List of disasters
Great Fire of London , 1666
Spanish flu , 1918
Air raids on Coventry , 1940
Bombing of Dresden , 1945
ICE accident at Eschede , 1998
Plane crash near Smolensk , 2010
Costa Concordia , 2012
Moore tornado , 2013
This list of disasters captures catastrophic events in the sense of natural disasters , environmental disasters , accidents , epidemics , pandemics and the like. Disasters can also be caused by technical or human failure. To force majeure include wars, civil wars, riots, terrorism and the like.
This list lists - essentially - specific lists of disasters.
Natural disasters
Earthquake and Ä.
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List of earthquakes
- List of earthquakes in Chile
- List of earthquakes in China
- List of earthquakes in Germany
- List of earthquakes in Haiti
- List of earthquakes in Indonesia
- List of earthquakes in Japan
- List of earthquakes in New Zealand
- List of earthquakes in Austria
- List of earthquakes in Switzerland
- List of earthquakes in Turkey
- List of earthquakes of the 21st century
- List of major historical volcanic eruptions
- List of avalanches and landslides, landslides
- List of tsunamis
Climate and Weather
- List of extreme weather events worldwide
- List of weather events in Europe
- List of flood events
- List of storm surges in the North Sea
- List of floods in Australia
- List of tornadoes
- List of hurricanes in Sweden
- List of storms in Sweden
- List of hurricanes in South America
technology
traffic
shipping
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List of shipping disasters
- List of the most serious shipping disasters
- List of major marine casualties up to 1500
- List of major marine casualties in the 16th century
- List of major marine casualties in the 17th century
- List of major marine casualties in the 18th century
- List of major marine accidents 1801–1850
- List of major marine casualties 1851–1875
- List of major marine casualties, 1876–1900
- List of major marine casualties 1901–1910
- List of major marine casualties 1911–1920
- List of major marine accidents 1921–1930
- List of major marine casualties from 1931 to 1940
- List of major marine casualties from 1941 to 1950
- List of major marine accidents 1951–1960
- List of major marine accidents 1961–1970
- List of major marine accidents 1971–1980
- List of major marine accidents 1981–1990
- List of major marine accidents 1991–2000
- List of major marine accidents 2001–2010
- List of major marine casualties since 2011
- List of inland navigation accidents
- List of submarine accidents since 1945
- List of significant ship sinkings
aviation
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Lists of aviation accidents
- List of the most serious aviation accidents
- List of aircraft accidents from 1785 to 1949
- List of aviation accidents from 1950 to 1970
- List of aviation accidents 1971 to 1990
- List of aviation accidents 1991 to 2000
- List of aviation accidents from 2001 to 2010
- List of aviation accidents from 2011 to 2020
- List of aircraft accidents (general aviation)
- List of aircraft accidents (military aviation) until 1980
- List of aircraft accidents (military aviation) from 1981
- List of mid-air aircraft collisions
- List of downed aircraft in civil aviation
- List of attacks on commercial aircraft
- List of missing commercial aircraft
- List of Airbus A320 Family Incidents
- List of total losses of the Boeing 747
- List of the most serious aviation accidents in Germany
- List of aviation accidents (Switzerland)
- List of aircraft accidents and aircraft being shot down in the Afghan war
- List of balloon accidents
- List of accidents involving airships
Rail transport
Road traffic
- List of bus accidents
- List of tunnel accidents (also: rail traffic, attacks)
Others
Chemistry, energy, construction and raw materials
- List of bridge collapses
- List of chemical disasters
- List of high-profile incidents related to the development, marketing or use of pharmaceuticals
- List of major oil spills
- List of accidents on drilling and production platforms
- List of mining accidents
- List of landslides in mining
- List of accidents in nuclear facilities
- List of historical power outages
- List of dam accidents
- Known dam breaks
Wars, civil wars, riots, terrorism and the like
Others
- List of fire disasters
- List of the largest man-made, non-nuclear explosions
- List of famines
- List of epidemics and pandemics
Single events without a list
- Smog disaster in London in 1952
- Liberian Armyworm Plague
- Anthrax accident in Sverdlovsk
- Lake Nyos disaster
- Manoun lake
- Tanganyika laugh epidemic
- Arjenyattah epidemic
literature
- Gerhard Fouquet, Gabriel Zeilinger: Disasters in the late Middle Ages. Philipp von Zabern Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8053-4362-6
- Gerald Deckart, Gesine Froese, Antonia Meiners u. a .: Catastrophes that shook the world, dramatic events, fascinating pictures, gripping reports Publisher: Das Beste GmbH, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-87070-394-6
Web links
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