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The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.
Industrial accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom (3 C, 1 P) M. ... Man-made disasters in Scotland (6 C, 2 P) T. Transport disasters in the United Kingdom (13 ...
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.
Hundreds of schools will close, flights have been grounded and major incidents declared in parts of England as Storm Ciaran lashes the UK.. Major incidents have been declared in Southampton, the ...
UK heatwave: Heatwave lasted from early July to mid-September. Newspapers ran deaths by heat columns. 1913: UK tornado outbreak: The 1913 United Kingdom tornado outbreak was a series on tornados on 27 October, particularly in England and Wales. This day was the only known time in British history where two tornados exceed F3 on the Fujita Scale.
This was the first major oil spill at sea. August 1975: The Banqiao Dam failed in the Henan Province of China due to extraordinarily heavy precipitation from the remnants of Typhoon Nina and poor construction quality of the dam, which was built during the Great Leap Forward. The flood immediately killed over 100,000 people, and another 150,000 ...
Terrorist incidents (12 C, 2 P) Transport disasters (15 C) U. Urban fires (3 C, 5 P) W. Wildfires caused by arson (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Man-made disasters"
Five ‘yellow’ warnings and two amber are in place this week as 70mph winds and heavy rainfall to batter UK UK storm – latest: Schools closed, flights grounded and major incidents declared as ...