Disasters: Natural or Man-made
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Other Disasters |
Natural Disasters |
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AT SEA |
ENVIRONMENTAL |
AVALANCHE |
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Titanic (sinking)
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Valdez oil spill
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World Series Earthquake (Loma Prieta)
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Lusitania (sinking) 5/7/1915
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Piper Alpha Oil Platform 7/6/1988
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LANDSLIDES
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San Francisco Earthquake Great San Francisco Earthquake
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NUCLEAR |
FLOODS |
HURRICANES |
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Great Chicago Fire 1871
The Great Fire and the Web of Memory from the Chicago Historical Society
The History Files: The Great Fire from the CHS
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Chernobyl Atomic Meltdown 4/28/1986
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Johnstown Flood 1889
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Hurricane Andrew 8/23/1992
Hurricane Katrina 2005
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London fire 9/02/1666
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Three Mile Island
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Mississippi River Flood 1993
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WILDFIRES at Yellowstone 6/1988
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Morro Castle Luxury Liner Fire 9/8/1934
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OTHER | VOLCANOES |
TSUNAMI |
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Boston Great Molasses Flood 1/15/1919
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Krakatoa August 1883
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Triangle Shirt Factory Fire 3/25/1911
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Hindenburg (explosion) May 1937
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Paricutin (volcano in Mexico) 1943
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December 2004
Asian Tsunami Disaster articles
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| SPACE |
Mianus River Bridge (collapse) 6/28/1983
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Pompeii
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Tornadoes
Plainfield Library Tornado History
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Challenger 1/28/1986
NASA Directory of Challenger/STS-51 Links
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Mt Saint Helens
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Columbia 2/1/2003
NASA Directory of Columbia/STS-107 Links
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