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 disasters caused by forces of nature. * List of avalanches * List of blizzards *

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 ...

List of droughts This is a list of significant droughts, organized by large geographical area and then year. Africa *1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia *2012 Sahel drought *2011 East Africa drought *Malawian food crisis *Sahel drought *2010 Sahel famine * 2018–20 ...

* Lists of earthquakes * List of environmental disasters * List of fires ** List of wildfires ** List of California wildfires *

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 ...

** List of deadliest floods ** List of flash floods ** List of floods in the Netherlands ** List of floods in Pakistan ** List of floods in Sheffield *

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 * List of landslides *

List of natural disasters by death toll A natural disaster is a sudden event that always causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, vo ...

* List of solar storms * Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks * List of tropical cyclones *

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 ...

* List of volcanic eruptions **

List of large volcanic eruptions of the 19th 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 union ...

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 ** List of volcanic eruptions by death toll

Accidents

These are lists of disasters caused by accidental human action. * List of accidents and disasters by death toll

Transport

* List of aviation accidents and incidents ** List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft ** Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ** List of airship accidents **

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 N3 ...

* List of elevator accidents * List of maritime disasters ** List of shipwrecks * List of rail accidents ** List of tram accidents *

List of road accidents The following is a list of articles that contain a lists of traffic collisions, or list of people who died in traffic collisions. Lists of traffic collisions *List of traffic collisions (before 2000) *List of traffic collisions (2000–present) * ...

* List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents

Industrial

* List of industrial disasters * List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States * List of structural failures and collapses ** List of bridge failures **

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 This is a list of gold mining disasters including environmental, such as those arising due to dam failure, cyanide leakage into the environment, as well as inappropriate environmental toxic waste discharge due to the gold cyanidation technique use ...

** List of mining disasters in Lancashire **

List of mining disasters in Poland The following mining disasters have occurred in Poland: *1565 – ''Golden Donkey'' in Złoty Stok – 59 killed. *1880 – ''Renard'' coal mine in Sosnowiec – 200 killed. *1896 – ''Kleofas'' coal mine in Katowice – 105 killed. *1913 - '' ...

* Nuclear and radiation accidents ** Japanese nuclear incidents ** List of civilian radiation accidents ** List of Chernobyl-related articles ** List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll ** Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents ** List of sunken nuclear submarines * List of oil spills

Health

* List of famines * List of food contamination incidents *

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 * List of medicine contamination incidents *

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, w ...

Manmade

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

* List of fires ** List of building or structure fires **

List of circus fires Fire disasters in circuses include: * Hartford circus fire, July 6, 1944 in Connecticut *Niterói circus fire, December 17, 1961 in Brazil *1981 Bangalore circus fire See also * Oxford Circus fire, at the Oxford Circus Oxford Circus is a roa ...

** List of hotel fires in the United States ** List of nightclub fires **

List of town and city fires This is a list of major urban conflagrations. Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities. For notable fires that involved a single structure, see list of building or str ...

List of transportation fires This is a list of transportation fires where a ship or other transportation has caught on fire. List of transportation fires Ship fires * 1800British warship — 673 deaths * 1807The slave ship — some 100 deaths * 1840Steamship '' Lexingt ...

* List of fireworks accidents and incidents * List of man-made mass poisoning incidents * List of orphan radioactive source incidents * List of massacres *

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 * List of riots * List of terrorist incidents * List of wars ** List of battles and other violent events ** List of wars and anthropogenic disasters

Environmental hazard

* List of power outages * Pollution

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 * ...

** List of disasters in Canada by death toll * List of disasters in Croatia * List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland * List of disasters in Haiti *

Lists of disasters in Indonesia This lists the list articles of disasters involving Indonesia List of lists * Indonesian tsunami, list of * List of disasters in Indonesia * List of earthquakes in Indonesia * List of natural disasters in Indonesia Natural disasters in Indones ...

List of disasters in Indonesia The following is a list of disasters in Indonesia that have had widespread effects or received substantial attention. It is split into natural and manmade disasters, which includes deliberate actions, and is further sorted by date. Natural disaste ...

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 * 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 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