Icelandic volcano caused Middle Eastern famine

In 1783 the Icelandic volcano Laki erupted. Understood to be the largest eruption at high-latitude in the last 1,000 years, it created three cubic miles of lava and over 100 million tons of sulfur dioxide and toxic gases...

It takes complicated computer models to prove, but experts believe this affected the Nile, which ran extra low for several years, creating famine!