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FEBRUARY '94 Ist-6th-Madagascar-Cyclone Geralda, packing wind gusts of up to 320 kph, devastated the island-nation, destroying 70 per cent of the rice fields and causing wide~pread flooding. Called the "cyclone of the century", the stgrm kill~ places still without power from the previous winter storm. 15th-Vanuatu Islands-Earthquake, 6.0. -Southern Sumatra, Indonesia-Earthquake, 6.0. At least 190 people killed, more than 2,000 injured and 75,UOO hOmeless. 'Extensive damage from landslides, mudslide~ 35 at least people and left over half al million people' homeless. 8th-tJSA-A blizzard dumped close to a foot of snow, followed hy sleet and ice, on the north-east. Temperatures as low as 50 below zero recorded! in parts of Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas. 11th-USA-Worst stoM since 1978 hit eastern United States. The north-eastern US came to a halt, shutting down airports, financial markets, railroads and whole cities. Power outages, for tllousands in southern states lasted up to a week or more in some A'UGUST - SEPTEMBER 1994 and fires. Six thou sand homes, shops and government buildings were damaged or destroyed by landslides. 25th-Virginia, South Africa-A torrential cloudburst cllused a disused slime-dam to burst ,its banks, 'killing more than 100 people and destroying hundreds of houses. MARCH '94 2nd·3rd~USA~Anothermajor winter stonn, the fifteenth, pounded the north-eastern pan of the country, dumping up to two feet of snow, snarling air and commuter traffic, and cutting off New Jersey island towns from the mainland. 4th-Pem-River flooding caused by 'heavy mountain rains left at least 120,000 people homeless in Lima. 14th-Indonesia-Floods triggered by several days of heavy rain forced at least 1,000 people from their homes. In eastern Indonesia, at least five people were killed, and thQusands were forced to flee their homes because of flooding. 20th-USA-A 5.3 earthquake struck Los Angeles, one of the 6,000+ aftershocks from the January quake. -Thailand-Amidst the longest drought in history, a freak dry season storm inundated Bangkok, causing widespread flooding. 21st-Russia-An unusually snowy winter caused severe flood ing in the southern Russian region of Kalmykia At least seven J people died, and more than 1,300 were evacuated. 26th~Jordan--The heaviest rains to fallon the area in more than seven years caused severe flooding with some loss of me. -Indonesia-Severe flooding caused by heavy rains inundated hundreds of villages in Java. At least 67,000 people living in tem porary shelters in East Java faced food! shortages caused by the floods. 27th-USA-Killer storms moved through the south-east, spawn ing deadly tornadoes that left 44 dead and more than 160 injured. 28th-April 2nd-Bangladesh-Rainstorms with hurricane-force winds, and haifstones weighing over two kilograms, lashed south ern and north-eastern Bangladesh, killing close to 40 pepple and damaging crops and vegetation. APRIL '94 2nd-United Kingdom-Fierce storms. with driving rain and gale force winds left a trail of destruction across Britain. 8th-Japan-Earthquake, measuring 6.4 off the east coast of Honshu, generated local tsunami waves. ISth-USA~Californian authorities declared this the eighth dri est year of the century, and said they may have to cut water alloca tions to Sacramento and San Joaquin farmers by 25 per cent. 16th-Canada-Floods along the Maine-Canadian border killed NEXUS· 11