On August 8th a storm smashed through the protecting wall of a paraxylene (PX) factory in the city.
In 2005, a record-breaking 28 tropical storms formed in the Atlantic, led by the mother of all recent cyclones, Katrina, one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit the U.S. The monstrous storm smashed into Plaquemines first and later killed more than 1,800 people, leaving more than $100 billion in its lethal wake.
The main railway line, which links Cornwall and much of Devon to the rest of the UK, was left hanging in the air after storms smashed the sea wall at Dawlish.
The track, which links Cornwall and much of Devon to the rest of the UK, was left hanging in the air after storms smashed the sea wall at Dawlish.
We've cut down the tallest and most imposing tree in our garden so it won't topple over in a storm and smash the roof to smithereens.
Updated at 9.07am GMT 8.52am GMT Glasgow station evacuated Glasgow central central has been evacuated after storm debris smashed glass panels on its roof, according Network Rail Scotland.
Wild storm surges smashed or sank most of about 100 yachts moored in Port Vila on Friday night, including all three of the Phillips family's dive and fishing boats.
The storm that smashed Acapulco spared its glossy hotels, but even arriving in low season menaced its $1 billion a year and 150,000 jobs based on tourism.The human costThe heaviest cost, though not the most noticed, has been to human happiness, health and lives.
Only two Category 5 storms, the highest strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity, have hit American soil in modern times: Hurricane Camille, which plowed through Mississippi in 1969, and a storm that smashed through the Florida Keys in 1935.
When one reached the lottery offices, at 46th Street and Third Avenue, firemen stormed inside, smashed the selection wheel and set the building on fire.
