Beyond earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and other known devastating phenomena, there are more strange but equally disturbing natural disasters. This is a list of some of the rarest natural disasters in history:
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| The extraordinary natural disasters faced by the Earth and insurance does not know. |
'The Year Without Summer'
In April 1815, Mount Tambora, Indonesia, produced one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in history, killing tens of thousands of people in Southeast Asia and throwing a giant cloud of ash into the stratosphere. The cloud traveled around the world by blocking the sun's rays; temperatures dropped about three degrees, causing distortions of catastrophic weather effects. As with almost every great problem, the "year without a summer" promoted some important creations, such as the bicycle, invented by German Karl Drais for the high price of feed for horses in Europe.
-The Carrington Event
Between late August and early September 1859 the planet was bombarded by the largest solar storm in history. The so-called "Carrington Event", named after the British astronomer Richard Carrington, gave a fantastic celestial spectacle, but also generated geomagnetic disturbances that toppled telegraph systems worldwide.
-the Year of the Lobster
In the summer of 1874, millions of locusts besieged Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas, Iowa and other states of the United States. Witnesses said groups of locusts clouds were so thick they could block sunlight for several hours. Upon arrival, whole crop, vegetation and even clothing people ate fields.
-The Veil of dust
In the year 536, a cloud of sand and dust down in much of the world, blocking sunlight and causing unusually cold temperatures for several years. The long winter brought droughts, crop failures and famine worldwide. Some scholars speculate that also played a role in triggering the first known outbreak of bubonic plague in Europe.
'The Great Smog
In December 1952, air pollution in London created a mass of sooty smoke that lasted for four days, wreaking havoc on air quality. The deadly miasma was the result of a high pressure system that creates abnormally stagnant conditions. Instead of dispersing in the atmosphere, as usual, billowing clouds of coal smoke and pollution from the factories they stopped in the air of the city.
-The Tunguska Event
Shortly after 7 am on June 30, 1908 a blinding light crossed the skies of Siberia and exploded on Podkamennaya River in Tunguska. The shock wave was hundreds of times more powerful than an atomic bomb. Amazingly, no one was killed in the explosion, but its effects were felt around the world. Scientists say that the "Tunguska Event" was the result of the impact of a space rock, a meteor.
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