Lists of disasters
Sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912
Starvation in Bengal, 1943
Aeroplane crash in Smolensk, 2010
Oil in Gulf of Mexico, 2010
Tōhoku Earthquake, 2011
Moore Tornado, 2013
The following are lists of disasters.
Natural disasters[]
A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth. These lists are of disasters caused by forces of nature.
- List of avalanches
- List of blizzards
- List of derecho events
- List of droughts
- Lists of earthquakes
- List of environmental disasters
- List of fires
- List of floods
- List of heat waves
- List of ice storms
- List of landslides
- List of natural disasters by death toll
- List of solar storms
- Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- List of tropical cyclones
- List of historical tsunamis
- List of volcanic eruptions
Accidents[]
These are lists of disasters caused by accidental human action.
Transport[]
- List of aviation accidents and incidents
- List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
- Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft
- List of airship accidents
- List of ballooning accidents
- List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters
- List of elevator accidents
- List of maritime disasters
- List of shipwrecks
- List of rail accidents
- List of road accidents
- List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
Industrial[]
- List of industrial disasters
- List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States
- List of structural failures and collapses
- List of bridge failures
- List of dam failures
- List of levee failures
- List of mast and tower collapses
- List of modern infrastructure failures
- List of explosions
- List of mining disasters
- Nuclear and radiation accidents
- List of oil spills
Health[]
- List of famines
- List of food contamination incidents
- List of epidemics
- List of mass evacuations
- List of medicine contamination incidents
- List of methanol poisoning incidents
Manmade[]
These are lists of disasters caused by deliberate human action.
- List of amusement park accidents
- List of explosions
- List of fires
- List of fireworks accidents and incidents
- List of man-made mass poisoning incidents
- List of orphan radioactive source incidents
- List of massacres
- List of military disasters
- List of riots
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of wars
By location[]
- List of disasters in Antarctica
- List of disasters in Australia
- List of disasters in Canada
- 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 New Zealand
- List of disasters in Pakistan
- List of disasters in the Philippines
- List of disasters in Poland
- List of disasters in South Korea
- List of disasters in Thailand
- List of disasters in the United States
Other[]
See also[]
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