new orleans had it

china has it

majority of the time it could have been presented. especially with all the aid that our government as well as the europeans fork over .... the problem is half these third world governments are corrupt and the people too meek to rise up and say something.

and you don't need money or materials or education to prepare ... common sense should tell you don't build next to a volcano, don't build next to a giant hill that is just like every other hill that causes mudslides each year ... don't build a city in a giant depression protected only by levys

it doesn't work for every situation i agree but most of the time like i said it's preventable. at least on teh scale that you see it