Worst Volcanic Disasters in History
Volcanoes are one of the most overlooked disasters, even though they killed millions of people too.. The year without a winter, since the ash cooled down Earth
This volcanic eruption killed millions of people and 25% of Iceland's population
Wiped out the busy Roman towns of Heraculem and Vesuvius, and preserved them in ash. You can still see the ruins today.
This volcano nearly wiped out the human population long ago. It's the only super volcano eruption that happened where human (or human ancestors) almost completely died out.
Excellent list. Certainly updated my knowledge. Thanks Ethan.
Wiped out the secluded Minoan civilization and is said to have ended the Xia Dynasty.
The collapse of one of the lava domes created a tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people.
At least 36,417 people died and the real number is not verified well.This eruption deserves the number 3.
This eruption produced the loudest sound in history.
Although it killed only 57 people, the environmental and structural damage is incomprehensible.
My mom survived it she said it was very scary. (Probably because she was not with her family
Lava flows reached Goma, and the populated outskirts. 120,000 people were left homeless
Carbon Dioxide spewed from the volcanic Lake Nyos and choked 1,700 people to death
This Super volcano was far worse than Toba. Imagine a million years of volcanic disaster, all the ocean currents stopping, three trillion tons of coal burning, and 99.984% percent of all life gone. Without this devastating eruption the dinosaurs and ourselves might not exist.