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Recent Volcanic Activity

(Bold indicates activity in 2008, 2009, and 2010) The following table shows the recent and ongoing volcanic history around the world by year of activity and volcano name…

Major Floods

1889May 31, Johnstown, Pa.: collapse of South Fork Dam left more than 2,200 dead.Other Floods, Avalanches, and Tidal WavesFireWorst United States DisastersHurricane

Major Avalanches

1910March 1, Wellington, Wash.: 2 trains snowbound in Stevens Pass in Cascade Range swept off tracks into canyon 150 ft below, killing 96.AircraftWorst United States DisastersDam

Nature

Animal Groups Animal Names: Male, Female, and Young Animal Group Terminology Gestation, Incubation, and Longevity of Selected Animals Speed of Animals Animal Hall of Fame…

Poems: Nature

Nature Contents May-Flower Why? A Service of Song Summer's Armies The Grass Summer Shower Psalm of the Day The Sea of Sunset Purple Clover The Bee Two Worlds The Mountain A Day The…

The Nature of Volcanoes

Volcanoes are built by the accumulation of their own eruptive products—lava, bombs (crusted over ash flows), and tephra (airborne ash and dust). A volcano is most commonly a conical hill or mountain…

Forces of Nature

Director:Bronwen HughesWriter:Marc LawrenceDreamWorks; 102 minutes; PG-13Release:4/99Cast:Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney Forces of Nature is a soggy romp through odd-couple…

Brewer's: Natural

(A). A born idiot; one on whom education can make no impression. As nature made him, so he remains. A natural child. One not born in lawful wedlock. The Romans called the children of…

Brewer's: Nature

In a state of nature. Nude or naked. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NaughtNatural A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…