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Notable Natural Disasters, Second Edition

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Table Of Contents




Avalanches




Blizzards, Freezes, Ice Storms, and Hail




Droughts




Dust Storms and Sandstorms




Earthquakes




El Niño




Epidemics




Explosions




Famines




Fires




Floods




Fog




Heat Waves




Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones




Icebergs and Glaciers




Landslides, Mudslides, and Rockslides




Lightning Strikes




Meteorites and Comets




Smog




Tornadoes




Tsunamis




Volcanic Eruptions




Wind Gusts




Glossary




Time Line




Bibliography




c. 65,000,000 b.c.e.: Yucatán Crater




c. 1470 b.c.e.: Thera Eruption




430 b.c.e.: The Plague of Athens




64 c.e.: The Great Fire of Rome




79 c.e.: Vesuvius Eruption




365 c.e.: Crete Earthquake




526: The Antioch Earthquake




1200: Egypt




1287: St. Lucia’s Flood




1290: Chihli Earthquake




1320: The Black Death




1520: Aztec Empire Smallpox Epidemic




1556: Shaanxi Earthquake




1657: The Meireki Fire




1665: The Great Plague of London




1666: The Great Fire of London




1669: Etna Eruption




1692: The Port Royal Earthquake




1737: Great Bengal Cyclone




1755: The Lisbon Earthquake




1780: Tabriz Earthquake




1783: Laki Eruption




1792: Unzen Earthquake and Tsunami




1811: New Madrid Earthquakes




1815: Tambora Eruption




1835: Concepción Earthquake




1839: Coringa Cyclone




1845: The Great Irish Famine




1871: The Great Peshtigo Fire




1871: The Great Chicago Fire




1872: The Great Boston Fire




1878: The Great Yellow Fever Epidemic




1880: The Seaham Colliery Disaster




1883: Krakatau Eruption




1887: Yellow River Flood




1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888




1889: The Johnstown Flood




1892: Cholera Pandemic




1896: The Great Cyclone of 1896




1896: Sanriku Tsunami




1900: The Galveston Hurricane




1900: Typhoid Mary




1902: Pelée Eruption




1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake




1908: The Tunguska Event




1908: The Messina Earthquake




1909: The Cherry Mine Disaster




1912: Sinking of RMS Titanic




1914: The Eccles Mine Disaster




1914: Empress of Ireland Sinking




1915: Eastland Disaster




1916: The Great Polio Epidemic




1916: WWI Alpine Avalanches




1918: The Great Flu Pandemic




1920: Gansu Province Earthquake




1923: The Great Kwanto Earthquake




1925: The Great Tri-State Tornado




1926: The Great Miami Hurricane




1928: St. Francis Dam Collapse




1928: The San Felipe Hurricane




1931: Yangtze River Flood of 1931




1932: The Dust Bowl




1935: Labor Day Hurricane




1935: Yangtze River Flood of 1935




1937: The Hindenburg Disaster




1938: The Great New England Hurricane of 1938




1946: The Aleutian Tsunami




1947: The Texas City Disaster




1950s – 1960s: Minamata Bay Mercury Poisoning




1952: The Great London Smog




1953: The North Sea Flood




1957: Hurricane Audrey




1959: The Great Leap Forward Famine




1960: Valdivia Earthquake




1962: Mount Huascarán Avalanche




1963: Surtsey Island




1963: The Vaiont Dam Disaster




1964: The Great Alaska Earthquake




1965: Taal Volcano Eruption




1965: The Palm Sunday Outbreak




1966: The Aberfan Disaster




1969: Santa Barbara Oil Spill




1969: Hurricane Camille




1970: The Ancash Earthquake




1970: The Bhola Cyclone




1971: Flood in Hanoi and the Red River Delta




1972: Iran Blizzard




1972: Hong Kong Landslide Disaster




1973: Heimaey Island




1974: The Jumbo Outbreak




1975: Typhoon Nina




1976: Ebola Outbreaks




1976: Legionnaires’ Disease




1976: The Tangshan Earthquake




1979: Three Mile Island




1980’s: HIV/AIDS Pandemic




1980: Mount St. Helens Eruption




1982: El Chichón Eruption




1982: Pacific Ocean




1984: Africa




1984: Bhopal Disaster




1985: Japan Airlines Flight 123 Disaster




1985: The Mexico City Earthquake




1986: Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes




1986: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident




1986: The Lake Nyos Disaster




1987: Typhoon Nina (Sisang)




1988: Yellowstone National Park




1988: The Leninakan Earthquake




1989: Exxon Valdez Disaster




1989: Hurricane Hugo




1989: The Loma Prieta Earthquake




1991: Bangladesh Cyclone of 1991




1991: Pinatubo Eruption




1991: The Oakland Hills Fire




1992: Hurricane Andrew




1993: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993




1994: The Northridge Earthquake




1995: The Kobe Earthquake




1995: Ebola Outbreak




1995: Chicago Heat Wave




1996: Blizzard of ’96




1996: The Mount Everest Disaster




1997: The Jarrell Tornado




1997: Soufrière Hills Eruption




1998: Yangtze River Flood




1998: Papua New Guinea Tsunami




1998: Hurricane Mitch




1999: The Galtür Avalanche




1999: The Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak




1999: The İzmit Earthquake




2002: SARS Epidemic




2003: European Heat Wave




2003: The Fire Siege of 2003




2003: The Bam Earthquake




2004: The Indian Ocean Tsunami




2005: Hurricane Katrina




2005: The Kashmir Earthquake




2006: The Leyte Mudslide




2008: Blizzard in Afghanistan




2008: Earthquake in Sichuan Province, China




2009: “Swine Flu” Influenza Pandemic




2009: L’Aquila Earthquake




2010: BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill




2010: Concepción Earthquake




2010: Haiti Earthquake




2010: Eyjafjallajökull Eruption




2010: Yushu Earthquake




2010–11: Queensland Floods




2011: Hurricane Irene




2011: Fukushima Disaster




2011: Van Earthquake




2012: Hurricane Sandy




2013: Rana Plaza Collapse




2014: Oso Landslide




2015: Nepal Earthquake




2015: Mount Everest Avalanches




2015: Tropical Storm Erika




2015: Valley Fire




2015: Hurricane Joaquin




2015: Hurricane Patricia




2015-16: Zika Epidemic




2016: Alberta Wildfire




Disaster Relief Organizations and Agencies