10 Epic Natural Disasters From Throughout History

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10. Peshtigo Fire
9. Ch’ing-yang event
8. Calcutta cyclone
7. Dadu river landslide dam
6. Coringa cyclones
5. Krakatoa volcanic eruption of 1883
4. Shaanxi earthquake
3. Yellow River floods of China
2. The great European famine
1. Plague of Justitian

Source/Further reading:

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/great-chicago-fire
https://youtu.be/IyyJaqnzAz4
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/stormsurge-stormtide.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X04002041
http://hurricanescience.net/history/storms/pre1900s/1839/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
https://www.britannica.com/event/Shaanxi-province-earthquake-of-1556
https://www.britannica.com/event/Huang-He-floods
http://www.halinaking.co.uk/Location/Yorkshire/Frames/History/1315%20Great%20Famine/Great%20Famine.htm
https://www.britannica.com/science/plague/History#ref1217512