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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.
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 ...
In other countries such as the United States and Japan, natural disasters are more commonplace so people have a better sense of how to respond, said María Jesus Romero, 50, Professor of Urban ...
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
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Name Dates active Basin Areas affected Deaths Refs Unnamed: September 7–18, 1906: Western Pacific China 15,000 [1] Monterrey: August 20–28, 1909: North Atlantic Greater Antilles, Mexico 4,000: Unnamed: April 1911: North Indian Ocean Bangladesh 120,000 [12] Unnamed: August 1912: Western Pacific China 50,000 [13] Unnamed: September 1912 ...
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 ...