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Katsushika Hokusai’s “Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit” is a woodcut print from his celebrated Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji collection. Created around 1830, it depicts a dramatic storm over Mount Fuji, showcasing Hokusai's mastery of composition and capturing a powerful moment in nature. The work i...

MV Estonia was a cruise ferry built in 1979 that operated in the Baltic Sea for Estline, a joint Estonian-Swedish shipping company. On September 28, 1994, while sailing from Tallinn to Stockholm, the ship encountered heavy weather and its bow visor detached, causing the vehicle ramp to open and the...

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter launched in 1958, designed to carry iron ore pellets across Lake Superior. On November 10, 1975, the vessel encountered a severe winter storm and sank in Canadian waters, resulting in the loss of its entire 29-member crew. The exact cause of...

Marduk was the chief deity of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon, eventually elevated to the head of the Babylonian pantheon. He was a complex god associated with water, vegetation, magic, and justice. In the Babylonian creation epic, the Enuma Elish, Marduk defeats the primordial sea goddess...

SS Central America was an American side-wheel steamship that carried passengers, mail, and gold between Central America and the United States East Coast. On 12 September 1857, it sank in a hurricane off the Carolina coast after taking on water and losing boiler power, killing more than 400 people. I...

Baal is an ancient Canaanite deity primarily associated with storms, rain, and agricultural fertility, playing a central role in the pantheon of Ugaritic religion. Historical texts from the ancient city of Ugarit, dating to the Late Bronze Age, extensively detail his mythology, including his battles...

Nuestra Señora de Atocha was a Spanish galleon in the 1622 treasure fleet sailing from the Americas toward Spain. It sank during a hurricane near the Florida Keys while carrying silver, gold, copper, emeralds, and other cargo, and most people aboard died. After a prolonged search, a team led by trea...

SS Yongala was an Australian passenger and cargo steamship that sank during a cyclone off Queensland on 23 March 1911, killing all 122 people aboard. The wreck was identified in the 1950s and lies near Cape Bowling Green within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Its largely intact structure support...

Set is an ancient Egyptian god representing the desert, storms, disorder, chaos, and the foreign frontier. He is infamous in Egyptian mythology for murdering his brother Osiris in a bid for the throne, which placed him in direct opposition to his nephew Horus. Despite this destructive role, Set was...

Susanoo is the kami of the sea, storms, and chaos in Japanese mythology, belonging to the Shinto tradition. Born from the purification ritual of the creator deity Izanagi, he is the brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu and the moon god Tsukuyomi. He is best known for his mythological conflict with A...

Whydah Gally was an English slave ship captured by the pirate Samuel Bellamy in 1717 and converted into his flagship. It sank during a storm off Cape Cod that same year, killing Bellamy and most of the crew. Barry Clifford located the wreck in 1984, and artifacts bearing the ship's name helped estab...

SS Toya Maru was a Japanese train ferry operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) that linked Aomori on Honshu with Hakodate on Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait. On September 26, 1954, the vessel encountered Typhoon Marie (also known as the Toya Maru Typhoon) and sank during the crossing, resul...

The Thunderbird is a powerful bird spirit in many Indigenous North American traditions, associated with storms, thunder, and protective power.

RMS Rhone was a British Royal Mail steamship that sank near Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands during a hurricane in October 1867. Driven onto rocks while attempting to escape the storm, the vessel broke apart and went down with heavy loss of life. Its remains lie in relatively accessible Car...

MV Prestige was a single-hulled oil tanker that suffered structural damage during a storm off Galicia, Spain, in November 2002. After being kept away from the coast while leaking heavy fuel oil, the vessel broke apart and sank in the Atlantic, releasing a large portion of its cargo. The resulting po...

The MV Derbyshire was a British ore/bulk/oil (OBO) carrier built in 1976 and operated by Bibby Line. In September 1980, the massive vessel sank during Typhoon Orchid in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the loss of all 44 crew members. It remains the largest British-registered ship ever lost at sea, a...

Raijin is a prominent kami in Shinto mythology, recognized as the deity of lightning, thunder, and storms. According to traditional creation myths, he was born from the death of the primordial goddess Izanami. In classical Japanese art, he is visually distinguished as a muscular, demon-like figure s...

Fujin is a Japanese wind deity (kami) whose worship predates many later Buddhist influences, appearing in early Japanese mythological texts including the Kojiki. He is typically depicted as a fearsome figure holding a bag of winds, often paired with Raijin, the god of thunder and storms. Notable art...

The MV Wahine was a twin-screw RoRo passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. On April 10, 1968, the vessel capsized and sank in Wellington Harbour after striking Barrett Reef during Tropical Cyclone Giselle. The severe storm caused the ship to lose radar a...

MV Erika was a Maltese-flagged oil tanker that broke apart in severe weather off Brittany, France, in December 1999. The sinking released approximately 20,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, contaminating hundreds of kilometres of the French Atlantic coast and causing extensive harm to marine wildlife and...

MV Senopati Nusantara was an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank in the Java Sea during severe weather on 30 December 2006. The vessel was traveling from Kumai in Central Kalimantan to Semarang in Central Java when it encountered rough seas and went down. Hundreds of passengers and crew were aboard...

The Under Armour Hustle is a durable laptop-backpack designed for active individuals. Constructed with UA Storm water resistant fabric it offers protection for electronics while maintaining a modern aesthetic. The backpack features a padded compartment suitable for laptops and includes adjustable st...

SS Portland was an American sidewheel passenger steamship that operated between Boston and Portland, Maine. It sank with everyone aboard during the severe New England storm of November 1898, although the exact number of people lost remains uncertain because the passenger list was incomplete. The dis...

Greek passenger ferry that foundered in the Aegean Sea during a severe storm on 8 December 1966, killing over 200 people, many of them military personnel.

German passenger steamer that sank in the North Sea in January 1895 after a collision during a severe storm, with only a handful of survivors from several hundred aboard.

Polish passenger and vehicle ferry that capsized in the Baltic Sea during a storm on 14 January 1993, killing 55 of the 64 people aboard.

German passenger ship wrecked at the entrance to Hook of Holland harbor during a storm in February 1907, killing over 120 people.

Maltese-registered container ship deliberately beached off Branscombe, Devon, in January 2007 after severe storm damage, prompting widespread public salvage of her spilled cargo.

Typhoon is a 1902 adventure novella by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad. The story centers on Captain MacWhirr, an unimaginative and stoic commander of the steamer Nan-Shan, who sails directly into a catastrophic tropical cyclone in the Pacific Ocean. The narrative explores the psychological and...