Natural disasters such as earthquakes, flooding, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions can occur without warning or with greater force than anticipated. These events reshape people’s lives as well as our landscape and remind us that we’re not as in control as we thought. In the second installment of this course, you will prepare to read and watch Russian-language media reporting on a volcanic eruption in Hawaii, fires in Rostov, Italy’s cleanup following an earthquake, and Hurrican Maria.