Energy sources of disasters -- Plate tectonics and earthquakes -- Basic principles if earthquake geology and seismology -- Earthquakes in Western North America -- Earthquakes in the rest of North America -- Volcanoes -- Volcanism and plate tectonics -- Mass movements -- Climate change -- Sevre weather -- Hurricanes and the coastline -- Floods -- Fire -- Great dyings -- Impacts with space objects -- Population growth

1. Natural dIsasters