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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.
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 acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.
Passenger ship capsized in Chicago harbor while loading charter for company picnic, causing great loss of life despite shallow water and proximity to land. Deadliest disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping, and deadliest disaster in Chicago history. 819 1944 SS Léopoldville [12] Military strike – submarine English Channel
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 ...
These are lists of disasters caused by deliberate human action or public endangerment or culpable negligence. List of amusement park accidents; List of economic crises; List of environmental disasters; List of explosions. List of boiler explosions; List of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions (BLEVE) List of tanker explosions; List of fires
The Mameyes disaster: Puerto Rico 1985 90+ Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913 United States: 1913 86 "Las Nieves" camping river flood, in Biescas. Spain: 1996 85+ January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 2010 81+ Valencia flood: Valencia, Spain: 1957 81 Holmfirth floods—Bilberry Reservoir dam failure ...
Dubbed "the worst year to be alive" by Harvard historian Michael McCormick, the year 536 saw an inexplicable, dense fog that shrouded much of Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in darkness ...
The disaster remains the deadliest sports-related event in Argentine history. 43: 17 September 1968: Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster: Turkey: Kayseri: Crush at a football match between Kayserispor and Sivasspor, which injured hundreds more. It was the worst instance of sports-related violence in Turkey. [30] 66: 2 January 1971: 1971 Ibrox ...