Green | natural disaster 5 Man-Made Natural Disasters Floods to mud, there's lots we can take responsibility for besides global warming By Lev Weinstein Posted Aug 3, 2008 9:29 AM CDT Copied Not too long from now, we may be able to divert the destruction caused by Hurricanes like Dolly, but to where? (AP Photo) Humans can do a righteous job of messing up the planet in the long term. We're also more than capable of wreaking short-term havoc with these man-made natural disasters, reports the New Scientist: Mud volcanoes: While we can't create the real thing, shoddy mining practices in East Java have made the ground hemorrhage mud since 2006. Earthquakes: In 1967, a quake hit Koyna, India, after a dam was built in what was thought to be a seismically safe region. Vanishing water: Drill underwater, and you might empty the tub. It happened at Louisiana's Lake Peigneur. Floods: Cloud-seeding during a storm can trigger quite the flood, much like a 1972 event in South Dakota that dumped a year's worth of rain in 6 hours. Hurricanes: A trail of black carbon can divert one, but to where? Read These Next You may recognize him from Family Matters. He's now in jail. Trump announces 100% tariff on goods from China. Diane Keaton, Godfather and Annie Hall star, dies. Plant explosion left no survivors, sheriff says. Report an error