With a magnitude of 8, it remains the deadliest earthquake in recorded history, causing widespread destruction across Shaanxi ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history.

History's two "most accurate" psychics predicted ... former writing in his famous Les Propheties about wars and natural disasters sweeping the earth, according to the Daily Mail.

Throughout history, people have been poking ... jokes or memes about death, disaster and destruction, you might just have a dark sense of humor. Also known as Black Humor, Dictionary.com defines ...

The natural disasters were nationwide: Freezing temperatures and ice caused power outages in the Northwest. Tornado outbreaks and severe storms pummeled the central U.S. Five major ...

What does it say about us that we want to get close to these vortexes of disaster and evil? What obligations do governments have to give or deny access? Who gets to decide how history is presented ...

Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the ...