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On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
Natural Hazards Data from NOAA National Geophysical Data Center "When Nature Attacks" from Newsweek; World's worst natural disasters since 1900; Earthquake Hazards Program – USGS; EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database managed by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters; Disasters Database Report from Emergency Management ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Boxing Day quake was one of the largest ever recorded.
The tsunami, which was triggered by a powerful 9.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Indonesia, is considered the deadliest natural disaster this century and one of the deadliest in ...
The Bhola cyclone is the deadliest tropical cyclone on record and also one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. A comparable number of people died as a result of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake , 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake , but because of uncertainty in the number of deaths in all four disasters ...
Largest Canadian wildfire season in recorded history. 2023 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha) Matt's Creek Fire Virginia 2024 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha)
It marks Spain’s deadliest natural disaster in decades. The death toll is expected to rise as emergency workers fight to rescue those who are trapped and recover bodies.