From the Black Plague to the recent volcanic eruption in the Philipines, this comprehensive volume offers a world-wide survey of natural disasters through history. The book encompasses a range of events, including landslides, avalanches, earthquakes, droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms, typhoons and volvanic eruptions. Organized according to type of disaster, each entry provides basic facts about each disaster and insights into its background and its ultimate impact on man and the environment.
- ISBN10 0816020345
- ISBN13 9780816020348
- Publish Date January 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 November 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English