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B. 2017-09-14 Reporter for prestigious newspaper eaten by crocodile Crocodile Rock, Sri Lanka
C. 2017-09-07 Hurricane Irma pummels Turks and Caicos islands Turks and Caicos, Caribbean
3. 2017-06-14 London fire: Crews work through night at tower block
2017-06-13 About 60 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze
F. 2016-09-23 Tropical Storm Karl passes near Bermuda, could strengthen Bermuda
6. 2016-06-20 Greece, UK and Israel help tackle deadly forest fire in Cyprus Troodos, Cyprus
H. 2016-03-05 Stolen N Ireland fire truck smashes into cars, houses Larne, Northern Ireland
I. 2016-02-27 Stag party causes Ryanair diversion Berlin

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year 2017 Top ^

Nov.16  Papua New Guinea  Famed explorer missing for weeks in dangerous jungle spotted
Sep.14  Sri Lanka  Reporter for prestigious newspaper eaten by crocodile
Sep.7   Caribbean  
  Irma has pummelled the Turks and Caicos Islands after leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, killing at least 14 people
Jun.14   London London fire: Crews work through night at tower block Jun.13   London   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
 Firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower in north Kensington

year 2016 Top ^

Sep.23  Bermuda  Tropical Storm Karl passes near Bermuda, could strengthen Jun.20  Cyprus  Greece, UK and Israel help tackle deadly forest fire in Cyprus Mar.5  Northern Ireland  Stolen N Ireland fire truck smashes into cars, houses Feb.27  Berlin  Stag party causes Ryanair diversion Feb.14  London  Virgin Atlantic flight back in UK after 'laser incident' Feb.8  England  Storm Imogen leaves homes without power across England and Wales Jan.12  Wales  Village gets 'biblical' amounts of rain for more than two straight months

year 2015 Top ^

Dec.30  Scotland  Homes evacuated and power cuts as Storm Frank hits UK Dec.26  Northern England  UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain Nov.23  Scotland  Drunk Russian sailor crashes 7,000-ton ship into Scotland Sep.10  Nevada  BA fire report suggests engine casing breach Aug.22   England 11 died after single-seat jet crashes at airshow Map of Brighton United Kingdom
  Hawker Hunter fighter jet participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton, came down on a highway where it hit several vehicles as it crashed.    Pilot 'fighting for life'. It was possible mo...
Jul.31  England  Private jet belonging to bin Laden family slams into car auction Jun.28  Belgium  Bus carrying British schoolchildren crashes in Belgium Jun.19   London   'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof   A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a plane has fallen to his death, while another is in hospital Jun.2  Northern England  At least 4 injured after roller coaster collision at theme park Jan.17   England Lorry fire closes Channel Tunnel

year 2014 Top ^

Dec.29   Scotland     Scotland confirms case of Ebola   Health officials in Glasgow, Scotland, have confirmed a case. The patient is a health care worker who returned from Sierra Leone  London  Jumbo jet lands safely after scare Dec.22  Scotland  Six die in Glasgow road incident Dec.12   London UK flights hit by computer failure Dec.1  England  HIV evolving 'into milder form' Oct.17   Bermuda Hurricane Gonzalo slams Bermuda Oct.11  London  UK expects 'handful' of Ebola cases Oct.6  England  Woman accused of harassing McCann family found dead Aug.16   London Man dies after 35 found in container May.23   Global   US ship finds hull of missing yacht   The hull of the missing UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki has been found in the North Atlantic ocean by a US Navy warship, the US Coast Guard has said May.18    British yacht missing with 4 on board Apr.26  Southern Afghanistan  5 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash Feb.12   England Storm with 106-mph gusts slams flooded Britain Map of Somerset Levels United Kingdom  The latest round of bad weather slammed into west coast with torrential rain. Trucks were toppled, trees were felled Feb.9  England  Flood-swollen Thames at record levels

