The Worst World Disasters of All Time
Published on 3. November 2014
198 pages
978-1-4566-2343-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Worst World Disasters of All Time is an overview of the most terrible disaster events in recorded history.
Caution: Because of the nature of this book, some readers may find some of the content and pictures disturbing.
Caution: Because of the nature of this book, some readers may find some of the content and pictures disturbing.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Latiya Bay Megatsunami
- 3 - Death Hailstorms
- 4 - Huascaran Avalanche
- 5 - Bengal Famine
- 6 - Spanish Flu Pandemic
- 7 - Minamata Mercury Poisoning
- 8 - USS Indianapolis
- 9 - Hurricane Katrina
- 10 - The Killing Fields
- 11 - Irish Potato Famine
- 12 - Nagasaki Atomic Bomb
- 13 - Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
- 14 - Chernobyl
- 15 - Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- 16 - Hindenburg Disaster
- 17 - Peshtigo Wildfire
- 18 - Russian Heat Wave 2010
- 19 - Lake Nyos Limnic Eruption
- 20 - Legalisation of Tobacco
- 21 - Malaria
- 22 - Dona Paz Ferry Disaster
- 23 - Tenerife Airplane Collision
- 24 - Cholera
- 25 - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- 26 - The Black Death
- 27 - Empress Sinking
- 28 - Measles
- 29 - The Chungqing & Italian Hall Mass Panic
- 30 - Smallpox
- 31 - Typhoon Tip
- 32 - Russian Nuclear Submarine K-219
- 33 - Subprime Mortgage Crisis
- 34 - Kiangya Passenger Steamship Explosion
- 35 - Kyshtym Russian Nuclear Disaster
- 36 - Queen of the Sea Rail Disaster
- 37 - Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack
- 38 - Krakatoa
- 39 - Titanic
- 40 - Plurs, Switzerland Avalanche 1618
- 41 - Agent Orange
- 42 - European Witch Hunts
- 43 - Shaanxi Earthquake
- 44 - 2004 Tsunami and Earthquake
- 45 - Bhola Cyclone
- 46 - Black Saturday Bush Fires
- 47 - The Love Canal
- 48 - Sampoong Department Store Collapse
- 49 - The Storm of the Century 1993
- 50 - Twin Towers Collapse - 911
- 51 - Hepatitis C
- 52 - Stock Market Crash 1929
- 53 - Banqiao Dam Burst
- 54 - Pompeii 79 AD.
- 55 - China Floods 1931
- 56 - Tunguska Event
- 57 - Cancer
- 58 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
- 59 - Vredeford Dome African Asteroid Strike
- 60 - European Heat Wave 2003
- 61 - AIDS
- 62 - Halabja Chemical Weapons Attack
- 63 - Valvidia Earthquake
- 64 - Deforestation
- 65 - The Collapse of Personal Privacy
- 66 - Bridge Creek F5 Tornado 1999
- 67 - Typhus
- 68 - The Great White Plague
- 69 - The Great Smog of London
- 70 - Church of Company Fire
- 71 - Tyrolean Alps Avalanches 1916
- 72 - Ethiopian Famine 1983 - 1985
- 73 - MS Herald of Free Enterprise
- 74 - Benxihu Colliery Mining Disaster 1942
- 75 - Shaanxi Earthquake 1556
- 76 - Ranrahirca, Peru Avalanche 1962
- 77 - The Great Russian Famine of 1921
- 78 - The Great Blizzard of 1888
- 79 - Ancash Earthquake
- 80 - Fukushima Meltdown
- 81 - Egypt and Syria 1202 Earthquake
- 82 - Worldwide Alcohol Abuse
- 83 - The Super Outbreak 1974
- 84 - WW1
- 85 - WW2
- 86 - Worldwide Drug Abuse
- 87 - Polio
- 88 - The Great Black Dragon Fire
- 89 - Tangshan Earthquake
- 90 - Courrieres French Mining Disaster 1906
- 91 - Texas City Disaster 1947
- 92 -MV Sewol Sinking
- 93 - Oppau Explosion 1921
- 94 - Halifax Explosion, 1917
- 95 - Extinction Events
- 96 - The Holocaust
- 97 - North Korean Famine
- 98 - Armero Tragedy
- 99 - Aral Sea Disappearance
- 100 - Hurry Sickness
