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Summary.     Click for More > 31 Marines killed in chopper crash Kyoto Protocol comes into force Quake kills at least 300 on island of Nias 100 dead as train derails Missing 41 troops feared dead Floods toll reaches 1,000 All survive Air France jet crash and fire Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead   160 believed dead in jet crash  The Colombian MD-82 aircraft carrying 160 people crashed in a remote area of western Venezuela Floods cause havoc across Europe Apartment fire kills 16 Hurricane Katrina lashes coast Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/americas/05/katrina/html/default.stm
Jan.1  Indonesia  U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion
Jan.2  Indonesia  Indonesia toll passes 94,000
Jan.3  Washington  US presidents in tsunami aid plea
Jan.6  Indonesia  U.N. taking over relief effort
Jan.19  Indonesia  Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000
Jan.25  Mumbai  258 pilgrims die in stampede
Jan.26   Iraq
Feb.14  Northeast China  203 dead in mine explosion
Feb.16   Japan
Feb.19  Aceh  Clinton and Bush see damage
Feb.22  Iran  500 killed in quake
Feb.24  Vatican  Pope has surgery to aid breathing
Mar.18  Florida  Patient's feeding tube removed
Mar.28   Indonesia
Mar.31  Vatican  Frail Pope suffers heart failure
Apr.1  Vatican  Pope's condition 'has worsened'
Apr.12  Global  Labs ordered to destroy flu virus
Apr.14  Paris  Many killed in hotel fire
Apr.21  Iraq  6 Americans among 11 dead in copter crash
Apr.24   Japan
May.20   Chile
Jun.23  Southern China  Flood death toll 'over 500'
Jun.25  Aceh  Tsunami remembered six months on
Jun.30  Afghanistan  16 bodies recovered from crash site
Jul.12  Pakistan  128 die in train crash
Jul.18  Niger  Children starving to death
Jul.27  Florida  Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet
 Mumbai  100 missing after offshore fire
Jul.31   Mumbai
 Sudan  VP Garang 'dies in crash'
Aug.2   Toronto
Aug.6   Russian Far East
Aug.14   Greece
Aug.16   Venezuela  
 Afghanistan  Spanish troops die in crash
Aug.23  Peru  Airliner crashes in jungle
Aug.24   Romania
Aug.25   Paris
Aug.28  New Orleans  Katrina now Category 5
 New Orleans  City evacuated as storm nears
Aug.29   New Orleans  
  1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods.    The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. ...
 New Orleans  Dozens feared dead after storm Aug.31   Baghdad   1,000 dead in stampede  323 others injured on a bridge after a massive Shiite religious commemoration erupted into panic Sep.1  New Orleans  'Desperate SOS' for city Sep.3   New Orleans Massive airlift rescues thousands Sep.20  Florida  Rita strengthens to hurricane Sep.22  Texas  Massive traffic jams as Texans flee Rita Sep.23  Texas  Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes Oct.5  El Salvador  Hurricane Stan's death toll climbs to 135 Oct.7   Pakistan   Major quake kills thousands
  A magnitude 7.6 earthquake epicenter was 60 miles north-northeast of Islamabad and 6 miles below the surface
 Most of the dead were in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, followed by the North-West Province. Entire villages and many roads have been wiped out by landslides. Indian Prime Minister Singh called President Musharraf and offered help
Oct.8  Pakistan  Quake toll is 18,000 Oct.9   Guatemala Slide toll may hit 1,400 Oct.10  Pakistan  Quake toll soars above 30,000  Pakistan  Relief amid grief Oct.12  Syria  Minister commits suicide  Pakistan  Aftershock rattles region on edge Oct.13  Turkey  Bird flu 'is deadly strain' Oct.15  Romania  Romania has deadly bird flu virus Oct.18  Caribbean  Wilma turns into a hurricane Oct.21   Mexico Hurricane batters resorts Oct.22  Nigeria  Jet has crashed after takeoff Oct.23  Nigeria  No survivors in crash Oct.24  Florida  Wilma made 3 million homes without power Oct.28  Southern India  Passenger train derails, 61 died Nov.1  Washington  Bush unveils pandemic flu strategy Nov.5   Somalia Cruise ship repels pirates Nov.22   Northeast China Harbin water supplies cut off Nov.25  India  Flood bus plunges kill 75 Nov.27   Northeast China 169 workers die in mine blast Dec.6   Iran 110 killed in plane crash Dec.10  Nigeria  Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed Dec.11  England  Fuel depot blasts injure dozens Dec.19  Miami  Seaplane crashes off Miami Beach Dec.26  Aceh  Siren's wail marks tsunami moment Dec.29  West Pakistan  Many killed in avalanche


