The following are lists of disasters.

Natural disasters

natural disaster A natural disaster is "the negative impact following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that it significantly harms a community". A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some econ ...

is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth. These lists are of

disaster A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources ...

s caused by forces of nature. *

List of avalanches This is an incomplete list of notable avalanches. See also *Avalanche *List of natural disasters by death toll References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Avalanches * Avalanches in the United States Death in the United Kingdom Dea ...

List of blizzards This is a list of blizzards, arranged alphabetically by continent. A blizzard is defined as a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least and lasting for three hours or more. The list states blizzards in various countries ...

List of derecho events The following is a list of derecho events. North America Europe South America Asia See also * Bow echo * Line echo wave pattern * List of deadliest Storm Prediction Center days by outlook risk level * List of microbursts * L ...

* List of droughts *

Lists of earthquakes Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from events too weak to be detectable except by sensitive instrumentation, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of ...

List of environmental disasters This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the environment. Environmental disasters by category Agricultural * M ...

List of fires This article is a list of notable fires. Town and city fires Building or structure fires Transportation fires Mining (including oil and natural gas drilling) fires This is a partial list of fire due to mining: man-made structures to extra ...

List of wildfires This is a list of notable wildfires. Asia China *1987 – The Black Dragon Fire started in China and burnt a total of of forest along the Amur river, with destroyed on the Chinese side. Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of Chin ...

List of California wildfires This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires. California has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions from spring through late autumn that can produce moderate to severe wildfires. Pre-1800, when the area was much more f ...

List of floods The following is a list of major floods. List of notable floods 20th century BC * Jishi Gorge outburst flood about 1920 BC 14th century * Saint Marcellus's flood a storm tide is also called the "Second St. Marcellus flood". * St. Mary ...

History of flooding in Canada The history of flooding in Canada includes floods caused by snowmelt runoff or freshet flooding, storm-rainfall and "flash flooding", ice jams during ice formation and spring break-up, natural dams, coastal flooding on ocean or lake coasts from stor ...

List of deadliest floods This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 60 deaths. List Floods by year Only floods having caused 10 fatalities or more in 21st-century are listed. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2 ...

List of flash floods This list of notable flash floods summarizes the most widely reported events. See also * List of deadliest floods * List of major dam failures * 2021 European floods In July 2021, several European countries were affected by severe fl ...

List of floods in the Netherlands This is a chronological list of sea-floods that have occurred in the Netherlands. In addition to these there have been hundreds of river floods during the centuries. See also *Flood control in the Netherlands References {{reflist Extern ...

List of floods in Pakistan A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...

List of floods in Sheffield This is a list of floods in Sheffield, South Yorkshire'', England. Background Sheffield is located on the confluence of five major rivers ( Don, Porter, Loxley, Rivelin, and the Sheaf), and is nestled in several hills. As a result, it is p ...

List of heat waves This is a partial list of temperature phenomena that have been labeled as heat waves, listed in order of occurrence. Before 1901 * 1540 European drought - Extreme drought and heatwave lasting 11 months in Europe. * July 1757 heatwave – Euro ...

List of ice storms This is a list of notable ice storms. 1940s *Great Ice Storm of November 23–25, 1940. 1970s *Twin North Carolina Ice Storms of January 12–13 and 19-20, 1978 1990s *Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3–4, 1991 *January 1998 Nort ...

List of landslides This list of landslides is a list of notable landslides and mudflows divided into sections by date and type. This list is very incomplete as there is no central catalogue for landslides, although some for individual countries/areas do exist. Volum ...

* List of natural disasters by death toll *

List of solar storms Solar storms of different types are caused by disturbances on the Sun, most often from coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares from active regions, or, less often, from coronal holes. Minor to active solar storms (i.e. storming restricted ...

Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the globe. # ''Exact death and injury counts are not possible; especially for large events and events before 1955.'' # ''Prior to 1950 in ...

List of tropical cyclones This is a list of tropical cyclones, subdivided by basin. See the list of tropical cyclone records for individual records set by individual tropical cyclones. * Lists of Atlantic hurricanes – directory for Atlantic hurricanes north of the eq ...

List of historical tsunamis This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that the tsunami occurred. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most fr ...

* List of volcanic eruptions ** List of large volcanic eruptions of the 19th century **

List of large volcanic eruptions of the 20th century A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

List of large volcanic eruptions in the 21st century This is a list of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century with a Volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that resulted in fatalities, significant damage or disruptions. See also *List of volcanic eruptions 1500–1 ...

List of volcanic eruptions by death toll Volcanic eruptions can be highly explosive. Some volcanoes have undergone catastrophic eruptions, killing large numbers of humans or other life forms. This list documents volcanic eruptions by human death toll. Volcanic eruptions See also * ...

Accidents

These are lists of disasters caused by

accident An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans. The term ''accident'' implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Most researcher ...

al human action. *

List of accidents and disasters by death toll This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by the effects of negli ...

