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Transportation disasters in West Virginia (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Disasters in West Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Pages in category "Natural disasters in West Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Monongah Mining disaster: Monongah, West Virginia, U.S. 344: 21 December 1910 Pretoria Pit Disaster: Westhoughton, England 319: 31 May 1892 Marie ore mine fire Příbram, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) 301: 13 May 2014 Soma mine disaster: Manisa, Turkey 300+ 9 May 1993 Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings
The last direct death from a tornado in West Virginia was in June 1982. A sixth tornado affected Wirt County, West Virginia. [28] [29] April 27, 2011 – West Virginia was on the northern fringe of the large severe weather outbreak that occurred across the southern states, northeast into Virginia. A strengthening low pressure center tracked ...
2016 West Virginia flood: West Virginia: 2016 Blizzard: 55 ≥$500 million – $3 billion ... it is considered to be the worst disaster in the state's history. ...
West Virginia has yet to build the center, though the center was promised by Governor Moore in May 1972. [10] Gerald M. Stern, an attorney with Arnold & Porter, wrote a book entitled The Buffalo Creek Disaster about representing the victims of the flood. The book includes descriptions of his experiences dealing with the political and legal ...
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List of spills is posted on West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection database. Company name is needed to search database. June 7, 2010 through January 26, 2015 – Ohio River Valley, Numerous accidents, 2 dead, 7 injured, about 1000 evacuated [135] September 9, 2010 – Explosion and a fire that burned for 9 days, in Wetzel County.