Did You Know About These 10 Natural Disasters Lost to Time?

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1. Are there any other lesser-known disasters you’d like to shed more light on? Enlighten us in the comments below!
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2. One that I definitely think needs remembrance as well is the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which is the deadliest earthquake in modern history, and also had one of the largest aftershocks of any earthquake, instead of the Great Smog. Ok let me reword that. The Great Smog does deserve to be remembered, but I think it’s actually considered to be a man-made disaster instead. I also feel like another disaster that should be remembered is the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which remains the deadliest natural disaster in American history, and is either the second or third deadliest hurricane on record (sources conflict as to whether this hurricane or Hurricane Mitch of 1998 is deadlier)

3. Except for the Messina Earthquake, I already knew about all of those. Hm, what does that say about my special interests? 🤔

4. I have one: Hurricane Iniki, the most destructive and deadly tropical storm to hit Hawaii. Made landfall and Kaua'i on September 11, 1992, killed 6 people and caused $3.1 Billion (in 1992 dollars) in damage.

5. Dont forget the childrens blizzard that killed estimated 235 people died but majority of which were children coming home from school

6. I wasn't born when all these happened

7. 2011 super outbreak in Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. 360 tornadoes over 3 days, 348 total deaths and 3000+ injured.

8. There is one event I can think of that ought to make this list, if only because it's effects were felt far beyond the borders of the country it happened in.
   I'm referring to something called the 'Laki Fissure Eruption' or 'Skaftar Fires' This fissure eruption occurred near the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland, in 1782, I believe. It lasted about a year, and was reasonably similar to the Fagradalsfjall eruptions of 2021, 2022 and this year… with one exception. The eruption was exceptionally rich in volcanic gasses and certain chemical elements, notably Fluorine gas. Fluorine in very small quantities is necessary to buld strong tooth enamel and bone minerals, but above these concentrations it is deadly, causing a condition called Fluorosis. The livestock of Iceland, most of which were far from the site of the Laki eruption, ingested fluorine rich ash particles whilst grazing, were poisoned and succumbed to this condition. THe eruption caused significant crop damage, too, which resulted in famine that killed a quarter of Iceland's population at the time.
   This was just part of the story, though. The atmosphere picked up the volcanic gases, and the yearly jet stream carried then across the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea into Northern Europe.. That Summer, reports of a strange blue dry haze was reported in European countries, including England and France. Anyone who worked outdoors, especially in farming, developed breathing difficulties, and those who had existing respiratory conditions died. At the time, no-one knew where this lethal dry blue haze had come from, and it would be many years before the two events were linked together.

9. Cyclone Freddy, that hit Indian Ocean south-west part

10. Who in their right state of mind would just sit there and goes oh yeah i just remembered that earthquake,it was a good one

11. It’s not even a stretch, to say that the “normalization” of vulnerabilities, are “unnatural-disasters,” witnessed in plain-sight everyday, let alone forgotten about…

    …if you wanna “remember” the “normalization of vulnerabilities,” all anyone’s gotta do, is go outdoors, to see anyone of the random everybody, still strolling about outside of a “SafetyPod,”while taking for granted, that their vulnerabilities, aren’t “currently being preyed upon”…

    …meanwhile predators of all kinds, are prone to preying-on those who’re currently unaware, & or inattentive…

    …(for some reason or another)…

    …to the reality of being, inevitably %99.9 more vulnerable than the president, & or %99.9 less invulnerable than the leaders of nations!

    The “unnecessarily vulnerable,” are “unofficial reparations,” to/for those who societies reneged promise of/for equality, has caused to be disgruntled, an “outlet” of sorts for if, & whenever the disgruntled feel the urge, & or need to release, their built-up animosity towards “the system!”

    It’s not failing to remember a rocket-science equation, to forget about people’s blatant disregards of “safety” first, & foremost of time(s), when/as people are “throwing caution to the wind,” in plain sight…

    …(Pun intended)!

    #SafetyShouldntBeASecretServiceReservedExclusivelyForThePresidentCelebritiesRoyaltyAndOrThoseNotCaughtinADisasterousStorm

12. 12:07 And if that wasn’t bad enough at the same the Imperial Japanese Army invaded northern China and Manchuria.

