👋 Welcome, brave explorer!
Our planet is amazing — but sometimes it can be wild! Earthquakes shake the ground, volcanoes blast melted rock into the sky, tsunamis race across the ocean faster than jet planes, and mudslides turn whole hillsides into rivers of mud.
This website teaches you about 10 different types of natural disasters. Every disaster has its own page with three slides: first Facts & History, then Pictures, and finally Famous Disasters from the past. At the bottom of every slide is a Picture Sources section showing exactly where each photo came from. Pick a disaster below and start your adventure!
🌋 Volcanic Eruptions
Melted rock, ash, and hot gases blasting out of openings in Earth's crust!
🌎 Earthquakes
When giant pieces of Earth's crust slip and shake the ground beneath our feet!
🌊 Tsunamis
Giant ocean waves, usually started by undersea earthquakes, that race across the sea as fast as a jet plane!
🌀 Hurricanes
Enormous spinning storms that form over warm ocean water, with roaring winds and torrential rain!
🌪️ Tornadoes
Spinning columns of air that drop down from thunderstorms — the fastest winds on Earth!
🌧️ Floods
When too much water covers land that is usually dry — the most common natural disaster of all!
🔥 Wildfires
Huge fires that spread through forests and grasslands, racing faster than you might think!
☀️ Droughts
The slow, silent disaster — when rain stays away for months or even years!
🏔️ Avalanches
When millions of tonnes of snow suddenly let go and thunder down a mountainside!
⛰️ Mudslides
Rivers of mud, rocks, and trees that surge downhill after heavy rain — fast and powerful!