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Categories - Disasters

1. Accident Spills Pesticide into the Sacramento River
2. African Lake Emits Toxic Gas
3. The Amoco Cadiz Runs Aground
4. The Argo Merchant Spills Oil Off the New England Coast
5. Armenian Earthquake Leads to Calls for Building Reform
6. Atomic Bombs Destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki
7. Avalanches in the Alps Lead to Snow-Management Programs
8. Bhopal Disaster Kills and Injures Thousands
9. The Braer Runs Aground near the Shetlands
10. Caribbean Volcano Erupts, Destroying Much of Island of Montserrat
11. Challenger Accident
12. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
13. The Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Explodes
14. The Cuyahoga River Bursts into Flames
15. Destruction of Pompeii
16. Dioxin Causes Chloracne in West German Chemical Workers
17. Dioxin Contamination Forces Evacuation of Times Beach
18. Donora, Pennsylvania, Suffers Deadly Temperature Inversion
19. Drought Begins in the Sahel Region of Africa
20. The Dust Bowl
21. The Dust Bowl Chokes the Central United States
22. Earthquake Levels San Francisco
23. Earthquakes Devastate Mexico City
24. Ebola Epidemic Breaks Out in Zaire
25. England’s Windscale Reactor Releases Radiation
26. Epidemics and diseases
27. Ethiopian Famine Gains International Attention
28. Evidence Is Found of a Worldwide Catastrophe at the End of the Cretaceous Period
29. An Explosion Occurs in the Chalk River Nuclear Reactor
30. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
31. The Exxon Valdez Spill Devastates Alaskan Wildlife
32. Exxon Valdez Spills Crude Oil Off Alaska
33. Fire in Boston’s Coconut Grove Nightclub Kills 492 People
34. Fires Burn Much of Yellowstone National Park
35. Fires Devastate Communities in Southern California
36. French Agents Sink the Rainbow Warrior
37. Government Reveals Oak Ridge Mercury Releases
38. Great Fire of London
39. Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Construction Leads to Disaster
40. Hurricane Levels Galveston, Texas
41. Iceberg Sinks “Unsinkable” Ocean Liner Titanic
42. Influenza Epidemic Kills Millions Worldwide
43. Influenza Epidemic Strikes
44. Invasion of the Black Death
45. Iraq Burns Kuwaiti Oil Wells
46. Irish Famine and the Great Emigration
47. Irish Potato Famine
48. Italian Factory Explosion Releases Dioxin
49. Japan Has Its Worst Nuclear Accident
50. London Smog Kills Thousands