year 2013 Top ^

Dec.19   London Apollo Theatre roof collapses in London Map of Apollo Theatre London United Kingdom  The ceiling of central London's historic theatre collapsed during a performance to a nearly packed house, injuring 76 people Dec.5   Scotland Power cuts, as heavy storms sweep Europe Nov.30   Scotland   Pub helicopter crash kills eight   Eight people are now confirmed to have died after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow city centre Nov.29   Scotland     Helicopter crashes into Glasgow pub Map of Clutha Vaults Glasgow United Kingdom  A copter has crashed into a pub on the banks of the River Clyde. There were 3 people on board the helicopter Oct.29   England Clean-up in Europe after storm Oct.28   England     Hurricane-force winds batter northern Europe Map of Kent United Kingdom
  A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, knocking out power to 220,000 homes
Oct.15  London  London Zoo's new tiger cub drowns Sep.29  London  Tourists jump into UK river in duck boat fire Sep.5   England Huge pile-up involves at least 130 vehicles Jul.12   London Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow May.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Sailor dies as US race boat capsizes Jan.16   London Helicopter crashes in London rush hour

year 2012 Top ^

Aug.19   Los Angeles British director Tony Scott dead Mar.5  England  Power fault brings Eurostar chaos Mar.2   Louisiana BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal Feb.5  London  Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets

year 2011 Top ^

Nov.5  England  Seven confirmed dead in UK crash Sep.16  Wales  Second trapped UK miner dead Aug.23  Lesser Antilles  Fire destroys private home of Branson Aug.5   Norway Polar bear kills 1 Briton, injures 4 May.24  Scotland  Ash flight delays hit thousands Apr.20    BP sues Gulf oil spill companies Feb.27  Libya  Rescue missions sent to Libyan desert

year 2010 Top ^

Dec.20   London Europe is digging airports out of snow Dec.15   Washington U.S. to sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill Nov.26  London  Case for man-made warming increased Oct.22  Scotland  Grounded nuclear sub dragged free Oct.18  London  Pinera: Mining conditions must improve Sep.19  Bermuda  Bermuda feels wrath of Hurricane Igor Jul.16  Louisiana  Capped well not leaking, BP says Jul.15   Louisiana   BP says oil has stopped leaking  BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well, the first time the flow has stopped since an explosion Jun.17  U.S. Congress  Congress tells BP ignored oil well dangers Jun.16   U.S. Congress US Congress set to grill BP chief  Washington  BP to fund $20bn oil spill payout Jun.12  Washington  US urges quicker BP oil strategy Jun.4   Louisiana BP fits cap but yet to stop leak in Gulf May.29  Louisiana  'Top kill' BP operation to halt oil leak fails May.26  Louisiana  BP says 'top kill' plug going to plan May.23  Louisiana  US warns it may 'push BP aside May.17  London  UK ash cloud restrictions easing May.16   London Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick   Northern England   Ash closes airports in England, Ireland  Airports in Manchester and Liverpool closed as a cloud of ash from a volcano moved east into England, but London airports were not affected May.3  Ireland  Flights banned in Ireland and parts of UK  Louisiana  BP vows to clean up Gulf of Mexico oil slick Apr.30  Washington  Pressure mounts on BP to tackle slick Apr.19  Iceland  New cloud could extend travel threat Apr.18  England  Test flights: European skies may be safe

year 2009 Top ^

Dec.18   England   Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel  4 trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in Britain Jul.3  London  6 die in high-rise fire May.29  London  Report: Climate change crisis catastrophic Mar.21  Scotland  British helos grounded after Canada crash Mar.13  London  'High risk' of plane fault repeat Feb.16   British, French nuclear submarines collide Feb.13  London  2 hurt in London City Airport crash Feb.2   London Heaviest UK snow in 18 years hits flights

year 2008 Top ^

Sep.11   France Fire breaks out in channel tunnel Jan.17  London  Heathrow crash probe to begin   London Heathrow jet lands short of runway

year 2007 Top ^

Aug.3   England Farm infected with foot-and-mouth   60 animals on the farm at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease Jul.24  England  140,000 homes without water Jul.23   England   UK fights worst floods in 60 years  150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity May.20   London Fire rips through Cutty Sark Apr.13  Scotland  3 dead, 5 missing from capsized ship Feb.3  England  Bird flu virus is Asian strain Jan.18   London   47 dead as storm batters Europe   Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands

year 2006 Top ^

Dec.21  England  Flu 'could wipe out 62 million' Dec.1   London Pair test positive for polonium Oct.30   London Warming 'may cause economic chaos'  A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars Sep.11  Bermuda  Florence cuts power to thousands Sep.2   Kandahar 14 Britons die in NATO crash May.6   Southern Iraq   UK troops attacked after copter crash  Crowds of Iraqis attacked troops with rocks and Molotov cocktail after a military helicopter crashed

