Natural Disasters in Newspapers

Explore the topics below to learn about Natural Disasters through newspaper articles and clippings.

Wreckage from the Galveston, Texas, Hurricane in 1900

1900 Galveston Hurricane
Temporary hospital in California for Spanish flu victims, 1918

1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The Currier & Ives lithograph showing people fleeing the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Great Chicago Fire
Destroyed buildings after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Great Chicago Fire (Chicago Tribune Edition)
Destruction in Johnstown after the flood

Johnstown Flood
Lake Nyos, 1986

Lake Nyos Disaster
Mount St. Helens, 1982

Mount St. Helens 1980 Eruption
Ruins of San Francisco near Post and Grant Avenue

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906