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Not long after the explosion and the other accidents at Texas City in 2005, however, BP's image in the U.S. was further tarnished by the near-sinking of the semi-submersible oil platform Thunder Horse PDQ in July of the same year [167] and, more crucially, in March 2006 when an oil pipeline spill was discovered in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, while ...
The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions .
Texas City, Texas: 581 5,000+ Texas City disaster: 18 August 1947 Spain: Cádiz: 147+ 5,000+ Cádiz Explosion: 25 May 1950 United States: Chicago: 34 50 1950 Chicago streetcar crash: 11 June 1955 France: Le Mans: 84 180 1955 Le Mans disaster: 7 August 1956 Colombia: Cali: 1,300–4,000 4,000–12,000 Cali explosion: 29 March 1956 USA ...
Map of Texas City. Texas City is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Galveston and 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.58 square miles (483.24 km 2), of which 66.27 square miles (171.64 km 2) is land and 120.31 square miles (311.60 km 2), or 67.61%, is covered by water. [1]
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Texas City explosion may refer to: Texas City disaster (1947), an industrial accident; Texas City refinery explosion (2005), an oil refinery fire
Since 1950, there have been more than 9,700 tornadoes in Texas, killing hundreds and leaving behind billions of dollars worth of damage. ... Interactive map shows tornadoes in Texas since 1950.
An explosion at a historic Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday blew out windows, littered downtown streets with large sections of debris from the building and injured 21 people, including one who ...