Epic Disasters: The World's Worst Disasters

Read About The World’s Worst Disasters

The Worst Hurricanes

Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes In US History

Top Ten Most Costly Hurricanes In US History

Top Ten Strongest Hurricanes In US History

Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes Worldwide

Random Hurricane Facts

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

The Worst Earthquakes In History

The World’s Deadliest Earthquakes

The Worst US Earthquakes

The World’s Strongest Earthquakes By Magnitude

Earthquake Facts

The Richter Earthquake Scale

The Worst Floods

The World’s Deadliest Floods

The Deadliest US Floods

The Worst Volcanic Eruptions

The World’s Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions

The Worst US Volcanic Eruptions

The Worst Tornadoes

The Top Ten Deadliest US Tornadoes

The Worst Outbreaks of Epidemic Disease

The Top Ten Outbreaks, Epidemic and Pandemic Diseases

The Worst Mining Disasters

The Top Ten Worldwide Mining Disasters

The Top Ten US Mining Disasters

The Worst Wildfires

The Top Ten US Wildfires By Acreage

The Top Ten Deadliest US Wildfires

The Worst US Winter Storms and Blizzards

The Top 10 US Winter Storms and Blizzards

Man Made Disasters

The World’s Worst Airline Disasters

The Worst Bus Disasters

The Worst School Massacres, Shootings and Killings

The Worst Spree Killers In Modern World History

The Worst Spree Killers In Modern US History

Extreme Weather

Coldest and Warmest Days In the United States

Has There Been An Increase In The Number of Disasters?

Tsunami Travel Times From Chile

A map of the expected travel times for a large earthquake occurring in Chile.

The Feb. 27, 2010 earthquake in Chile has created worries about tsunamis across the Pacific. Here are the travel times for those fast moving bodies of water. Click on the map for a larger view.

World’s Earthquakes Worldwide By Magnitude

Largest Earthquakes Worldwide
In Terms of Magnitude

(updated for Feb. 2010 Chile Earthquake)

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Newsreel Footage of the Knickerbocker Storm of 1922

Watch newsreel footage of the Knickerbocker Blizzard of 1922, which dropped three feet of snow on Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. It was named after the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater in Washington, D.C., which killed 98 and injured 133. Video after the break:

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The Worst US Winter Storms

The Worst US Winter Storms

UPDATE: In snowfall, the Blizzard of 2010 now rivals the Knickerbocker Storm of 1922 for its impact on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Read on for more:

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The World’s Deadliest Earthquakes

The World’s Worst Earthquakes
As measured by the death toll.

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Worst US Spree Killings

The FBI classifies a “spree killer” as having committed two or more murders without a cooling off period. This distinguishes spree killers from serial killers. Here is a list of the worst spree killers in modern history from the United States

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