Every year, hundreds of people are killed by natural disasters. Whether it be a flash flood in Kansas, a mudslide in Ecuador, or a sandstorm in Libya, mother nature sometimes throws whatever she has in her arsenal at mankind. However, which natural disaster poses the worst threat. Two prominent e...

"PEOPLE AND THE DISASTERS THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF" FOR YEARS, GEOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THAT A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WILL OCCUR IN CALIFORNIA. IN OCTOBER 1989, A 7.1 QUAKE HIT THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA. FIVE YEARS LATER, NORTHRIDGE AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE O...

The causes of poverty in the developing world Wars Many LDC¡s have been badly affected by wars. There have been many civil wars in Africa, caused by European empire-building in the nineteenth century. Several African races were joined into one country, but half a race was left in another country. T...

Floods, devastation, drought, fires, cyclones. Some claim that what planet Earth has been suffering for most of this year, and the past few years, is related to satellites spinning around the globe. Others believe these natural disasters are punishments for the sins of humanity. It could be one, i...

People who have experienced fire first-hand will tell you that it's alive with a mind of its own. Many times throughout history fire has demonstrated it's free will by unleashing itself on a large scale to wreak havoc on people and places around the world proving to everyone that a fire with a mind...

Tsunami When one thinks of all the natural disasters, that could effect the Maryland and Washington D.C. area they often think of hurricanes and snowstorms. They often forget about the possibility of a tsunami. A tsunami, often referred to as a "tidal wave", is a wave train, or se...

On the 26th of December 2004, the world was astonished with one most unimaginable disaster, Tsunami. The Tsunami (Tidal wave) was caused by the earthquake that hit the Andaman Sea in Sumatra. The earthquake was scaled 8.9 on the Richter scale. The tidal wave which was moving as fast as 400 miles pe...