Natural Disasters
INTRO TO NATURAL DISASTERS SECTION:
Natural disasters include tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts, and volcanic eruptions. Disasters that can have dual causes include epidemics, floods, forest fires, and famines. We included all of the above in this section on natural disasters.
Click on the links below to learn the history of each type of disaster and the effects each has had on human populations in the past.
Natural Disasters:
- Earthquakes
- Tornadoes
- Hurricanes
- Droughts
- Volcanic Eruptions
- Tsunamis
- Winter Storms
- Heat Waves
Dual-Cause Disasters:
- Famines
- Floods
- Epidemics
- Forest Fires
- Landslides