13. Ash Wednesday, Black Friday and Black Saturday Bushfires. Eruption of Santorini.

14. How can I forget? I was not even alive at this time.

15. I heard about this on The Crown.

16. Peshtigo fire (1871)—deadliest wildfire in U.S. history with ~1700 fatalities, but forgotten because it occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire.

17. The Great Kanto earthquake was even bigger, a 7.9, and killed over 100,000 people.

18. 0:15 I thought 10 was going to be the quality of fox news judging by the title gee silly me

19. Never underestimate mothers natures force in anyway possible. She will always win..

20. Damn I became interested all of these disasters as a kid

21. The Brandon Administration is a disaster

22. If there are any other forgotten natural disaster is from around the world, will definitely be hoping for an eventual part 2 please🤞

23. 2018 in Port Orchard, WA, so so close to where I seriously live, we had a freakin' tornado! The randomest thing ever We don't get that up here… Tornado in WA? nope. Tornado in P.O.? nuh uh. Tornado just some blocks away from where I live? No it doesn't… yet there it friggin' was! Boggles my mind why it'd be right there! No warning or anything!
    Nobody died but property did get destroyed. It wasn't as big as other natural disasters in history, but the fact it happened so close to me makes it noteworthy in my eyes.

24. What about the World Series earthquake or great flood of 93

25. Top of the top 10 shows that keep on getting shorter each season

26. Don't assume that ive forgotten anything, ok

27. I think I still remember the first, fourth and fifth entrees, #10, 7 and 6.

28. If pandemics are considered natural disasters then I want to mention the 1889-1890 Russian flu pandemic. 300–900 million people infected and 1 million dead when the world population was 1.5 billion. Not many people have heard of it.

29. No Great Alaskan Earthquake? (Killed a ton of orphans)
    Snowmageddon? (We all know what happened)
    Mount Pelee 1902? (Killed almost everybody who lived in Martinique)
    Mount St. Helens 1980? (Only forgotten because of low number of deaths)
    Storm of the Century? (Well . . . think about it)
    Mt. Etna? (Could do a whole docu-series on her)
    Krakatoa 1883? (We all must've heard of that)
    Washington Avalanche in Wellington in the early 20th century? (Caused massive changes in laws concerning trains)
    Children's Blizzard of 1888? (Killed more children than teens and adults COMBINED!)

30. A Great Smog happened in 18th Century New England as well

31. I've heard of most of these, but I wonder if many people have heard these days, of the so-called Super Outbreak that occurred beginning April 3, 1974. It was a massive tornado outbreak that produced 148 tornadoes over a 24 hr period in 13 states, killing 335 people and injuring over 6k. over 15k houses and businesses were destroyed.

    I had just turned 12 years old in Groveport OH when the sky started getting dark. When a tornado warning flashed on TV my mom and dad herded us into the basement for protection until it was declared all clear. Xenia wasn't so lucky, as a tornado traveled through the center of town and I believe 26 people were killed.

32. Let's play the WM game "Count how many thing WatchMojo thinks we don't know about that we actually do"

33. New Madrid earthquake 1800s

34. I haven't forgotten them, I just choose not to remember them.

35. Here is a few that you should include:
    Daulatpur – Saturia Bangladesh Tornado, the deadliest tornado is the world, it is believed that thing killed 1300 people and there could have been more, and the fact that it happened in 1989.

    1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes, one of these quakes was so strong that it forced the Mississippi River the changed it direction temporarily
    The April 13-16 2011 Outbreak, its Alamba's 2nd largest tornado outbreak, and yet it's rarely talked about

36. The Great Smog is the disaster i never heard of

37. we forgor 💀

38. I would love to see a tornado or hurricane in person I mean I live San Antonio Bexar County and don’t see these

39. Just here to make fun of the climate cult whackos.

40. Earthquake and Typhoon from WWF. They were called the Natural Disasters.

41. Watch mojo: Let’s remind people about their traumatizing experiences. That would be a good video.

42. Tambora killed way more than 11,000 people, those were just the people that died from the direct eruption. Tambora actually killed at least 70,000-90,000 people

43. Tropical storm Isabel packed quite a punch to my neighborhood back in 2003.

44. 1989 earthquake Newcastle Australia

45. I was in Manila when Yolanda hit the Philippines… makes you realize how puny humans are 🙁

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