again, TIE asked Washington's master catastrophist to lay out his most worrisome disaster scenarios. Here are the results. (The International Economy)

Anatomy of a disaster drill: hurricanes, tornados and floods, oh my! Florida is no stranger to natural disasters. It's the man-made variety that has three counties preparing for the worst.(Disaster Preparedness) (Health Management Technology)