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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 might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified as a disaster, it must have profound environmental effects and/or loss of life and frequently causes financial loss.
Second-deadliest disaster in United States history. Deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. 700,000 [3] 1981 – present HIV/AIDS in the United States: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history. 675,000 [4] 1918 – 1920 1918 influenza pandemic: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated.
List of disasters in Antarctica; List of disasters in Australia; List of disasters in Canada. List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland; List of disasters in Haiti; Lists of disasters in Indonesia. List of disasters in Indonesia; List of earthquakes in Indonesia
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 Gustav: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma: 2008 Tornado: 59 $1.2 billion 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead.
Lovettsville air disaster: Lovettsville: Virginia: Douglas DC-3: The aircraft is believed to have crashed due to a lightning strike. January 21, 1939 3 10 10 1939 Imperial Airways flying boat ditching: Atlantic Ocean, en route from New York City: New York: Short Empire: The aircraft landed in the ocean because of engine failure due to icing and ...
Crews working at the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in a generation have recovered all 67 victims of the collision between two aircraft over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, officials ...