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.11   England   Fuel depot blasts injure dozens  Several large explosions are lighting up the predawn sky, injuring 43 people and sparking a massive blaze Oct.18  England  Bird flu declared 'global threat'

year 2004 Top ^

Jun.2    Computer failure grounds flights Feb.6  Northern England  18 die in tide

year 2003 Top ^

Sep.5  Bermuda  Fabian pounds with 120 mph winds

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.15  England  Cargo wreck obstructs Dover Straits Jun.2   London Fire at Buckingham Palace May.28   Libya Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families

year 2001 Top ^

Apr.24  England  Foot-and-mouth in humans Mar.26  Scotland  U.S. jets missing

year 2000 Top ^

Jun.19   England 58 immigrants suffocated in Dutch truck  Illegal Chinese immigrants found dead in the back of a transport truck carrying tomatoes
before year 2000
Apr. 14, 1912   Maritime Provinces     S.S. Titanic sank Map of Newfoundland Canada
  RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocea after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage
Feb. 2, 1709   Chile Rescue of Alexander of Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) Map of Juan Fern%E1ndez Islands Chile  Duke, a privateering ship piloted by William Dampier, and its sailing companion, the Duchess. Thomas Dover led the landing party that met Selkirk

London fire: Crews work through night at tower block About 60 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze Map of Grenfell Tower West London United Kingdom



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Jun.14   London
Jun.13   London
  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
 Firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower in north Kensington
2016 Jun.20  Cyprus  Greece, UK and Israel help tackle deadly forest fire in Cyprus 2015 Jan.17   England Lorry fire closes Channel Tunnel 2011 Aug.23  Lesser Antilles  Fire destroys private home of Branson 2009 Jul.3  London  6 die in high-rise fire 2008 Sep.11   France Fire breaks out in channel tunnel 2007 May.20   London Fire rips through Cutty Sark 2002 Jun.2   London Fire at Buckingham Palace


United Kingdom, Disasters Highway Disaster Timeline ... See World Highway Disaster timeline Top ^
2016 Mar.5  Northern Ireland  Stolen N Ireland fire truck smashes into cars, houses 2015 Jun.28  Belgium  Bus carrying British schoolchildren crashes in Belgium 2014 Dec.22  Scotland  Six die in Glasgow road incident 2013 Sep.5   England Huge pile-up involves at least 130 vehicles 2011 Nov.5  England  Seven confirmed dead in UK crash


United Kingdom, Disasters Health Disaster Timeline ... See World Health Disaster timeline Top ^
2014 Dec.29   Scotland   Scotland confirms case of Ebola   Health officials in Glasgow, Scotland, have confirmed a case. The patient is a health care worker who returned from Sierra Leone Oct.11  London  UK expects 'handful' of Ebola cases 2007 Feb.3  England  Bird flu virus is Asian strain 2006 Dec.21  England  Flu 'could wipe out 62 million' Dec.1   London Pair test positive for polonium 2005 Oct.18  England  Bird flu declared 'global threat'


United Kingdom, Disasters Sea Disaster Timeline ... See World Sea Disaster timeline Top ^
2015 Nov.23  Scotland  Drunk Russian sailor crashes 7,000-ton ship into Scotland 2014 Aug.16   London Man dies after 35 found in container May.23   Global   US ship finds hull of missing yacht   The hull of the missing UK yacht Cheeki Rafiki has been found in the North Atlantic ocean by a US Navy warship, the US Coast Guard has said May.18    British yacht missing with 4 on board 2013 Sep.29  London  Tourists jump into UK river in duck boat fire May.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Sailor dies as US race boat capsizes 2010 Oct.22  Scotland  Grounded nuclear sub dragged free 2009 Feb.16   British, French nuclear submarines collide 2007 Apr.13  Scotland  3 dead, 5 missing from capsized ship 2004 Feb.6  Northern England  18 die in tide 2002 Dec.15  England  Cargo wreck obstructs Dover Straits 1912 Apr. 14, 1912   Maritime Provinces   S.S. Titanic sank Map of Newfoundland Canada
  RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocea after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage



United Kingdom, Disasters Power Outage Timeline ... See World Power Outage timeline Top ^
2012 Mar.5  England  Power fault brings Eurostar chaos 2006 Sep.11  Bermuda  Florence cuts power to thousands