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  U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion  The new amount includes contributions from many countries and the World Bank Indonesia toll passes 94,000 US presidents in tsunami aid plea U.N. taking over relief effort   Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000  The December 26 earthquake and tsunami killed 166,320 people in Indonesia. 6,245 people were still missing 258 pilgrims die in stampede  About 200,000 worshippers had gathered along the narrow road leading up to a shrine when a fire caused a panic 31 Marines killed in chopper crash

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Jan.1   Indonesia
Jan.2  Aceh  Tsunami aid arriving
  Indonesia
Jan.3   Washington
 Aceh  Runway accident hampers aid bid
Jan.5  Aceh  Tsunami carnage shocks Powell
Jan.6   Indonesia
 Indonesia  Summit approves tsunami warning
Jan.7  Italy  Train crash kills 14
Jan.19   Indonesia  
Jan.21  Japan  Disaster action plan set by U.N.
Jan.25   Mumbai  
Jan.26   Iraq
  5 troops in other incidents. Number of U.S. troops killed today is 36, the deadliest day for U.S. since the start of the war
 Los Angeles  Train crash in Los Angeles suburb

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Feb.2  Georgia  'Gas poisoning' kills PM Feb.5  Kabul  Missing jetliner crashed outside Kabul Feb.12  Pakistan  Floods kill nearly 300 Feb.14   Northeast China 203 dead in mine explosion Feb.15  Pakistan  Flood toll put at 500 Feb.16   Japan Kyoto Protocol comes into force
  The Protocol, which aims to slow global warming, has come into force 7 years after being agreed
Feb.19   Aceh Clinton and Bush see damage Feb.22   Iran   500 killed in quake  Some 30,000 people in about 40 villages have been affected in southern Iran  Iran  Rain slows Iran quake aid effort Feb.24  Vatican  Pope back in hospital with flu   Vatican   Pope has surgery to aid breathing  The operation to give 84-year-old John Paul II a tracheotomy had been successful

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Mar.3  Southern Africa  UN: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans' Mar.4  Ukraine  Ex-minister 'kills self' Mar.7  Dominican Republic  Prison fire 'kills 140' Mar.18   Florida Patient's feeding tube removed  The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle Mar.28   Indonesia   Quake kills at least 300 on island of Nias
  A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia but fears of another tsunami have faded
Mar.29  Sumatra  Survivors use hands in rescue dig Mar.31   Vatican Frail Pope suffers heart failure

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Apr.1   Vatican Pope's condition 'has worsened' Apr.2  Indonesia  9 feared dead in quake crash  Vatican  Pope begins losing consciousness Apr.12  Angola  214 cases of Marburg reported   Global Labs ordered to destroy flu virus Apr.14   Paris   Many killed in hotel fire  20 people have died and about 50 people have been injured in a fire in central Paris Apr.21   Iraq   6 Americans among 11 dead in copter crash  The Russian-made MI-8 carried a crew of 3 Bulgarians and 6 Blackwater Security employees Apr.24   Japan   100 dead as train derails
  A seven-car commuter train has derailed and ploughed into an apartment building at a railway crossing
Apr.25  Japan  Search for crash survivors  Japan  Hunt begins for Japan crash clues

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May.2  Afghanistan  '28 die' in munitions blast May.20   Chile Missing 41 troops feared dead
  Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead

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Jun.2  UN  Annan: HIV/AIDS efforts 'insufficient' Jun.4  Southern France  Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire Jun.11  Northeast China  64 killed in school flood Jun.21  Israel  Seven dead in train wreck Jun.23   Southern China   Flood death toll 'over 500'  Summer floods have forced over one million from their homes. Southern China submerged beneath muddy waters Jun.25   Aceh Tsunami remembered six months on Jun.28  Afghanistan  Rescuers try to reach downed helicopter Jun.30   Afghanistan   16 bodies recovered from crash site  Coalition forces have recovered all bodies of the servicemen killed in a helicopter crash near the Pakistan border

