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Natural disasters usually come rife with drama. Hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, earthquakes -- all make for good headlines and even better visuals. But it would be hard to make a blockbuster movie about a heat wave. Heat waves come on subtly, raising BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (KVEO NEWSCENTER 23 Fun Fact: Did you know flash flooding is the number one deadliest natural disaster? One inch of water can wash away your car!! In fact, back in 1931, Flash Flooding was responsible for 4 MILLION deaths But Bathurst Bay has a dark, almost forgotten past. It's the scene of Australia's deadliest natural disaster - when monster Cyclone Mahina produced a world-record storm surge and killed an estimated 410 people as it tore ashore in March 1899. Professor Jon Manila: Super Typhoon Haiyan may go down in history as the deadliest natural disaster to hit the calamity-prone Philippines, with authorities estimating at least 10,000 dead on one island alone. Haiyan made landfall in the eastern island of Samar on Friday .
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