The world's worst disasters of the 20th century

The world's worst disasters of the 20th century This book vividly portrays two basic kinds of disasters. Firstly, the natural catastrophes such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes, and secondly, the horrifying disasters caused by man's interaction with nature. Included in the second category are the London 'pea-souper fogs which were responsible for thousands of deaths, the world's worst aircrash, and the Italian chemical explosion which released a lethal weed killer into the atmosphere, causing deaths and miscarriages years after the event. The Mont Pelèe Volcano (1902) San Francisco Earthquake (1906) The Titanic (1912) Tokyo Earthquake (1923) The R 101 (1930) and the Hindenberg (1937) The Morro Castle (1934) Naples Black Market Express (1944) The London Pea-Soupers (1952) Le Mans (1955) Agadir Earthquake (1960) The Vaiont Dam (1963) The Florence Floods (1966) Astronauts (1976) and Cosmonauts (1971) Peru Earthquake (1970) Mass Poisoning in Iraq (1971-1972) Isle of Man Summerland Fire (1973) Ermenonville Forest Air Crash (1974) American Mid-West Tornadoes (1974) The Honduras Hurricane (1974) Seveso Chemical Disaster (1976) The Tenerife Plane Crash (1977) The Big Heat (1980) North Sea Oil Rig Disaster (1980) The Las Vegas MGM Fire (1980) Mount St Helen's Eruption (1980) St Valentine's Day Fire (1981) The Potomac River Airliner Crash (1982) The Australian Bush Fires (1983)

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