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The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.
2008 Irish flash floods: Flash floods throughout August lead to one death and the destruction of 50 houses. 2009: 2009 British Isles floods: Strong winds and heavy rain across the British Isles. Over 40,000 people in Cork were left without running water for a week, with 18,000 left without a supply for ten days.
At the time, this was the most severe storm over the British Isles. 1974–76: Two-year drought and 1976 British Isles heatwave: 1974-1975 was the mildest winter in England and Wales since 1869. However, during the first few days of June 1975, in and around London snow and sleet occurred.
For natural disasters in the British Isles, see: List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom; List of natural disasters in Ireland
Part of the Irish revolutionary period 1922–23 Irish Civil War: Part of the Irish revolutionary period 1942–44 Northern Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1956–62 Border Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1968–98 The Troubles
This is a timeline of the events and actions during the Troubles that were carried out in Great Britain, the vast majority of which were carried out by Irish Republican paramilitaries mainly the Provisional IRA were by far the most active but both the Official IRA and the Irish National Liberation Army, also carried out a number of attacks, which included bombings and shootings.
This is a chronological list of armed conflicts involving Ireland and the United Kingdom.Both sides have fought a total of 15 armed conflicts against each other, with 1 of them being an Irish victory, 12 of them being a British victory, 1 having another result and 1 being an internal conflict (civil war).
The RNLI Memorial at Poole. Many lives have been lost by lifeboat crews going to the aid of people and vessels in distress at sea and around the coasts of Britain and Ireland (UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man), mainly but not exclusively in the service of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).