Part of the ABC News Great TV News Stories series, this entry focuses on various worldwide natural disasters which took place from 1980 to 1988.
Stories profiled include earthquakes in Italy and Mexico, wildfires in the western United States, record-breaking cold weather through the United States in 1982, lahars caused by the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia in 1985, and Hurricane Gilbert impacting Mexico and the United States in 1988, among others.
