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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.
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.
Death count Event Location Year 930,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River flood: China: 1887 8,967,000–4,000,000 1931 China floods: China: 1931 400,000–893,303
Under certain circumstances, these events are thought to produce massive bursts of gamma radiation emanating outward from the axis of rotation of the star. If such an event were to occur oriented towards the Earth, the massive amounts of gamma radiation could significantly affect the Earth's atmosphere and pose an existential threat to all life.
GOODELL: There’s always going to be finger-pointing after an event like this, and there’s obviously lots of things that could have been done better. But I think the blunt truth is that there ...
GARY, Peacock's docuseries about child star Gary Coleman, covers the highs — and many lows — that he experienced over the years before his tragic death at age 42.. Coleman rose to fame playing ...
Second-largest loss of life within the state of Michigan. 73 1925 1925 Florida tropical storm: Tropical cyclone East Coast of the United States: 73 1933 USS Akron: Accident – Airship: Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New Jersey: Deadliest airship disaster in history. 73 1990 Avianca Flight 52: Accident – aircraft Cove Neck, New York: 72 1811
A collage of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones worldwide since 1990. This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones, including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths.