20 Historic Disasters That Were Way Worse Than People Think

When most people think of historic natural disasters, the one that usually first comes to mind is the Vesuvius volcanic eruption of 79 AD, that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, However famous and dramatic as that catastrophe was, Vesuvius eruption is not even among history's top 20 worst natural disasters, Indeed it is not even among history's top ten most catastrophic volcanic eruptions, Following are 20 fascinating but little known things about some of history's most devastating natural catastrophes.