List of disasters
This is a list of disasters, both natural and man-made.
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2 Modern-Era Disasters 3 Dam Disasters 4 Nuclear Disasters 5 War Disasters 6 Air Disasters 7 Railroad Disasters 8 Ship and Ferry Disasters 9 External Links |
Classical-Era Disasters
- Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy
- Alexandria earthquake which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria
- Rhodes earthquake destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes
Modern-Era Disasters
- Mobile magazine explosion (May 25, 1865)
- Great Chicago Fire, Chicago, Illinois, (October 8, 1871)
- Krakatoa, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, (August 26, 1883)
- Great_Galveston_Hurricane and Flood, Galveston, Texas (September 8, 1900)
- 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco, California (April 18, 1906)
- Halifax explosion, Halifax, Nova Scotia (December 6, 1917)
- The Boston Molasses Disaster, Boston, Massachusetts (January 15 1919)
- The Bombay Explosion, Victoria Dock Bombay, India (April 14 1944)
- Texas City Explosion, Texas City, Texas, (April 16, 1947)
- 24 hours of Le Mans disaster, France, (June 11, 1955)
- Aberfan disaster, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (October 21, 1966)
- Ibrox disaster, Glasgow, Scotland (January 2, 1971)
- Summerland disaster, Isle of Man (August 2, 1973)
- Hyatt Hotel disaster, Kansas City, Missouri (July 17 1981)
- Bhopal Disaster, Bhopal, India (December 3, 1984)
- Heysel Stadium disaster, Brussels, Belgium (May 29, 1985)
- Hillsborough disaster, Sheffield, England (April 15, 1989)
- Bijlmerramp disaster, Bijlmerramp, Netherlands (October 4 1992)
- Enschede fireworks disaster, Enschede, Netherlands (May 13, 2000)
- Kaprun disaster, Kaprun, Austria (November 11, 2000)
- Great Smog of 1952, London, England
- Chicago Heat Wave of 1995, Chicago, Illinois
- Earthquake in Bam, Iran in 2003, Bam, Iran
Dam Disasters
- Great Sheffield flood, Sheffield, England (March 11, 1864)
- Johnstown flood, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, (May 31, 1889)
- St. Francis Dam Disaster, Los Angeles, California, (March 12, 1928)
Nuclear Disasters
- Three Mile Island, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (March 28 1979)
- Chernobyl nuclear power-plant disaster, Chernobyl, Ukraine (May 25, 1986)
- See also List of nuclear accidents
War Disasters
An attack with much collateral damage may be considered a disaster, such as the attack on KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff, 1945, the worst or perhaps second worst maritime incident in history, in terms of loss of life in a single vessel (see also note at the end of the article RMS Titanic).
Air Disasters
This is a list of disasters involving objects in flight or near-flight. See also: List of space disasters, List of accidents and incidents on commerical airliners, Incidents in Aviation
- Hindenburg disaster, New Jersey (May 6 1937)
- Munich air disaster (February 6 1958)
- Staines air disaster (July 18th 1972)
- Ermenonville air disaster north of Paris (March 3 1974)
- Tenerife disaster collision between KLM and PanAm Boeing 747's (March 27, 1977)
- Mount Erebus disaster in Antarctica (November 28 1979)
- Challenger space shuttle explosion (January 28 1986)
- Ramstein airshow disaster (August 28, 1988)
- Lockerbie disaster (December 21st 1988)
- Kegworth air disaster (January 8th 1989)
- Ukraine airshow disaster (July 27, 2002)
- Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (February 1, 2003)
- Shootdown of Boeing 747 Korean Air Flight 7 (September 1 1983)
- Japan Airlines Flight 123 (August 12, 1985)
Railroad Disasters
- Armagh rail disaster (June 12, 1889)
- Tangiwai railway disaster (December 24, 1953)
- Granville railway disaster (January 18, 1977)
- Eschede train disaster (June 3, 1998)
Ship and Ferry Disasters
See also: List of shipwrecks
- Titanic sinking (April 15, 1912)
- Herald of Free Enterprise, the English cross-channel car ferry capsized and sank with 189 of the 459 passengers drowning. (March 6, 1987)
- Estonia ferry sinking (September 28,1994)