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[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [29]]. 95–4,000+ [30] [31] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
The flood immediately killed over 100,000 people, and another 150,000 died of subsequent epidemic diseases and famine, bringing the total death toll to around 250,000—making it the worst technical disaster ever.
Thirty-four people were killed, four thousand people were arrested, and it is estimated that more than one thousand were injured. [63] 34 1878 1878 Wallingford tornado: Tornado Southern Connecticut: $5,300,000 (2007) 34 1893 1893 New York hurricane: Tropical cyclone Eastern United States: 34+ 1916 1916 Gulf Coast hurricane: Tropical cyclone
Thousands of people on the ground suffered from injuries of varying severity. August 11, 2000 1 1 125 Southwest Airlines Flight 1763: in flight toward Salt Lake City: Utah: Boeing 737-700: In an apparent case of air rage, a man opened the cockpit door and was then subdued by eight others and died of asphyxiation as a result. January 31, 2000 88 0 0
The dam foundations washed away and a wave swept aside everything in its path, including two towns, killing at least eleven people, and thousands of cattle. [7] 1976: Machchhu Dam: Morbi India: The Machhu Dam-II collapsed, leading to the deluge of the city of Morbi and the surrounding rural areas. 1800–25,000 people were killed. [8] [9] 1979 ...
Chernobyl disaster: 1986, April 26 At least 78 are believed to have been directly killed by the disaster (31 due to the explosion, 28 due to radioactivity during cleanup, and an additional 19 for the same reason by 2004). [1] [2] There are varying estimates of increased mortality over subsequent decades (see Deaths due to the disaster). 100 ...
The crash is the latest in a slate of recent aviation disasters in the U ... killed 67 people is the only fatal commercial aviation crash in 2025 and in the past 15 years. ... Seven people died ...
Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.