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For hundreds of thousands of people commuting into London, the morning of July 7, 2005 began
just like any other. But at the peak of the rush hour, bombs were detonated in three crowded subway trains and aboard a London
bus. At least 52 people died, along with four bombers, and 700 were injured. A week later, millions stood in silence to honour
the victims of the deadliest attack in Britain since World War II. A week after that, the transport system was hit again -
with attempted explosions on three more Tube trains and another bus.
Terror in London
Missing
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2004 Tsunami Disaster
Wave
of Destruction
A devastating earthquake
of high magnitude occurred on December 26, 2004 off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The resulting Tsunami killed thousands
of people in Southern India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, etc. In India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra,
Pradesh, Kerala were worst hit.
Photos Courtesy: National
Remote Sensing Agency
Tsunami Photo 1
Tsunami Photo 2
Tsunami Photo 3
Tsunami Photo 4
Tsunami Photo 5
Tsunami Photo 6
Tsunami Photo 7
Tsunami Photo 8
Virtually no place was left habitable after the tsunamis struck and destroyed most of the infrastructure and
swept away nearly all of the food and drinking water.
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Hurricane
Katrina – August 23, 2005
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed
on August
23 during the 2005
Atlantic hurricane season and caused devastation along much of the north-central Gulf
Coast. The most severe loss
of life and property damage occurred in New
Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. The hurricane caused
severe destruction across the entire Mississippi coast and into Alabama, as far as 100 miles (160 km) from the storm's center. Katrina was the eleventh tropical storm,
fifth hurricane, third major
hurricane, and second Category
5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season.
August
29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, destroying lives, leveling homes and leaving thousands of survivors
with the same story: We lost everything. One year later, many still coped with Katrina's devastation. Some had moved forward,
but for others recovery was at a standstill.
Scenes of Destruction
The Aftermath
Landmarks Over Time
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Virginia Tech University Massacre- 4/16/2007
Not only the deadliest shooting on campus but the deadliest shooting in US history.
Remember 4/16/07
During the early morning hours of April 16,
a gunman went on a rampage on the Virginia Tech campus. By the time he was done, more than 30 students and faculty members
were dead.
Source: CNN.com
May God Bless
Our World
In The End . . .
 
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