7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

When in the past months in Australia raging wildfires that killed up to one billion animals, many people around the globe asked the question: what disaster is next?

Due to climate change, human activities and other factors, natural disasters are becoming more common. But some may be worse than others. Much.

The eruption of the Yellowstone SUPERVOLCANO

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

Yellowstone national Park sits on top of a SUPERVOLCANO, the width of which is 44 mile. He is still active and could erupt at any moment. Its last major eruption was about 630 thousand years ago, but as the author wrote «the End of Time,» Bryan Walsh in his article in «the new York times,» the eruption of the SUPERVOLCANO will be «ultra-catastrophe» that «could lead to global devastation and even extinction of people.»

Since the volcano is in America, she will die first.

Volcano lake Toba

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

The land of volcanoes, Indonesia is no stranger to eruptions, but there is a threat to all the countries of South-East Asia: the SUPERVOLCANO lake Toba.

Toba is a lake, which is on top of a huge Caldera (volcanic crater) that is still considered to be under revival. The eruption 75 000 years ago caused, according to scientists, the sharp decline in the population of mankind. Separate but bitter «icing» on the cake is that any major Toba eruption can also cause a mega-tsunami.

Mega-hurricanes

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

Hurricanes Irene, Katrina, Wilma, sandy, Irma and others caused damage in the billions of dollars and claimed the lives of many people.

Even worse, due to climate change the frequency of these horrific storms is expected to increase. The phenomenon that happened very rarely, now it happens almost every year — with worsening consequences. The growth of coastal towns destruction are expected to increase, and scientists call the Atlantic hurricanes «the following large natural disasters».

«Powder keg» in Chile

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

Another earthquake, which could have disastrous consequences likely to occur in Chile, on the Western coast of South America.

According to the volcanological site Temblor, «the Coquimbo region [in Central Chile] has an unusual, increasing seismic activity, which can lead to very strong earthquake at the end of this century.» Scientists also predict that such a disaster will be followed by a devastating tsunami.

The melting of glaciers

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

At that time, as the Arctic glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, scientists say that «about 150 million people currently live on land, which by mid-century will be below the high tide line».

It threatens, for example, the coast of America, China, Thailand and almost all of Vietnam. The Maldives are also under serious threat if nothing is done, according to scientists, by 2045 the country, consisting of low-lying Islands will disappear completely.

Big solar storm

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

In 2012 the Earth nearly got hit by a massive solar storm — the most powerful over the past 150 years. The last such major incident occurred in 1859, when an intense geomagnetic storm damaged the Telegraph lines, thus crippling the this «Victorian Internet».

«Such a geomagnetic storm now would be disastrous — the destruction of the Internet and almost all communications would have caused trillions of losses,» said Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado.

The fall of an asteroid

7 natural disasters that can happen at any moment (and destroy almost all of us)

The extinction of the dinosaurs many scientists associated with the asteroid that fell to Earth.

In 2028, the asteroid 1997XF11 will fly to the Ground very close, but fortunately it passes through our planet. If something will change, and an asteroid a mile wide will hit the Earth at a speed of about 30 thousand miles per hour, this will release the energy equivalent of the bomb of a million megatons. It is highly likely that the asteroid will destroy much of life on our planet.

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