United Kingdom, Disasters Volcano Timeline ... See World Volcano timeline Top ^
2011 May.24  Scotland  Ash flight delays hit thousands 2010 May.17  London  UK ash cloud restrictions easing May.16   London Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick May.16   Northern England   Ash closes airports in England, Ireland  Airports in Manchester and Liverpool closed as a cloud of ash from a volcano moved east into England, but London airports were not affected May.3  Ireland  Flights banned in Ireland and parts of UK Apr.19  Iceland  New cloud could extend travel threat Apr.18  England  Test flights: European skies may be safe


United Kingdom, Disasters Mine Accident Timeline ... See World Mine Accident timeline Top ^
2011 Sep.16  Wales  Second trapped UK miner dead 2010 Oct.18  London  Pinera: Mining conditions must improve


United Kingdom, Disasters Weather Related Timeline ... See World Weather Related timeline Top ^
2017 Sep.7   Caribbean Hurricane Irma pummels Turks and Caicos islands Map of Turks and Caicos Caribbean
  Irma has pummelled the Turks and Caicos Islands after leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, killing at least 14 people
2016 Sep.23  Bermuda  Tropical Storm Karl passes near Bermuda, could strengthen Feb.8  England  Storm Imogen leaves homes without power across England and Wales Jan.12  Wales  Village gets 'biblical' amounts of rain for more than two straight months 2015 Dec.30  Scotland  Homes evacuated and power cuts as Storm Frank hits UK 2014 Oct.17   Bermuda Hurricane Gonzalo slams Bermuda Feb.12   England Storm with 106-mph gusts slams flooded Britain Map of Somerset Levels United Kingdom  The latest round of bad weather slammed into west coast with torrential rain. Trucks were toppled, trees were felled 2013 Dec.5   Scotland Power cuts, as heavy storms sweep Europe Oct.29   England Clean-up in Europe after storm Oct.28   England   Hurricane-force winds batter northern Europe Map of Kent United Kingdom
  A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, knocking out power to 220,000 homes
2012 Feb.5  London  Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets 2010 Dec.20   London Europe is digging airports out of snow Nov.26  London  Case for man-made warming increased Sep.19  Bermuda  Bermuda feels wrath of Hurricane Igor 2009 May.29  London  Report: Climate change crisis catastrophic Feb.2   London Heaviest UK snow in 18 years hits flights 2007 Jan.18   London 47 dead as storm batters Europe   Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands 2003 Sep.5  Bermuda  Fabian pounds with 120 mph winds


United Kingdom, Disasters AIDS Timeline ... See World AIDS timeline Top ^
2014 Dec.1  England  HIV evolving 'into milder form'


United Kingdom, Disasters Flood Timeline ... See World Flood timeline Top ^
2015 Dec.26  Northern England  UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain 2014 Feb.9  England  Flood-swollen Thames at record levels 2007 Jul.24  England  140,000 homes without water Jul.23   England UK fights worst floods in 60 years  150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity


United Kingdom, Disasters Animal Accident Timeline ... See World Animal Accident timeline Top ^
2017 Sep.14  Sri Lanka  Reporter for prestigious newspaper eaten by crocodile 2013 Oct.15  London  London Zoo's new tiger cub drowns 2011 Aug.5   Norway Polar bear kills 1 Briton, injures 4


