The atlas of the world's worst natural disasters
Riveting accounts of what happened during the world's most significant natural disasters, covering everything from volcanic eruptions to meteorite strikes this illustrated book pinpoints the locations of over 500 upheavals to afflict the Earth since prehistoric times
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London, UK
A Dorling Kindersley Book
1998
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Pt. 1, Natural disasters: Restless Earth -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tectonic uncertainties -- Violent skies -- Thunderstorms -- Tornadoes -- Tropical cyclones -- Gales and blizzards -- Gathering storm clouds -- Patterns of chaos -- Droughts -- Fires -- Floods -- Avalanches and landslides -- Mass extinctions -- Ice age or hothouse? -- Competition for life -- Pests and blight -- Diseases -- New threats -- Pt. 2, The Gazetteer maps and listings | |
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