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List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll; List of disasters in Australia by death toll; List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia by death toll; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll; List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll; List of disasters in Poland by death toll
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.
189 total deaths, with 31 in American Samoa. 2008 Hurricane: 113 $38 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane Ike: Southeast Texas, Texas, Louisiana, Southern United States: At the time, Ike was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, after leaving behind $38 billion in damages in Texas alone. 2008 Hurricane: 53 $8.31 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane ...
The death toll reached 103 in North Carolina, 232 in the South. Hurricane Helene is arguably the worst natural disaster in state history. Hurricanes Floyd in 1999 and Hazel in 1954 have their ...
Here are 10 of the deadliest natural disasters in 2018, according to data from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, based in Belgium. ... thousands have lost their lives in ...
10 of 2020's Deadliest Natural DisastersAlthough the world's focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic, the presence of natural disasters has persisted, and in some cases, compounded with COVID ...
Tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. 1,173 1943 HMT Rohna [10] Military strike – bombing Mediterranean Sea: Luftwaffe glide bomb hit troopship causing the largest loss of U.S. soldiers (1,050) at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 1,167 1865 Sultana: Accident – shipwreck Marion, Arkansas
The 10 deadliest extreme weather events of the previous two decades, which contributed to some 570,000 deaths, were all intensified by human-caused climate change, according to a new study from ...