The coast of Normandy of northwestern France was chosen Choosing as the site of the invasion , with the Americans assigned Deciding to land at sectors codenamed Utah and Omaha , the British at Sword and Gold , and the Canadians at Juno .

In the first phase , the Archidamian War , Sparta launched repeated invasions of Attica , while Athens took advantage of its naval supremacy to raid the coast of the Peloponnese and attempt to suppress signs of unrest in its empire .

Sagunto lies a short distance from the east coast of Spain , about north of Valencia .

In November 1943 , allied forces landed Self_motion on the west coast of Bougainville as part of the latter stages of Operation Cartwheel , and began Process_start building air bases to assist in the isolation and neutralization of Rabaul .

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake Catastrophe struck Attack the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday , April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( `` Extreme '' ) .

On the same day Erica paralleled the coast of New Caledonia before making landfall on the southern end of the island at L'Île-des-Pins .

As many as 60 % of people on the west coast lost Earnings_and_losses power .

Russian naval forces blockaded Besieging part of the Georgian coast .

Even before Saomai made landfall Self_motion on Okinawa , the typhoon caused Causation rough seas off the coast of Japan that resulted in Causation several shipping incidents .

The 2005 Maharashtra floods Catastrophe refers to the flooding Catastrophe of many parts of the Indian state Statement of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis Mumbai , a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea , on the Western coast of India , in which approximately 1,094 people died Death .

The 2005 Maharashtra floods Catastrophe refers to the flooding Catastrophe of many parts of the Indian state Statement of Maharashtra including large areas of the metropolis Mumbai , a city located on the coast of the Arabian Sea , on the Western coast of India , in which approximately 1,094 people died Death .

The storm Catastrophe re-strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe as it began Process_start to parallel the coast of Honduras .

However , as the storm Catastrophe approached Arriving the Texas coast , widespread evacuations Escaping took place Process_start , including the evacuation Escaping of roughly 50,000 people from Galveston , Texas alone .

The storm soon became Becoming disorganized and was only a hurricane Catastrophe for six hours , before re-curving towards the Mexican coast .

In Oahu , some homes along the coast were unroofed , and damage Damaging from wave action was also reported Reporting .

the 1992 cape mendocino earthquakes Catastrophe ( or 1992 petrolia earthquakes Catastrophe ) occurred Presence along the lost coast of northern california on april 25 and 26 .

As the largest earthquake in California since the 1989 Loma Prieta event several years earlier , the mainshock caused Causation a non-destructive tsunami Catastrophe that quickly reached Arriving the coast , and eventually Alaska and Hawaii several hours later .

The tsunami Catastrophe was significant not because of its run-up , but because of the speed with which it reached Arriving the coast and for how long the waves persisted .

Attacked Attack several times by the Canadian Corps during the Battle of the Ancre Heights , the 5th Canadian Brigade of the 2nd Canadian Division briefly controlled Control a section of the trench on 1 October but was repulsed Defending by counter-attacks of the German Marine Brigade ( equivalent to an army division ) , which had been brought Bringing from the Belgian coast .

Strong winds resulted in Causation widespread Dispersal power outages , cutting Bodily_harm telecommunications along the coast .

By 1811 , Royal Navy control of the French coast was so entrenched that French ships were unable to travel Motion safely even in French territorial waters .

There `` Berwick '' , reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by a squadron of smaller ships , attacked Attack `` Amazone '' but was unable to approach Arriving through the rocks and shoals of the coast .

The objectives of the offensive Military_operation have been stated Statement to be the taking over Military_operation of all strategic observatories , government villages and the Mediterranean coast .

Developing Cause_to_make_progress out of a tropical wave on August 23 , Barry quickly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength off the coast of Florida , reaching Arriving an initial peak intensity with winds of 60 mph ( 95 km/h ) .

The outbreak Catastrophe has also affected Influence Guinea , which shares a reservoir near the coast .

Forming Coming_to_be from a disturbance that exited Departing the African coast on August 7 , the storm Catastrophe moved Motion at an unusually high forward speed for a cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in August .

it developed Coming_to_be off the west coast of africa on september 6 as a tropical depression , but it strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm later that day , shortly before passing Motion_directional south of the cape verde islands .

On October 14 , Tropical Depression Sixteen formed Coming_to_be just off the northeast coast of Honduras , and at the same time a low pressure system was on the Pacific coast .

On October 14 , Tropical Depression Sixteen formed Coming_to_be just off the northeast coast of Honduras , and at the same time a low pressure system was on the Pacific coast .

They were located off the coast along the Middle America Trench , more than away , but the city suffered Bodily_harm major damage Damaging due to its large magnitude and the ancient lake bed that Mexico City sits Placing on .

The Western Allies of World War II launched Process_start the largest amphibious invasion in history when they attacked Attack German positions at Normandy , located on the northern coast of France , on 6 June 1944 .

Land forces used Using on D-Day sailed from bases along the south coast of England , the most important of these being Portsmouth .

After the first attack during Operation `` Trident '' on the Port of Karachi , Pakistan stepped up aerial surveillance of its coast as the presence of large Indian Navy ships gave Giving the impression that another attack was being planned Arranging .

A strike group consisting of one missile boat and two frigates attacked Attack the group of ships off the coast of Karachi .

Paloma developed Coming_to_be out of a strong tropical disturbance off the eastern coast of Nicaragua and northern coast of Honduras on November 5 .

Paloma developed Coming_to_be out of a strong tropical disturbance off the eastern coast of Nicaragua and northern coast of Honduras on November 5 .

Hurricane Juan was a large and erratic tropical cyclone that looped Motion twice near the Louisiana coast , causing Causation widespread flooding .

storm Catastrophe surge along the coast of texas caused Causation `` cuts '' on padre island .

Eventually , it curved Motion_directional north-northeastward and approached Arriving the east coast of Florida again .

though a subtropical ridge was forcing Causation the cyclone Catastrophe westward at the time , an approaching shortwave trough caused Causation sam to track Motion southward the following day , towards the australian coast .

Most of the destruction Destroying wrought by Sam occurred Coming_to_be near the coast , particularly in Bidyadanga and Anna Springs Station .

The fourth named storm of the season , Domoina developed Coming_to_be on January 16 off the northeast coast of Madagascar .

The fourth named storm Catastrophe , second hurricane Catastrophe , and the only major hurricane Catastrophe on the season , Debby developed Coming_to_be near the north coast of Hispaniola from a westward moving Motion tropical wave on September 13 .

The storm Catastrophe formed Coming_to_be off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea , and curved Motion_directional westward to reach Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale peak winds of 110 km/h ( 70 mph ) .

It strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to winds of before making landfall on western Haiti and the north coast of eastern Cuba .

Spawned by a tropical wave which left the African coast on September 6 , the system became Becoming a tropical depression in the tropical North Atlantic , before turning northwest and developing into a hurricane .

Dissidents included Cause_to_be_included Christians who resented Perception_active an alleged Statement Islamic bias in the ELF , inhabitants of the coast with regionalist concerns , and radical Marxists .

The storm Catastrophe made landfall Motion along the south coast of Camagüey Province in Cuba early on November 6 .

The cyclone Catastrophe began Process_start to strengthen Cause_change_of_strength steadily and turned Motion southward , paralleling the eastern Australian coast through 31 December .

although forecasters had predicted rewa to make landfall Arriving near mackay , queensland , the cyclone Catastrophe began Process_start interacting with an upper-level trough on 18 january , causing it to divert Motion to the southeast and move Motion along the queensland coast .