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USwthr_disasters_TL.ID = "USwthr_disasters_TL";
USwthr_disasters_TL.ID_WB = 5060239;
USwthr_disasters_TL.sPubDate = "9/2/2004 6:09:06 PM GMT";
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USwthr_disasters_TL.appHeader = "timeline|Worst U.S. weather disasters";
USwthr_disasters_TL.appDeck = "Worst weather disasters of the 20th century from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration";
USwthr_disasters_TL.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press";
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USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Galveston Hurricane, 1900","A 20-foot storm surge swept over Galveston Island and killed an estimated 8,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Dust Bowl of the 1930s","When drought swept the Great Plains and plunged thousands into poverty as farmers abandoned their land to seek better lives elsewhere.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Tornado outbreak in 1974","When 148 tornadoes swept through the country from the Great Lakes to Alabama and Mississippi and killed 315 people.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Hurricane Camille in 1969","Claimed 256 lives.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Great Midwest Flood of 1993","The costliest flood in U.S. history, claimed 48 lives and caused $18 billion in damage.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","El Nino episodes of 1982-83 and 1997-98","Caused storms that battered the West Coast and set rainfall records in the Southeast.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Hurricane Andrew in 1992","Caused 23 deaths and $25 billion in damage in Florida and Louisiana.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","New England hurricane in 1938","With 600 fatalities and millions in damage from New York to Boston.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Winter superstorm of 1993","Battered the eastern seaboard and claimed 79 lives.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Tristate tornado of 1925","Killed 695 in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Oklahoma-Kansas tornado outbreak in 1999","With 42 dead.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Great Okeechobee flood and hurricane in 1928","Killed 1,836.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Storm of the Century, 1950","Brought snow and hurricane-force winds to 22 states and claimed 383 lives.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","Florida Keys Hurricane","Also known as the Labor Day Hurricane, killed more than 400 in 1935.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
USwthr_disasters_TL[i++] = new Array("","New England blizzard of 1978","Paralyzed New England for a week.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
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