Natural disasters /
Lee Davis.
- New ed.
- New York : Facts On File, c2008.
- xvi, 464 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Avalanches and landslides -- Earthquakes -- Famines and droughts -- Floods -- Plagues and epidemics -- Cyclones -- Hurricanes -- Icestorms and snowstorms -- Tornadoes -- Storms -- Typhoons -- Volcanic eruptions and natural explosions.
Discusses more than five hundred natural calamities that have devastated humanity and changed history, including hurricanes, earthquakes, famines and droughts, floods, plagues and epidemics, and volcanic eruptions. Simultaneous.