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Jul.8  Cuba  Dennis lashes Cuba, kills 20 Jul.10  Florida  Dennis hits coast with 120 mph winds Jul.12   Pakistan   128 die in train crash  3 trains have collided in southern Pakistan. 17 train cars were destroyed in the accident Jul.18  Mexico  Hurricane Emily hits Yucatan   Niger   Children starving to death  3.6m people in Niger face severe food shortages caused by a drought and a plague of locusts Jul.24  India  7.2 quake shakes Indian islands Jul.27   Florida Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet   Mumbai 100 missing after offshore fire  Mumbai  Monsoon death toll soars Jul.29  Mumbai  Rain death toll reaches 850 Jul.31   Mumbai   Floods toll reaches 1,000
  Further rain is causing further misery in the city, which is trying to clean up after record-breaking rainfall
  Sudan     VP Garang 'dies in crash'  Search crews found the site of a helicopter crash and a body they believe is that of a former rebel leader

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Aug.2   Toronto   All survive Air France jet crash and fire
  A jetliner attempting to land overran a runway, smashed into a gully and burst into flames
Aug.6  Russian Far East  Rescuers lifting disabled sub   Russian Far East   Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe
  A mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean surfaced, and all 7 crew members are alive
Aug.12  Russia  Russia marks Kursk five years on Aug.14   Greece   Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead
  Air traffic controllers lost contact while Boeing 737 was approaching Athens
Aug.16   Venezuela     160 believed dead in jet crash
  The Colombian MD-82 aircraft carrying 160 people crashed in a remote area of western Venezuela
  Afghanistan   Spanish troops die in crash  Spain's defense minister does not rule out hostile fire as the possible cause of a helicopter crash that killed 17 Aug.23   Peru   Airliner crashes in jungle  A passenger plane carrying 100 people crashed a few kilometers short of its planned destination. 37 killed Aug.24   Romania   Floods cause havoc across Europe
  Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland
Aug.25   Paris   Apartment fire kills 16
  A massive fire has swept through a 7-story building shortly after midnight
Aug.28   New Orleans   Katrina now Category 5  New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city   New Orleans City evacuated as storm nears Aug.29   New Orleans   Hurricane Katrina lashes coast Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/americas/05/katrina/html/default.stm
  1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
 The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
  New Orleans Dozens feared dead after storm  Paris  Immigrants die in new fire Aug.30  New Orleans  'Up to 80' dead in hurricane Aug.31   Baghdad   1,000 dead in stampede
  323 others injured on a bridge after a massive Shiite religious commemoration erupted into panic
 New Orleans  City evacuations under way

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Sep.1  New Orleans  Up to 60,000 trying to flee city   New Orleans   'Desperate SOS' for city  Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center Sep.3   New Orleans   Massive airlift rescues thousands
  Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country
Sep.4  New Orleans  Thousands of deaths predicted  New Orleans  House-to-house rescues under way  Indonesia  Jet crashes on take-off, 143 killed Sep.5  New Orleans  Residents return Sep.6  New Orleans  Flood survivors 'must leave city' Sep.10  New Orleans  Police hunt for dead Sep.20   Florida   Rita strengthens to hurricane  Tropical Storm moved south of mainland Florida on its way to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico Sep.21  Texas  Storm triggers mass evacuation Sep.22   Texas Massive traffic jams as Texans flee Rita Sep.23   Texas Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes  New Orleans  Storm overcomes levee Sep.24  Louisiana  Rescuers comb wetlands after Rita Sep.27  France  Ex-Concorde chief faces probe Sep.28  Vietnam  Typhoon Damrey deaths reach 74 Sep.29  UN  Pandemic 'could kill 150m people'

