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Nature as Creator and Destroyer Looms in Weather and Disease
The article surveys natural calamities from earthquakes and tsunamis in the Mediterranean and Sumatra to cloudbursts and tornadoes in the United States. It notes the deadly power of volcanoes and epidemics from cholera to bubonic plague, and ends with a stark view of nature indifferent to human fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ature
Mediterranean
Sumatra
Naaf
Burmah
Japan
Weather Bureau
United States
Germany
California
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain
Colorado Plateau
New Mexico
Utah
San Francisco Mountain
Rockies
Colorado
Johnstown
Baltimore
Kansas
Nebraska
Homel Will
Southtru
Parrish
Tomboro
Java
Krakatoa
Oan
Kalut
Orient
Henan
China
Central Asia
England
Italy
Europe
Waplag
British Isles
London
Spalata
Cory
Cory Orrs
Torsajens