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| Apr.7 |
Western Canada |
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Canada hockey team crash: 'Entire country in shock' |
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| Mar.15 |
Miami |
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6 dead in Florida university bridge collapse |
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| Feb.11 |
Moscow |
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Russia jet carrying 71 people crashes after Moscow take-off |
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| Jan.10 |
 Southern California |
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California mudslides death toll rises with 17 still missing 
Map of Montecito Santa Barbara County CA USA| Hundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for those missing after mudslides that have killed 17 | |
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| Dec.7 |
San Diego |
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California wildfires: Nearly 200,000 flee amid new blaze Map of Ventura County USA| Nearly 200,000 residents have now been evacuated due to California wildfires as crews pivot to fight a new blaze | |
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| Nov.17 |
 Argentina |
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Argentine navy loses contact with submarine Map of Patagonia Argentina| The Argentine navy is searching the South Atlantic for ARA San Juan, a German-built TR-1700 that has not made contact for 48 hours | |
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Deadly wildfires sweep through wine country Map of Sonoma county USA| Parts of California's wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people | |
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| Sep.19 |
Mexico |
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Mexico: Powerful earthquake topples buildings, killing scores |
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| Sep.10 |
Florida |
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Irma wallops Florida Map of Cudjoe Key Florida| Hurricane is snapping trees like matchsticks and knocking out power to more than 1 million people with 130 mph winds | |
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| Aug.26 |
Texas |
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Hurricane Harvey: Texas battered by high winds and rain Map of Rockport Texas The biggest storm to hit the US mainland in 13 year has slammed into Texas with initial winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) battering coastal areas
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| Aug.15 |
Sierra Leone |
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At least 600 still missing in Freetown mudslide |
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| Jun.24 |
Pakistan |
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Pakistan oil tanker inferno kills 200 |
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| Jun.23 |
Sichuan |
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Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide |
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| Jun.17 |
Portugal |
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60 dead from forest fires in central Portugal |
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| Jun.13 |
 London |
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About 60 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze Map of Grenfell Tower West London United Kingdom A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes
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| Mar.27 |
Queensland |
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Cyclone Debbie: 'Monster' storm makes landfall |
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| Jan.19 |
Italy |
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Avalanche rescuers race to find Rigopiano hotel survivors |
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| Dec.24 |
 Sochi |
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Russian military plane 'crashes in Black Sea near Sochi' The plane disappeared from radar 20 minutes after taking off from Adler. Tu-154 was carrying service personnel, members of the choir and reporters
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| Nov.28 |
 Colombia |
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Plane carrying members of Brazilian soccer team crashes in Colombia Map of Jose Maria Cordova de Rionegro airport Medellin Colombia A chartered aircraft carrying a Brazilian soccer team for a regional tournament final has crashed on its way to Medellin's international airport
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| Nov.19 |
India |
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133 killed in derailment near Kanpur |
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| Oct.6 |
Haiti |
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Hurricane Matthew: Hundreds dead in Haiti storm disaster |
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| Aug.23 |
 Italy |
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Earthquake leaves at least 250 dead in central Italy Map of Accumoli Italy A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, leaving at least 250 people dead and others trapped under rubble, Italian officials said
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| May.29 |
 Libya |
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European migrant crisis: Shipwrecks 'kill up to 700 migrants' Map of Mediterranean Sea Libya Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says
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| May.18 |
 Cairo |
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EgyptAir Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo 'disappears from radar' 56 passengers, 7 crew members and 3 security personnel on board Flight MS804. The Airbus A320 was flying at 11,300m when it went missing
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| May.3 |
 Western Canada |
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Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation in Fort McMurray A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people from Fort McMurray - the entire population of the Canadian city
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| Oct.31 |
Sinai |
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No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268 |
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| Sep.24 |
 Mecca |
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2,411 people died in Hajj stampede Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered a safety review for the Hajj pilgrimage after at least 717 people died in a stampede near the holy city...
