Natural DisastersDiscusses 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. |
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Table des matières
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Famines and Droughts | 105 |
Floods | 137 |
Plagues and Epidemics | 203 |
Cyclones | 231 |
Hurricanes | 245 |
Icestorms and Snowstorms | 319 |
Tornadoes | 335 |
Storms | 357 |
Typhoons | 367 |
Volcanic Eruptions and Natural Explosions | 381 |
Selected Bibliography | 425 |
Web Sources | 429 |
Index | 433 |
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