- A
disaster is an
event that
causes serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment, and the
affected community cannot handle it alone...
- A
natural disaster is the very
harmful impact on a
society or
community after a
natural hazard event. Some
examples of
natural hazard events include avalanches...
- The
Aberfan disaster (Welsh:
Trychineb Aberfan) was the
catastrophic collapse of a
colliery spoil tip on 21
October 1966. The tip had been
created on a...
- The
Hindenburg disaster was an
airship accident that
occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey,
United States. The LZ 129
Hindenburg (Luftschiff...
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worst nuclear disaster in history, and the
costliest disaster in
human history, with an
estimated cost of $700 billion USD. The
disaster occurred while...
-
Disaster!: A
Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You! was a dark ride
attraction at
Universal Studios Florida. Set on a
soundstage of a
fictitious movie...
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methyl isocyanate, in what is
considered the world's
worst industrial disaster. A
government affidavit in 2006
stated that the leak
caused 558,125 injuries...
-
Disaster Girl is a meme
photograph featuring a
young girl
staring at the
camera with a
structure fire
behind her. The girl in the photo, Zoë Roth, was...
- The
Hillsborough disaster was a
fatal crowd crush at a
football match at
Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield,
South Yorkshire, England, on 15
April 1989...
- The
Kyshtym disaster, (Russian: Кыштымская авария),
sometimes referred to as the
Mayak disaster or
Ozyorsk disaster in
newer sources, was a radioactive...
