ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is intended as a record of the major disasters of the 1970. Among the disasters, both man-made and natural, that this volume includes are those caused by plane crashes, avalanches and mountain disasters, drought and famine, earth-quakes, fires and explosions, road accidents, storms and floods, railroad accidents and marine and mine disasters. The material that follows consists largely of the development recorded by Facts On File in its on-going examination of world events.