The was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 ( M ) undersea megathrust earthquake Catastrophe off the coast of Japan that occurred Coming_to_be at 14:46 JST ( 05:46 UTC ) on Friday 11 March 2011 , with the epicentre approximately east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately .

The westernmost of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy , Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula , west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire rivers .

The objective at Utah was to secure Assistance a beachhead on the Cotentin Peninsula , the location of important port facilities at Cherbourg .

The intention was to rapidly seal off the Cotentin Peninsula , prevent Preventing_or_letting the Germans from reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength Cherbourg , and capture Conquering the port as quickly as possible .

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( French and English spelling , `` Roncesvalles '' in Spanish , `` Orreaga '' in Basque ) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush Attack a part of Charlemagne 's army in Roncevaux Pass , a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present Presence border between France and Spain , after his invasion Attack of the Iberian Peninsula .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Kowloon was a skirmish Hostile_encounter between British and Chinese vessels off the Kowloon Peninsula , China , on 4 September 1839 , located in Hong Kong , although Kowloon was then part of the Guangdong province .

The Rafah massacre occurred Coming_to_be on November 12 , 1956 , during Israel 's occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Protectorate following the Suez Crisis .

Due to its close Body_movement proximity to land , the system failed to intensify Cause_change_of_strength before crossing Motion_directional the southern Yucatán Peninsula .

It was held on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales , in between Pwllheli and Llanbedrog .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Rafa , also known as the Action of Rafah , fought Hostile_encounter on 9 January 1917 , was the third and final Process_end battle Hostile_encounter to complete Process_end the recapture Conquering of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign Military_operation of the First World War Military_operation .

As Gabrielle was impacting the east coast of Mexico , Hurricane Flossie in the Eastern Pacific was brushing the Baja Peninsula .

The storm was rare , in the sense that it was one of only twelve tropical cyclones Catastrophe on record Recording to approach Self_motion the Arabian Peninsula in the month of May .

Continuing to gradually strengthen Cause_change_of_strength , Diana made its first landfall in Mexico 's Yucatán Peninsula as a strong tropical storm Catastrophe late on August 5 .

Diana left Departing relatively minor impacts in the Yucatán Peninsula .

After landing Self_motion in the Cotentin Peninsula on 12 July , the English army had burnt Damaging a path of destruction Destroying through some of the richest lands in France to within of Paris , sacking Attack a number of towns on the way .

The suicide bombing Terrorism followed intense fighting Hostile_encounter in the Jaffna Peninsula that left Causation 133 soldiers and up to 200 LTTE fighters dead Death ( although this number is unofficial , as the LTTE have reported Reporting losing Death only 22 fighters ) .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength over the Yucatan Peninsula , Hermine restrengthened to near-hurricane status again over the Gulf of Mexico before making Manufacturing landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz .

The 10 months of fighting took place Process_start mostly on the territory of the British Mandate and in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon , interrupted Hindering by several truce periods .

The landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday , 25 April 1915 , also known as the landing Self_motion at Gaba Tepe , and to the Turks as the Arıburnu Battle Hostile_encounter , was part of the amphibious invasion Hostile_encounter of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the forces of the British Empire , which began Process_start the land phase of the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War Hostile_encounter .

Hurricane Odile is tied Connect for the most intense landfalling tropical cyclone in the Baja California Peninsula during the satellite era .

Odile gradually weakened Cause_change_of_strength as it tracked Self_motion across the length of the Baja California Peninsula , briefly crossing Motion_directional into the Gulf of California before degenerating into a remnant system on September 17 .

Precautionary measures on the Baja California Peninsula began Process_start in earnest after Odile unexpectedly took Creating a direct course towards the peninsula .

The most significant storm impacts occurred Coming_to_be on the Baja California Peninsula , where damages amounted to MXN $ 16.6 billion ( US $ 1.25 billion ) .

After crossing Motion_directional Trinidad , Alma became Becoming one of only four tropical storms Catastrophe to traverse the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela .

It moved Motion across the Yucatán Peninsula as a tropical depression before rapidly intensifying Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico .

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Shortly thereafter , the depression moved Motion inland over the Yucatán Peninsula and later emerged Coming_to_be into the Gulf of Mexico on September 15 .

While crossing Motion_directional the Yucatán Peninsula , the storm Catastrophe dropped Motion_directional heavy rainfall , with a few areas experiencing Confronting_problem more than of precipitation .

Instead , appeals were made Giving to the Portuguese government , which had been driven Motion out of Portugal the year before during the Peninsula War and was resident in Brazil .

The Blues Train travels Traveling along 16 km of railway between the towns of Queenscliff and Drysdale , on the Bellarine Peninsula .

The main airfields were on Buka Island , on the nearby Bonis Peninsula and at Kahili and Kieta , while naval bases were also constructed Building at Buin in the south and on the nearby Shortland Islands .

However , it gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength , and reach Achieve hurricane strength south of Jamaica on August 25 before coming Arriving ashore the Yucatán Peninsula late on August 27 .

The storm Catastrophe was potentially a continuation of a previously unnamed tropical cyclone that was monitored Scrutiny west of the Baja California Peninsula from July 24–27 , but was never confirmed Check due Causation to a lack of ship reports Reporting .

Carmen moved Motion ashore on the Yucatán Peninsula , where , despite striking a sparsely populated region , it caused Causation significant crop damage and killed Killing several people .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength over the Yucatán Peninsula , it moved Motion into the Bay of Campeche , where it slightly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength before making its final landfall near Veracruz on September 29 .

A Category 5 upon landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula , Janet caused Causation severe devastation in areas of Quintana Roo and British Honduras .

Janet 's landfall as a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe on the Yucatán Peninsula was the first recorded instance that a storm of such intensity in the Atlantic made landfall on a continental mainland ; prior to Janet , landfalls of Category 5 intensity were only known Know to have taken place Process_start on islands .

It quickly weakened Cause_change_of_strength as it crossed Motion_directional Mexico , and after briefly redeveloping Recovering into a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific Ocean , Anita dissipated Dispersal on September 4 to the south of the Baja California Peninsula .

It entered Arriving airspace over the Sinai Peninsula ( then occupied by Israel ) , where it was intercepted by two Israeli F-4 Phantom IIs , and was shot down Use_firearm after several attempts from the Israeli fighter pilots to make Action the Libyan aircraft land .

It formed Coming_to_be as a tropical depression formed Coming_to_be well southwest of the Baja California Peninsula on July 16 , and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm Catastrophe within 24 hours .

Producing Creating wind gusts to 230 km/h ( 140 mph ) , the storm Catastrophe was the strongest cyclone Catastrophe on record to hit Attack the Arabian Peninsula until Cyclone Catastrophe Gonu hit Destroying in 2007 .

Later , the hurricane Catastrophe moved Motion across the Caribbean Sea , causing Causation light damage Damaging in the sparsely populated region of the eastern Yucatán Peninsula .

The system subsequently made landfall Arriving in the Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 4 .

Nora took Conquering an unusual path , making Manufacturing landfall twice as a hurricane in the Baja California Peninsula .

It moved Motion ashore near Wilmington , North Carolina , and passed Motion_directional near Norfolk , Virginia before moving Motion through the Delmarva Peninsula and New Jersey just inland .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength , it made Manufacturing landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula , destroying Destroying several houses .

The 1989 Valvettiturai massacre Killing occurred on 2 and 3 August 1989 in the small coastal town of Valvettiturai , on the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka .

The system ultimately became Becoming extratropical on July 24 , and was last noted by the Japan Meteorological Agency a week later near the Kamchatka Peninsula .

By October 16 , the storm attained hurricane status to the east of the Yucatán Peninsula , and subsequently executed Self_motion a small counterclockwise loop .

Tracking Scrutiny generally west , the system steadily organized Causation into a tropical storm Catastrophe , passing Motion_directional Vietnam to the south , before striking Attack Thailand along the Malay Peninsula on November 15 .