United Kingdom, Disasters Aviation Disasters Timeline ... See World Aviation Disasters timeline Top ^
2016 Feb.27  Berlin  Stag party causes Ryanair diversion Feb.14  London  Virgin Atlantic flight back in UK after 'laser incident' 2015 Sep.10  Nevada  BA fire report suggests engine casing breach Aug.22   England 11 died after single-seat jet crashes at airshow Map of Brighton United Kingdom
  Hawker Hunter fighter jet participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton, came down on a highway where it hit several vehicles as it crashed.    Pilot 'fighting for life'. It was possible mo...
Jul.31  England  Private jet belonging to bin Laden family slams into car auction Jun.19   London 'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof   A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a plane has fallen to his death, while another is in hospital 2014 Dec.29  London  Jumbo jet lands safely after scare Dec.12   London UK flights hit by computer failure Apr.26  Southern Afghanistan  5 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash 2013 Nov.30   Scotland Pub helicopter crash kills eight   Eight people are now confirmed to have died after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow city centre Nov.29   Scotland   Helicopter crashes into Glasgow pub Map of Clutha Vaults Glasgow United Kingdom  A copter has crashed into a pub on the banks of the River Clyde. There were 3 people on board the helicopter Jul.12   London Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow Jan.16   London Helicopter crashes in London rush hour 2009 Mar.21  Scotland  British helos grounded after Canada crash Mar.13  London  'High risk' of plane fault repeat Feb.13  London  2 hurt in London City Airport crash 2008 Jan.17  London  Heathrow crash probe to begin Jan.17   London Heathrow jet lands short of runway 2006 Sep.2   Kandahar 14 Britons die in NATO crash May.6   Southern Iraq   UK troops attacked after copter crash  Crowds of Iraqis attacked troops with rocks and Molotov cocktail after a military helicopter crashed 2004 Jun.2    Computer failure grounds flights 2002 May.28   Libya Libya offers $2.7bn to Lockerbie families 2001 Mar.26  Scotland  U.S. jets missing


United Kingdom, Disasters Environmental Timeline ... See World Environmental timeline Top ^
2012 Mar.2   Louisiana BP reaches $7.8bn oil spill deal 2011 Apr.20    BP sues Gulf oil spill companies 2010 Dec.15   Washington U.S. to sue BP over Gulf of Mexico oil spill Jul.16  Louisiana  Capped well not leaking, BP says Jul.15   Louisiana   BP says oil has stopped leaking  BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well, the first time the flow has stopped since an explosion Jun.17  U.S. Congress  Congress tells BP ignored oil well dangers Jun.16   U.S. Congress US Congress set to grill BP chief Jun.16  Washington  BP to fund $20bn oil spill payout Jun.12  Washington  US urges quicker BP oil strategy Jun.4   Louisiana BP fits cap but yet to stop leak in Gulf May.29  Louisiana  'Top kill' BP operation to halt oil leak fails May.26  Louisiana  BP says 'top kill' plug going to plan May.23  Louisiana  US warns it may 'push BP aside May.3  Louisiana  BP vows to clean up Gulf of Mexico oil slick Apr.30  Washington  Pressure mounts on BP to tackle slick 2006 Oct.30   London Warming 'may cause economic chaos'  A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars


United Kingdom, Disasters Structure Collapse Timeline ... See World Structure Collapse timeline Top ^
2013 Dec.19   London Apollo Theatre roof collapses in London Map of Apollo Theatre London United Kingdom  The ceiling of central London's historic theatre collapsed during a performance to a nearly packed house, injuring 76 people


United Kingdom, Disasters Suicide Timeline ... See World Suicide timeline Top ^
2014 Oct.6  England  Woman accused of harassing McCann family found dead 2012 Aug.19   Los Angeles British director Tony Scott dead


United Kingdom, Disasters Refugees Timeline ... See World Refugees timeline Top ^
2000 Jun.19   England 58 immigrants suffocated in Dutch truck  Illegal Chinese immigrants found dead in the back of a transport truck carrying tomatoes


United Kingdom, Disasters Railroad Disasters Timeline ... See World Railroad Disasters timeline Top ^
2009 Dec.18   England Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel  4 trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in Britain


United Kingdom, Disasters Rescue Timeline ... See World Rescue timeline Top ^
2017 Nov.16  Papua New Guinea  Famed explorer missing for weeks in dangerous jungle spotted 2011 Feb.27  Libya  Rescue missions sent to Libyan desert 1881 Feb. 2, 1709   Chile Rescue of Alexander of Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) Map of Juan Fern%E1ndez Islands Chile  Duke, a privateering ship piloted by William Dampier, and its sailing companion, the Duchess. Thomas Dover led the landing party that met Selkirk


United Kingdom, Disasters Foot and Mouth Timeline ... See World Foot and Mouth timeline Top ^
2007 Aug.3   England Farm infected with foot-and-mouth   60 animals on the farm at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease 2001 Apr.24  England  Foot-and-mouth in humans


United Kingdom, Disasters Explosion Timeline ... See World Explosion timeline Top ^
2005 Dec.11   England Fuel depot blasts injure dozens  Several large explosions are lighting up the predawn sky, injuring 43 people and sparking a massive blaze