The table listings are in decreasing order of the magnitude of casualties. Among women affected by natural disaster, there are significantly higher rates of low birth weight infants, preterm infants and infants with low head circumference. Some of the disasters below occurred during periods of conflict, although their losses were unrelated to any military action.
This in part a result of the absence of melodrama or consciously artful presentation that would distance the viewer from the brutality of the subjects, as found in Baroque martyrdom. In The Disasters of War, Goya does not excuse any purpose to the random slaughter—the plates are devoid of the consolation of divine order or the dispensation of human justice. After disasters, there is often a significant increase in the number of women who receive late or no prenatal care.

Peacetime disasters. All ships are vulnerable to problems from weather conditions, faulty design or human error.

These lists are of disasters caused by forces of nature .

An event or combination of events resulting in major damage, destruction or death Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States.

Natural disasters A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth.