Natural Disaster

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

A museum run by retired highway engineers who helped rebuild after the Great Hanshin Earthquake.

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.

The longest eruption in the history of La Palma originated with this volcano in September 2021.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

This memorial honors a village that was destroyed during a 2015 earthquake.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.