Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; ... 26th; Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. 21st-century mining disasters (3 C) 0–9. 2000s ...
Engineering disasters often arise from shortcuts in the design process. Engineering is the science and technology used to meet the needs and demands of society. [1] These demands include buildings, aircraft, vessels, and computer software. In order to meet society’s demands, the creation of newer technology and infrastructure must be met ...
21st-century disasters by country (113 C) + 21st-century disaster films (3 C) 0–9. 2000s disasters (26 C) 2010s disasters (26 C) 2020s disasters (22 C) B.
19th-century tower: 200 dead 2015: Mariana dam disaster: Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Tailings dam: 19 dead, ~16 injured 2016: Weiguan Jinlong (earthquake, 6 Feb) Tainan, Taiwan: Residential building: 114 dead 2016 Perkolo Bridge : Nord-Fron near Sjoe, Sel, Norway Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber: 0 dead, 1 injured [31] 2016: ...
Other disasters can also be considered industrial disasters, if their causes are rooted in the products or processes of industry. For example, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was made more severe due to the heavy concentration of lumber industry facilities, wood houses, and fuel and other chemicals in a small area.
Megastructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia.
In the US alone, more than 100,000 coal miners have been killed in accidents over the past century, [1] with more than 3,200 dying in 1907 alone. [ 2 ] According to Benjamin K. Sovacool , 279 major energy accidents occurred from 1907 to 2007 and they caused 182,156 deaths with $41 billion in property damages, with these figures not including ...
21st-century disasters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3 C) 21st-century disasters in Denmark (4 C) E. 21st-century disasters in Ecuador (3 C)