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The most expensive disaster in human history is the Chernobyl disaster, costing an estimated $700 billion. [2] Chernobyl's circumstances make it a unique but particularly devastating situation that is unlikely to ever happen again.
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history.The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles.
Series of hailstorms amount to 2nd costliest in U.S. history at estimated $1.6 billion in insured losses [29] 13 June 2012 Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, US Baseball- to softball-sized hail pummeled DFW causing significant damage to cars, houses, and other buildings. Estimated damages were approximately $900 million. [30] 12 August 2012
Andrew was the costliest hurricane in Florida’s history until Hurricane Irma passed it 25 years later, according to the National Hurricane Center, Irma caused around $77 billion dollars in damages.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
Most expensive television series (total cost) Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref. Unadjusted 2023 inflation Andor: 2022–2024 645 645 [43] Citadel (season 1) 2023 300 300 [44] Arcane: 2021–2024 250 250 [45] The Acolyte: 2024 231 231 [46] The Pacific: 2010 200 279 [47] 3 Body Problem (season 1) 2024 160 160 [48] Fallout (season 1 ...
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An L3 class mission designed to detect and accurately measure gravitational waves. [citation needed] Lunokhod ("Moonwalker") Soviet space program: 1969: Completed: 1977: Inactive series of Soviet robotic lunar rovers designed to land on the Moon. Lunokhod 1 was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world. [citation needed ...