What were some natural disasters that happened in the 1950's?

Question

I have been researching at the library and on the internet but I can not find any thing

Answer 1

Hurricane Hazel was a big one.-1954
Assam, India, 1950: earthquake (1,526 dead)
Holland, 1953: Sea flood (1,794 dead)
Iran, 1953: Rain flood (10,000 dead)
Louisiana, USA, 1957: Hurricane (400 dead)
Worldwide, 1957: Influenza pandemic (about four million dead)
Japan, 1958: Typhoon (5,000 dead)
China, 1958-61: Famine (38 million dead)

Answer 2

Have included the links
Good Luck hope this helps!
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http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestWave.htm
Location: Lituya Bay, on the southern coast of Alaska, just north of Glacier Bay.

Facts: On July 9, 1958 a HUGE earthquake (8.3 magnitude) triggered a HUGE landslide at the head of Lituya Bay. The first (and biggest) wave was an incredible 1,720ft./516m high

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http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/hist/disasters-war.html#1950
Train Wreck 79 1950 Richmond Hill, N.Y.: One Long Island Railroad commuter train crashed into rear of another. List at InfoPlease
Train Wreck 85 1951 Woodbridge, N.J.: Pennsylvania Railroad commuter train plunged through temporary overpass. List at InfoPlease
Democide 12-14 K 1948-93 Apartheid in South Africa. 69 killed in 1969 riot in Sharpville.
Epidemic 3K 1952 US Polio
Smog 4K 1952 London, England: high-pressure system settled over London, trapping pollution near the ground. Some 4,000 people died in "Great Smog," mostly from respiratory and cardiac distress.
Blizzard/
Train 1 1952 One engineer was killed when his rescue snowplow was hit by an avalanche trying to rescue passengers on a train snowbound in the Sierra Nevada for 3 days. Story
War 1-2 M 1950-53 Korea
Storm/
Marine 2000+ 1953 North Sea Storm. 1835 died in from flooding in Holland. 133 died when Princess Victoria sank on the way to Ireland. 300 died on UK mainland.
Avalanche 56 1954 Blons, Audstria: avalanche hits town.
Marine 1,000 1954 Commercial ferry, Toya Maru, sank in Tsugaru Strait, Japan.
Marine 52 1956 Andrea Doria: Italian liner collided with Swedish liner Stockholm off Nantucket Island, Mass., and sank the next day. At least 52 died or were unaccounted for.
Pandemic 1-4 M 1957 Influenza -Worldwide (Asian Flu) (3)
Civil War 10-20 K 1958-67 Cuban Communist Revolution.
Rebellion 87K 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese

Answer 3

One very important thing that happened in the '50s was the HUGE earthquake in China called the "Shaanxi Earthquake". It happened on January 23, 1956, and killed almost a million people (830,000 + to be exact). It is labeled the FOURTH worst natural disaster in history. For more info, see the following link;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi_Earthquake

If your project is limited to the United States, then I'm not sure. You might search for specific "disasters" like "tornados", "floods", "earthquakes", etc.
Otherwise, there was a big earthquake in Alaska in 1964 (but, of course it wasn't in the '50s)...

Hope this helps...good luck !

Answer 4

I am sorry, I have tried many ways and can not delete this It is wrong ..............1950, paper mate made its first leak free pen, fashion changed to hippie,bell & western elect. created the telephone answer mach. antihistamines entered for the treatment of allergies and head colds. 51 super glue invented , chrysler introduced power steering. 53, first 3D movie. Dr.Salk invented the vaccine for polio, broadcasting color tv began. If you need more, let me know. I stopped at 1953 Or it would be best for you to go to google.com and put 1950 and you can find everything. Good luck.Sorry, I forgot what you wanted, these are not disasters go to google.

Answer 5

Hurricane Hazel (I believe it was 1956). It hit Toronto and caused major damage and some deaths.
Sorry I dont know of any more

I did find another one

Have a look at this site

http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestWave.htm