Lists of disasters
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Starvation in Bengal, 1943
Oil in Gulf of Mexico, 2010
Tōhoku Earthquake, 2011
Moore Tornado, 2013
The following are lists of disasters.
Natural disasters[edit]
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[edit]
These are lists of disasters caused by accidental human action.
Transport[edit]
- List of aviation accidents and incidents
- List of elevator accidents
- List of maritime disasters
- List of rail accidents
- List of road accidents
- List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
Industrial[edit]
- List of industrial disasters
- List of structural failures and collapses
- List of explosions
- List of mining disasters
- Nuclear and radiation accidents
- List of oil spills
Health[edit]
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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
- List 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[edit]
See also[edit]
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