weather

In 1651, a series of floods kills as many as 15,000 people and leads to widespread destruction.

This climate phenomenon was first observed in 1578. Occurring primarily in the Pacific, it can lead to extreme weather in many world regions.

Bushfires devastate large areas of Victoria and South Australia and kill seventy-one people.

One of the largest fire disasters in Australian history, the 1939 bushfires devastate large parts of Victoria.

The greatest flood on the Red River in recorded history destroys most fur trading posts in Manitoba, Canada.