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Lahar Meets Locomotive: New Zealand’s Tangiwai Railway Disaster of Christmas Eve 1953
The Tangiwai disaster of 1953, New Zealand’s worst railway accident, is an environmental disaster with an enduring legacy.
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New York Harbor and the Vicious Circle of the Winter of 1917–1918
Severe winter weather in 1917–1918 paralyzed New York Harbor impacting logistical operations for the Allies in World War I.
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Living in the Time of a Subsurface Revolution: The 1783 Calabrian Earthquake Sequence
In 1783, strong earthquakes shook Calabria. These events, in combination with a dry sulfuric fog, led contemporaries to believe they lived in the time of a “subsurface revolution.”
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A Killer Air: Delineating Disaster in Mexico City
A noxious air forces Mexico City to confront its unwavering urbanizing and industrializing mission in the late twentieth century.