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| Aug.12 |
 China |
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Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions Massive explosions have hit a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds more in...
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| Jul.29 |
Southern Africa |
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MH370 search: Experts investigate Indian Ocean wreckage |
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| Jun.1 |
Southern China |
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Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River |
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| Apr.25 |
 Nepal |
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Death toll in Nepal quake more 8,000 people The 7.8 magnitude quake struck an area of central Nepal between Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara
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| Apr.14 |
Libya |
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Hundreds of migrants feared drowned off Libya About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized, survivors have told Save the Children. The Italian coast guard had rescued ...
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| Mar.24 |
 Southern France |
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Germanwings airliner 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps. The flight 4U 9525 had been en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf with 144 passengers and...
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| Feb.3 |
Taiwan |
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35 dead as plane crashes into Taiwan river |
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| Dec.27 |
 Indonesia |
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Singapore-bound AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing The single-aisle Airbus A320-200 asked air traffic controllers if it could divert from its flight path due to weather before disappearing over...
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| Jul.24 |
Mali |
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Air Algerie says missing plane likely crashed in Mali |
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| Jul.23 |
Taiwan |
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Dozens feared dead in Taiwan plane crash |
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| Jul.17 |
 Donbass |
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Malaysia airliner crashes in east Ukraine near Russia border A Malaysian airliner reportedly with 295 people on board has crashed near the Russian border, on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
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| May.13 |
Turkey |
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Explosion at mine in western Turkey left 200 workers dead |
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| May.2 |
 Northern Afghanistan |
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Afghan landslide 'kills hundreds' a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, killing up to 500 people and leaving hundreds missing
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| Apr.15 |
 South Korea |
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South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea
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| Mar.22 |
 Guinea |
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Ebola 'caused Guinea fever deaths' The virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Gui...
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| Mar.13 |
Malaysia |
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Search for missing jet heads west |
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| Mar.7 |
Malaysia |
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Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people
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| Jan.5 |
Toronto |
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'Polar vortex' grips North America |
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| Nov.21 |
Latvia |
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50 dead, including 3 firefighters, after supermarket roof collapse |
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| Nov.9 |
Southern Philippines |
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Hundreds feared dead in typhoon |
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| Oct.28 |
England |
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Hurricane-force winds batter northern Europe |
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| Oct.20 |
Australia |
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Fears Australia blazes could merge |
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| Oct.3 |
Southern Italy |
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Hundreds feared dead in Italy shipwreck |
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| Jul.24 |
Spain |
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At least 77 die as Spanish train derails in Galicia
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| Jul.6 |
Canada |
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Fuel train explodes in Canadian town |
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| May.20 |
Oklahoma |
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Dozens dead in Oklahoma tornado |
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| Apr.24 |
Bangladesh |
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More than 1000 dead in Dhaka collapse
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| Feb.15 |
Ural |
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Meteor injures hundreds in Russia |
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| Jan.27 |
Brazil |
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Brazil night club fire kills 230 in Santa Maria |
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| Oct.30 |
Manhattan |
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40 people killed by Sandy as transport chaos |
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| Oct.29 |
New Jersey |
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Severe flooding as Sandy strikes |
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| Apr.20 |
Pakistan |
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No survivors from Pakistan plane crash |
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| Jan.13 |
Italy |
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Cruise ship runs aground in Italy
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| Dec.17 |
Southern Philippines |
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Philippines storm kills hundreds |
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| Oct.23 |
Turkey |
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7.2 quake strikes eastern Turkey |
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| Oct.20 |
Thailand |
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Thai flooding threatens capital |
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| Apr.28 |
Alabama |
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Death toll from storms in South nears 300 |
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| Apr.5 |
Northern Japan |
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Water radiation millions of times over limit
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| Mar.11 |
Northern Japan |
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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan
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| Feb.21 |
New Zealand |
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Deadly quake strikes New Zealand
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| Jan.12 |
Queensland |
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Brisbane flood levels reach peak |
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| Oct.22 |
Haiti |
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Haiti cholera outbreak kills 138
