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Great Irish Famine of 1740–41 (The Great Frost) 1740–1741. Some estimates indicate a death toll as high as 500,000 from starvation and disease. [ 3 ][ 4 ] 250,000. 1918 influenza pandemic. 1918 (Sep–Nov) An estimated 200,000 people died in England and Wales. [ 5 ]
1839. Night of the Big Wind. A European windstorm swept across Ireland causing hundreds of deaths and severe damage to property. Gusts were over 100 knots (190 km/h; 120 mph). 1840s. Great Famine (Ireland) Starvation events. Killed over 400,000 people from starvation and disease. 1918–19.
For natural disasters in the British Isles, see: List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom. List of natural disasters in Ireland. This article includes a list of lists. Category:
List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; ... List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by ...
The winter of 2010–2011 brought heavy snowfalls, record low temperatures, travel chaos and school disruption to Great Britain and Ireland. It included the UK's coldest December since Met Office records began in 1910, with a mean temperature of −1 °C (30 °F), breaking the previous record of 0.1 °C (32.2 °F) in December 1981. 2012
List of natural disasters by death toll. 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 ...
2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods. The 2015–2016 Great Britain and Ireland floods were a series of heavy rainfall events which led to flooding during the winter of late 2015 and early 2016. 11 named storms produced record level rainfall from November 2015 - March 2016 in both monthly and seasonal accumulation records.
Felt across Ireland and western Great Britain. See 1984 Llŷn Peninsula earthquake. [2] [5] 2 April 1990 Bishop's Castle, England 52.43 −3.03 VI 5.1 Very widely felt in Wales and England. See 1990 Bishop's Castle earthquake. [2] 22 September 2002 Dudley, West Midlands, England 52.53 −2.16 V 4.7 Widely felt in England and Wales. [9] 21 ...