Natural Disasters
A global archive of the Earth at its most violent — every kind of natural disaster and freak-weather event, from ancient eruptions to last week's storms. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, volcanoes, landslides, droughts, blizzards, freak lightning, dust storms, locust plagues, coral bleaching and more, documented from all over the world in real footage and photographs, in true chronological order.
A chronological documentary of 873 moments spanning 6100 BC–1300 BC on Loreline.
last updated 2026-07-16
Eras
- Earthquakes — The ground itself giving way — the great quakes that levelled cities and reshaped coastlines, from Lisbon 1755 to the megathrusts of the modern age.
- Tsunamis — Walls of water thrown across whole oceans by quakes and landslides — the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Tōhoku catastrophes and the tsunamis of history.
- Hurricanes & Cyclones — The great tropical cyclones — hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones — that drowned coasts and flattened cities across every warm ocean on Earth.
- Tornadoes — The most violent storms on the planet — the tornadoes and outbreaks that tore across Tornado Alley and beyond.
- Floods — When the water rose — river floods, flash floods, dam failures and monsoon deluges that swallowed whole regions.
- Wildfires — Firestorms out of control — the megafires and firestorms that consumed forests, towns and skies from Australia to California to the Amazon.
- Volcanoes — The Earth's furnace breaking through — the eruptions, from Vesuvius and Krakatoa to Pinatubo and beyond, that buried cities and darkened the sky.
- Landslides & Mudslides — The mountain coming down — landslides, mudflows, lahars and rockfalls that buried valleys and villages in minutes.
- Droughts & Heat — The slow disasters — the great droughts, dust bowls and killer heatwaves that starved land and people across continents.
- Blizzards, Ice & Cold — When the world froze — blizzards, ice storms, cold waves and the great winter storms that paralysed nations.
- Lightning & Freak Storms — The sky at its strangest — killer lightning, supercells, derechos, ball lightning and the freak storms that defied the forecast.
- Hail & Dust Storms — Ice and dust from above — giant hailstorms and the towering dust storms and haboobs that swallowed cities whole.
- Biological Plagues — When nature swarmed — the locust plagues, insect infestations and biological disasters that stripped the land bare.
- Ocean & Coral — The disasters of the sea — mass coral bleaching, red tides, algal blooms and the slow catastrophes unfolding underwater.
- Avalanches — The snow let loose — the avalanches that buried climbers, villages and armies beneath the mountains.
- Sinkholes & Ground Failure — The ground opening up — sinkholes, subsidence and the sudden collapses that swallowed roads, houses and people.
…and 873 more moments. Full text archive: /loreline-text/natural-disasters.md