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| Oct.13 |
Chile |
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Last trapped Chile miner rescued
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| Aug.2 |
Moscow |
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Russian fires prompt state of emergency
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| Aug.1 |
NW Pakistan |
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More than 1,100 dead in flooding
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| Apr.21 |
Louisiana |
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Oil spill after blast on oil rig
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| Apr.17 |
Iceland |
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Volcanic ash wreaking travel chaos
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| Apr.10 |
Russia |
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Polish president died in plane crash
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| Jan.12 |
Haiti |
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'Catastrophic' earthquake slams Haiti
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| Jun.1 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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Air France plane crashed
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| Apr.24 |
Mexico |
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'Swine flu' kills 60
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| Apr.5 |
Italy |
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About 300 dead in strong quake
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| Feb.9 |
Melbourne |
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Toll from bush fires claimed 181
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| May.12 |
Sichuan |
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Quake death toll 50,000
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| May.6 |
Myanmar |
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Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
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| Aug.25 |
Greece |
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63 died from forest fires |
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| May.27 |
Indonesia |
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Java quake kills 6,000 |
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| Oct.7 |
Pakistan |
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Major quake kills thousands
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| Aug.29 |
New Orleans |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast |
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| Dec.26 |
Aceh |
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9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead
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| Dec.25 |
Southern Iran |
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28,000 dead after earthquake |
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| Aug.14 |
France |
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10,000 dead in heat wave |
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| Mar.13 |
Hong Kong |
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First alert over SARS |
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
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Space shuttle and crew lost
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| Sep.11 |
Manhattan |
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Apr.1 |
Southern China |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China |
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| Jan.26 |
Gujarat |
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7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people |
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| Nov. 12, 1996 |
India |
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Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
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| Jun. 29, 1995 |
South Korea |
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Sampoong Department Store collapse
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| Sep. 28, 1994 |
Estonia |
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MS Estonia disaster |
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| Jan. 1, 1994 |
North Korea |
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North Korean famine |
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| Apr. 19, 1993 |
Texas |
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Waco siege ends, leaving 86 people dead |
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| Oct. 19, 1991 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Oakland hills firestorm |
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| Jul. 2, 1990 |
Mecca |
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Stampede by pilgrims inside pedestrian tunnel |
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| Oct. 17, 1989 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Loma Prieta earthquake |
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| Dec. 20, 1987 |
Philippines |
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MV Doņa Paz ferry disaster |
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| Jan. 28, 1986 |
Florida |
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster |
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| Aug. 12, 1985 |
Japan |
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Japan Airlines Flight 123 disaster |
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| Dec. 2, 1984 |
Central India |
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Bhopal disaster |
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| Sep. 1, 1983 |
Russian Far East |
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down |
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| Aug. 19, 1980 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Saudia Flight 163 disaster |
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| Mar. 27, 1977 |
Spain |
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Tenerife airport disaster |
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| Jul. 28, 1976 |
China |
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1976 Tangshan earthquake |
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| Mar. 3, 1974 |
France |
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Turkish Airlines Flight 981 disaster |
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| Nov. 13, 1970 |
Bangladesh |
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1970 Bhola cyclone |
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| Dec. 3, 1948 |
Shanghai |
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SS Kiangya disaster |
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| Nov. 28, 1942 |
Boston |
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Cocoanut Grove fire |
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| May. 6, 1937 |
New Jersey |
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Explosion of the Hindenburg |
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| Jul. 1, 1931 |
China |
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Central China floods of 1931 |
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| Dec. 12, 1917 |
Southern France |
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Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment |
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| Apr. 14, 1912 |
Maritime Provinces |
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S.S. Titanic sank |
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| Apr. 18, 1906 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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San Francisco earthquake and fire |
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| Feb. 15, 1898 |
Cuba |
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U.S.S. Maine blown up |
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