Transport

* List of aviation accidents and incidents **

List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list ...

Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft include all types of accident and incident, including mechanical failures, pilot error and military action. They include chronological lists, lists by conflict, lists by aircraft model an ...

List of airship accidents The following is a partial list of airship accidents. It should be stated that rigid airships operate differently than blimps which have no rigid structure. See also * List of ballooning accidents References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Ai ...

List of ballooning accidents This is a list of ballooning accidents by date. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various accidents that involved manned balloons, such as Montgolfiere hot-air balloons, Charliere gas balloons, or de-Roziere gas and hot-air hybri ...

List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters This article is a list of accidents and incidents involving helicopters and which are notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. It is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred. 1968 *22 May – Sikorsky S-61L N30 ...

List of elevator accidents This is a list of elevator accidents by death toll. It does not include accidents involving gondola lifts, ski lifts or similar types of cable transport. List Other notable accidents * On 14 December 1883, in one of the earliest documented elev ...

List of maritime disasters The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. For a unified list by death toll, see . Pre-18th century Peacetime disasters All ships are vulnerable to problems from weather conditions, faulty design or huma ...

List of shipwrecks This is an index of lists of shipwrecks, sorted by different criteria. By location * List of shipwrecks of Africa * List of shipwrecks of Asia * List of shipwrecks of Europe ** List of shipwrecks of France ** List of shipwrecks of the Unit ...

List of rail accidents This is the list of rail accident lists. Lists By year By type * By country * By death toll * Terrorist incidents See also * Classification of railway accidents * Derailment *Rail Transport * Train wreck * Tram accident A tram accident is ...

List of tram accidents This is a worldwide list of accidents involving trams (or streetcars in U.S. English) in which there was significant damage to the tramcar, or involving severe injury or death to those in the tramcar. Pedestrian fatalities are outside the scope ...

* List of road accidents *

List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents This article lists verifiable spaceflight-related accidents and incidents resulting in human fatality or near-fatality during flight or training for crewed space missions, and testing, assembly, preparation or flight of crewed and robotic space ...

Industrial

List of industrial disasters This article lists notable industrial disasters, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence. They are a form of industrial accident where great damage, injury or loss of life are caused. ...

List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of structural failures and collapses This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers. Buildings and other fixed human-made structures Antiquity to the Middle Ages 17th–19th centuries 1900–1949 1950-1979 1980–2000 ...

List of bridge failures This is a list of bridge failures. Before 1800 1800–1899 1900–1949 1950–1999 2000–present Bridge disasters in fiction *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005 novel): the fictional Brockdale Bridge, by the Death Eaters ( ...

List of dam failures A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than ...

** List of levee failures ** List of mast and tower collapses ** List of modern infrastructure failures *

List of explosions This is a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks or arson, as well as intentional explosions for civil or military purposes. It ...

List of mining disasters A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals or metals. Thousands of miners die from mining accidents each year, especially from underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. ...

List of coal mining accidents in China This is a list of coal mining accidents in China. 1940s 1942 * On April 26, 1942, a gas and coal-dust explosion in Benxihu Colliery killed 1,549 miners, making it the worst disaster in the history of coal mining. 1950s 1950 * On Februar ...

** List of gold mining disasters **

List of mining disasters in Lancashire This is a list of mining accidents in the historic county of Lancashire at which five or more people were killed. Mining deaths have occurred wherever coal has been mined across the Lancashire Coalfield. The earliest deaths were recorded in par ...

** List of mining disasters in Poland *

Nuclear and radiation accidents A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals, lar ...

Japanese nuclear incidents This is a list of Japanese atomic, nuclear and radiological accidents, incidents and disasters. List List of plants affected by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami * Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant * Higashidōri Nuclear Power Plant * Tōkai N ...

List of civilian radiation accidents This article lists notable civilian accidents involving radioactive materials or involving ionizing radiation from artificial sources such as x-ray tubes and particle accelerators. Accidents related to nuclear power that involve fissile materia ...

List of Chernobyl-related articles This is a list of Chernobyl-related articles. Disaster and effects * Comparison of Chernobyl and other radioactivity releases ** Comparison of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents * Chernobyl disaster * Effects of the Chernobyl disa ...

List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll There have been several nuclear and radiation accidents involving fatalities, including nuclear power plant accidents, nuclear submarine accidents, and radiotherapy incidents. List of accidents Events with disputed fatality counts Chernobyl di ...

Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents. Main lists * List of attacks on nuclear plants * List of Chernobyl-related articles * List of civilian nuclear accidents * List of civilian radiation accidents * List of cri ...

List of sunken nuclear submarines Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or scuttling. The Soviet Navy has lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two. Three were lost with all hands - the two from the United Sta ...

List of oil spills This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallon ...

Health

List of famines This is a list of famines. List See also Main article lists * Bengal famine * Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union * Famine in India * Famines in Czechia * Famines in Ethiopia * Great Bengal famine of 1770 * Great Fam ...

