- A
disaster is an
event that
causes serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment, and the
affected community cannot handle it alone...
- The
Chernobyl disaster was a
nuclear accident that
began on 26
April 1986 with the
explosion of the No. 4
reactor of the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant...
- 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...
-
methyl isocyanate, in what is
considered the world's
worst industrial disaster.
Estimates vary on the
death toll, with the
official number of immediate...
- 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...
- 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...
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respond to the
disaster. The only
exception to the state's
gubernatorial declaration requirement occurs when an
emergency or
disaster takes place on federal...
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Emergency management (also
disaster management) is a
science and a
system charged with
creating the
framework within which communities reduce vulnerability...
