Doomsday: The world's top 10 lurking fatal natural disasters (Picture)

by joyie8joy6 on 2007-09-10 14:27:08

The September issue of Britain's Focus monthly carried an article entitled "Dormant Disasters," written by natural disaster expert Bill McGuire. The article says to forget about global terrorism because the time bombs of earthquakes, super volcanoes and hurricanes are ticking away, and for most of the world’s population, their threats are much greater. The article revealed the top ten disasters that are yet to come.

1 Super Volcano

Every 50,000 years or so, there is a massive volcanic eruption that releases enough ash and gas to shroud an entire continent, plunging it into darkness for several years on end, followed by a harsh volcanic winter. In the past...