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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.
Most fatalities were due to lightning rather than tornadoes 32 1963 1963 Chualar bus crash: Accident – bus, train Chualar, California: Deadliest road accident in U.S. history, and deadliest U.S. rail accident involving a grade crossing: 32 1968 Northeast Airlines Flight 946: Accident – aircraft Etna, New Hampshire: 32 1969
The bubonic plague, often referred to as the Black Death, is one of the most infamous pandemics in history. It ravaged Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the 14th century, peaking between 1347 ...
A natural disaster is the highly harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. These lists are lists of natural disasters: List of avalanches; List of blizzards; List of derecho events; List of droughts; Lists of earthquakes; List of fires. List of wildfires; List of California wildfires; List of floods. History of ...
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
These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
There are multiple examples of terrible or tragic events happening on these Fridays in history. Friday the 13th is so famously unlucky that there's even a phobia dedicated to it ...