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For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with a death toll of around 230,000 people, cost a 'mere' $15 billion, [1] whereas in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which 11 people died, the damage was six times higher. The most expensive disaster in human history is the Chernobyl disaster, costing an estimated $700 billion. [2]
In August 1969. This tower was one of the three tallest structures in the Northern Hemisphere and its transmitter radiated the most powerful UHF-TV signal in the world. [citation needed] TV channel 14 (470-476 MHz). Collapsed Easter Sunday.
United States Geological Survey shake map for the 2019 Luzon earthquake; a maximum Mercalli intensity scale value of 6.6 was observed in Gutad, Floridablanca, Pampanga. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) initially reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 striking at 17:11 PST with an epicenter two kilometers N 28° E of Castillejos, Zambales.
CKX-TV Craig Television Tower: Souris, Manitoba, Canada: Guyed mast: 1983: Wavre TV Mast: Wavre, Belgium: Guyed mast: 1983 Kurgan dormitory collapse Kurgan, USSR Dormitory 15 dead 1985: Val di Stava Dam collapse: Italy: Dam: 268 dead 1985: Apartment building collapse: Castellaneta, Italy: Apartment building: 21 dead, 9 injured [5] 1986: Hotel ...
The most active volcano in the Visayas, Kanlaon has erupted 26 times since 1919. Eruptions are typically phreatic explosions of small-to-moderate size that produce minor ash falls near the volcano. In 1902, the eruption was classified as strombolian , typified by the ejection of incandescent cinder , lapilli and lava bombs.
17 March 2018 – 2018 Philippines Piper PA-23 crash. A Piper PA-23 Apache crashed into a residential area in Plaridel, Bulacan, killing all five people (three passengers and two pilots) on board and five others on the ground. [26] [27] 1 September 2019 – 2019 Philippines Beechcraft King Air crash.
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