Gold worth tens of billions of today 's US dollars was recovered Recovering , which led to Causation great wealth for a few , though many who participated Participation in the California Gold Rush earned Earnings_and_losses little more than they had started Process_start with .

Fine Gael , led by Enda Kenny , became Becoming the largest party for the first time , though without an overall majority .

In all , flooding from Hurricane Alice killed Killing at least 55 people , including 17 in the U.S. and 38 in Mexico , though many deaths in rural Mexico may have gone unreported ; the total death toll could have exceeded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale 150 .

After independence , this neutrality , though maintained , started Process_start to diverge as Sihanouk allied himself principally with politicians on the right of the political spectrum .

Flooding and strong winds reached Arriving into northeastern Nicaragua , though damage Damaging was much less widespread than in neighboring Honduras .

Strong waves caused Causation several offshore shipping incidents Catastrophe , and storm Catastrophe surge inundated Damaging areas of the Texas coast , though damage Damaging in Galveston was mostly mitigated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the Galveston Seawall .

The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed Killing over ten thousand people , mainly through drowning Bodily_harm , though blunt trauma also caused Causation many deaths Death .

As a developing Coming_to_be tropical cyclone Catastrophe over the Leeward Islands , Anna produced Creating strong winds over Grenada , though damage Damaging was limited Limiting to some crops , trees , and telephone poles .

at least 17 deaths Death occurred Coming_to_be on the islands , though many unk related only indirectly to the unk reported in the aftermath .

In early December , though , the Austrians expanded Expansion the siege , connecting Connect a grand parallel with a series of batteries in a semi-circle around the village and the bridges .

Another study finds Know that the accounts from the time offered Supply different accounts of the executions , though agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act on the skeletal narrative .

The Republican forces Military_operation had been campaigning Military_operation against Guayana from late 1816 , though hindered Hindering by lack of a navy .

In Belize , the storm knocked out Hindering communications , though damage Damaging in that country was minimal .

Elsewhere , affects Influence were minimal , though two indirect fatalities occurred Coming_to_be in North Carolina , and minor flooding Motion was reported Reporting in South Carolina , Virginia , West Virginia , Maryland , Delaware , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and New York .

The flooding Motion closed Openness many roads , and caused Causation rivers to crest past their banks , though damage Damaging in the area was relatively minor .

On Bermuda , high winds caused Causation some power outages and knocked Destroying over trees , though damage Damaging on the island was minimal .

The fifth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the year , it formed Coming_to_be as a tropical depression east of the Lesser Antilles on September 7 , though at the time weather observations in the area were sparse , so its formation Coming_to_be was inferred .

When planned Arranging , the attack Terrorism had the approval Preventing_or_letting of the Haganah , the principal Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine , though , unbeknownst to the Irgun , this had been cancelled Change_event_time by the time the operation Military_operation was carried out Attack .

though classified as a tropical storm Catastrophe operationally , data during a post-season review indicated Change_sentiment that nate briefly attained Achieve category 1 hurricane Catastrophe status on the unk hurricane Catastrophe wind scale on september 8 .

A maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( `` Severe '' ) was assessed Check for several locations , though less intense shaking Motion was observed Know at many other locations in Washington , Oregon , and British Columbia .

An investigation Scrutiny was promptly carried out Action by the Accidents Investigation Branch ( AIB ) , though calls Request for a public inquiry Scrutiny were dismissed Agree_or_refuse_to_act .

Around 2004 some Thai analysts believed Know that foreign Islamic terrorist groups were infiltrating the area , and that foreign funds and arms are being brought in Bringing , though again , such claims Statement were balanced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by an equally large body of opinion suggesting Protest this remains a distinctly local conflict .

It moved Motion erratically at first , though after attaining Achieve tropical storm status it curved Motion_directional westward due to the subtropical ridge to its north .