List of food contamination incidents Food may be accidentally or deliberately contaminated by microbiological, chemical or physical hazards. In contrast to microbiologically caused foodborne illness, the link between exposure and effect of chemical hazards in foods is usually complic ...

List of epidemics This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large nu ...

List of mass evacuations This list of mass evacuations includes emergency evacuations of a large number of people in a short period of time. An emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event w ...

List of medicine contamination incidents The following list encompasses notable medicine contamination and adulteration incidents. *1937 Elixir sulfanilamide incident: S. E. Massengill Company used diethylene glycol as the solvent for the antibacterial sulfanilamide, leading to the 193 ...

List of methanol poisoning incidents Outbreaks of methanol poisoning have occurred when methanol is used to adulterate moonshine (bootleg liquor). Methanol is toxic to humans. If as little as 10 ml of pure methanol is ingested, for example, it can break down into formic acid, wh ...

Manmade

These are lists of disasters caused by deliberate human action or public endangerment or culpable negligence. * List of amusement park accidents *

List of building or structure fires This is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires. __NOTOC__ Antiquity through Middle Ages * 586 BCFirst Temple in Jerusalem burned b ...

** List of circus fires **

List of hotel fires in the United States The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has documented several dozen hotel fires in the United States since the 1930s that have killed more than ten people each, deeming these incidents to be fires of historical note. The Winecoff Hotel f ...

List of nightclub fires This is a list of notable nightclub fires at indoor and outdoor venues. Many involve pyrotechnic failures. See also * List of fires This article is a list of notable fires. Town and city fires Building or structure fires Transportation ...

** List of town and city fires ** List of transportation fires *

List of fireworks accidents and incidents A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of man-made mass poisoning incidents * List of orphan radioactive source incidents *

List of massacres The following is a list of events for which one of the commonly accepted names includes the word "massacre". Definition ''Massacre'' is defined in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people ...

List of crushes This is a list of notable crowd collapses and crushes. Many such accidents are also in the list of accidents and disasters by death toll. (The term "stampede" is often misused in popular media since it refers specifically to panicked flight from ...

(almost all caused by failures of management) *

List of military disasters A military disaster is the defeat of one side in a battle or war which results in the complete failure of the losing side to achieve their objectives. It often, but not always, involves a high and disproportionate loss of life. The causes are var ...

List of riots This is a chronological list of known riots. Seventeenth century and earlier * 44 BC – Assassination of Julius Caesar (Rome, Roman Republic). During Caesar's cremation in the Forum, an incensed mob took firebrands from the pyre and attacke ...

List of terrorist incidents The following is a list of terrorist incidents that have not been carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Assassinations are listed at List of assassinated people. Definitions of terroris ...

List of wars The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to war: War – organised and often prolonged armed conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors – is characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, a ...

** List of battles and other violent events ** List of wars and anthropogenic disasters

Environmental hazard

List of power outages This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to of the following criteria: * The outage must not be planned by the service provider. * The outage must affect at least 1k people. * The outage m ...

Pollution Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the ...

By location

* List of disasters in Antarctica * List of disasters in Australia *

List of disasters in Canada This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters (arranged by date), either man-made or natural, that occurred on Canadian soil. List Pre-1597 1597–1867 1867–1916 1917–1966 1970–2016 2017–present See also * Li ...

List of disasters in Canada by death toll This list of Canadian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Canadian soil or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more. 200 or more deaths 10 ...

* List of disasters in Croatia *

List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which relate to the United Kingdom or Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlanti ...

* List of disasters in Haiti * Lists of disasters in Indonesia ** List of disasters in Indonesia **

List of earthquakes in Indonesia __NOTOC__ This is an incomplete list of more recent recorded major earthquakes that have occurred within the boundaries of Indonesia. The determinants of the activity are indicated by the geology of the region, and the volcanic activity. Large nu ...

List of natural disasters in Indonesia Natural disasters in Indonesia can usefully be divided into major disasters, medium level disasters, and lesser disasters which although causing less damage are very common across Indonesia. These can conveniently be considered as macro, mezzo, an ...

* List of disasters in New Zealand **

List of natural disasters in New Zealand This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life with 8,600 deaths ...

* List of disasters in Pakistan *

List of disasters in the Philippines This is a list of disasters in the Philippines. Astronomical phenomenon Pre-history Historical era Volcanic eruptions Pre-history * Most of the eruptions recorded from potentially active stratovolcano according to Rev. Andrei John Apostol, P ...

* List of disasters in Poland * List of disasters in South Korea *

List of disasters in Thailand Many disasters have occurred in Thailand, leading to loss of life and economic damages. Most natural disasters that have happened in the country are storm- and flood-related, while man-made disasters have also caused great losses. This page lists ...

* List of disasters in the United States

Other

List of disasters by cost Disasters can have high costs associated with responding to and recovering from them. This page lists the estimated economic costs of relatively recent disasters. The costs of disasters vary considerably depending on a range of factors, such as t ...