After the success of the 2008 earthquake drill with 5.5 million participants, the California ShakeOut is now an annual event held on the third Thursday of October.

Also known as the Great White Hurricane, this legendary snowstorm paralyzed the East Coast of U.S from Maine to Virginia and the Atlantic provinces of Canada.

A series of earthquakes toppled buildings in central Italy, resulting in a death toll of 297 people in addition to leaving thousands of residents homeless.

One of the most devastating storms in Atlantic Canada history, Hurricane Juan made landfall near Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 29, 2003.

With maximum wind speeds of 205 mph, a violent tornado swept Butler and Black Hawk Counties in Iowa, leaving a path of destruction for 43 miles on May 25, 2008.

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 24 megatons of thermal energy and created the largest landslide ever recorded in historic times.

The town of Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland was partially buried under lava flows from Eldfell and citizens fought to save it.

After days of blizzards and delays, an avalanche on Windy Mountain near the town of Wellington, Washington killed 96 people traveling on the Great Northern Railroad.

A two-minute earthquake in the Dragon's Gate Mountains in Western China near the eastern edge of Tibet, sent shock waves as far away as Russia, India and Pakistan.

Known as the Super Outbreak, 148 tornadoes touched down in an area stretching from Ontario Canada in the north to Alabama in the south over a 2 day period.

Noted as the largest landslide in Canada, the Frank Slide in the Rocky Mountains confirmed the Indian legend that Turtle Mountain was able to move.

Regina Saskatchewan Canada was hit by a deadly tornado that devastated the city's business district and wealthy residential area