A natural disaster is defined as a consequence of a natural hazard occurring on land, sea or air.
Some of the most common natural disasters found on earth are:
Read about some of the worst natural disasters that have occurred in the world. Discover why these disasters happened and the destruction caused to people and property. Although the forces of nature cannot be tamed, lessons learned from events in the past could minimize the disastrous effects on society and our environment.
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Top Ten U.S. Natural Disasters
In: Natural Disasters (general)
Countdown of the ten worst natural disasters in the United States related to hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, earthquakes, fires and floods. more...
In: Earthquakes
A television broadcast of the World Series at Candlestick Park in San Francisco quickly became a live news report of an earthquake. more...
The Hope Slide in British Columbia
In: Natural Disasters (general)
A minor earthquake in 1965 in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia caused an entire mountainside to collapse and the obliteration of an entire lake. more...
In: Earthquakes
The Great Chilean Earthquake, the largest seismic event ever recorded, occurred off the south central coast of Chile and caused a devastating tsunami in the Pacific. more...
In: Tsunamis/Floods
The Boxing Day or Asian Tsunami on December 26 2004 affected Indonesia in the east to Africa in the west. more...
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