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Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...
Year Details Countries Fatalities Causes 120 BCE: Cymbrian flood: Denmark, Norway: probably many thousands: Storm tide 589: Breach at Cucca: Italy: 1170: All Saints' Flood (1170)
Starting on July 10, 2023, a record-breaking heat wave affected many European countries, with effects felt most severely in Greece, Italy, Spain, and parts of Southeast Europe. The extreme weather event became named "Cerberus" after the hounds of Hades from Greek mythology by the Italian Meteorological Society . [ 145 ]
The deadliest weather events since 2004 caused more than 570,000 deaths and the ‘fingerprints’ of climate change were present, scientists say. ... killed 70,000 people in Europe. The 10 ...
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.
The WMO announced, for the first time, world records for the highest reported historical death tolls from cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms. The 5 deadliest weather events of all time ...
As a cold front moved across Eastern Europe, it produced many deadly wedge tornadoes. The tornadoes affected an area from Lublin Voivodship to Lutsk Oblast to the Minsk Region. The outbreak began at 13:00 local time when at least 5 F1s touched down. Many homes would be destroyed and 1 person would die in Łaszczów. Later that day, an F2 ...
The national weather service AEMET had raised its threat level for heavy rains to a red alert at 7.36am on Oct 29, following heavy rains in mountainous areas west of the city of Valencia from the ...