2013 Event German authorities are forced to evacuate 10 villages as heavy rains swell the Elbe River, breaching its banks 2013 Event A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes significant damage to villages along the coast of the Solomon Islands 2010 Event Entire villages are burned to the ground and 40,000 people flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo 1970 Event 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) 1962 Event Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500 1939 Event 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1935 Event England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1631 Event Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000 1421 Event Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands 1163 Event Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
