Contents

Contents : NATURAL DISASTERS -- Krakatau -- Vesuvius -- Tokyo earthquake -- tsunami -- ice storm -- twister -- bushfire -- epidemic -- locust -- living on the edge -- MAN-MADE DISASTERS -- famine -- Cherynobyl -- bridge on fire -- runway collision -- Titanic -- oil spill -- smog -- landslide -- Wall Street crash -- FUTURE DISASTERS -- getting hotter -- world under water -- medical threats -- crowded plant -- San Francisco earthquake -- meteorite -- glossary -- index -- acknowledgments