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Oct.5   El Salvador   Hurricane Stan's death toll climbs to 135  Heavy rains pounded Central America, pushing rivers over their banks and unleashing a string of deadly mudslides Oct.6  Washington  Official: World not ready for flu Oct.7   Pakistan   Major quake kills thousands
  A magnitude 7.6 earthquake epicenter was 60 miles north-northeast of Islamabad and 6 miles below the surface
 Most of the dead were in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, followed by the North-West Province. Entire villages and many roads have been wiped out by landslides. Indian Prime Minister Singh called President Musharraf and offered help
Oct.8  Pakistan  1,000 may died in South Asia quake   Pakistan Quake toll is 18,000 Oct.9   Guatemala   Slide toll may hit 1,400
  Village buried under tons of dirt and debris may be declared a Mayan mass grave as rescuers give up digging
 Pakistan  Quake toll nears 20,000 Oct.10   Pakistan Quake toll soars above 30,000  Guatemala  Landslide areas considered mass graves   Pakistan Relief amid grief Oct.11  Pakistan  3m homeless as storms slow aid Oct.12   Syria Minister commits suicide  Pakistan  Indian troops join Pakistan quake effort   Pakistan Aftershock rattles region on edge Oct.13   Turkey Bird flu 'is deadly strain' Oct.14  Pakistan  Quake rescue mission winds down Oct.15   Romania     Romania has deadly bird flu virus  The deadly H5N1 strain that has infected humans in Asia has spread to Europe Oct.18  Kashmir  India hails Pakistani quake plan   Caribbean Wilma turns into a hurricane Oct.19  Haiti  Hurricane Wilma 'strongest ever' Oct.21   Mexico     Hurricane batters resorts
  The Yucatan is suffering severe damage from Wilma, which is forecast to pound the area for at least a day
Oct.22   Nigeria   Jet has crashed after takeoff  The Boeing 737 with 116 people on board disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Lagos Oct.23   Nigeria No survivors in crash Oct.24   Florida Wilma made 3 million homes without power Oct.26  Netherlands  Detainees killed in blaze Oct.28   Southern India   Passenger train derails, 61 died  The train is killing at least 61 people and injuring about 35. The carriages crashed into flood waters Oct.29  Nicaragua  Hurricane Beta now Category 2

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Nov.1   Washington Bush unveils pandemic flu strategy Nov.2  Pakistan  Quake toll reaches 73,000 Nov.5   Somalia   Cruise ship repels pirates
  The Seabourn Spirit sailing has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire
Nov.16  China  First human bird flu cases confirmed Nov.22   Northeast China   Harbin water supplies cut off
  Emergency measures are in force amid fears the city's drinking water could be contaminated after an explosion
Nov.23  Northeast China  Toxic slick flows into Harbin Nov.24  Northeast China  Toxic leak was 100 tonnes Nov.25   India Flood bus plunges kill 75 Nov.27   Northeast China   169 workers die in mine blast
  More than 100 missing after an explosion at a colliery at the Dongfeng mine in Heilongjiang province

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Dec.1  Global  Controversy clouds World Aids Day Dec.2  China  Mine flood traps 42 miners Dec.6   Iran   110 killed in plane crash
  The air force C-130 -- carrying more than 90 people has crashed near Tehran after hitting a 10-story apartment building
Dec.7  China  Mine blast leaves 74 dead Dec.8  Chicago  Jet skids off runway Dec.10   Nigeria   Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed  A passenger jet crashed on landing at the airport in the city of Port Harcourt. At least 56 people were killed 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 Dec.12  Eastern Afghanistan  Large quake hits Hindu Kush region Dec.19   Miami Seaplane crashes off Miami Beach Dec.21  Vietnam  Bird flu shows resistance to Tamiflu Dec.23  Azerbaijan  Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23 Dec.25  Northern Japan  Deadly train derailment Dec.26   Aceh   Siren's wail marks tsunami moment  A siren followed by a minute of silence marked the moment a year ago when the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed ashore Dec.29   West Pakistan Many killed in avalanche Dec.31  Yemen  Landslide toll climbs to 56

Many killed in hotel fire  20 people have died and about 50 people have been injured in a fire in central Paris 100 missing after offshore fire Apartment fire kills 16



World, Disasters, 2005 Fire Timeline ... See World Fire timeline Top ^
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Mar.7  Dominican Republic  Prison fire 'kills 140'
Apr.14   Paris
Jun.4  Southern France  Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire
Jul.27   Mumbai
Aug.25   Paris
  A massive fire has swept through a 7-story building shortly after midnight
Aug.29  Paris  Immigrants die in new fire Oct.26  Netherlands  Detainees killed in blaze


World, Disasters, 2005 Aid Timeline ... See World Aid timeline Top ^
2005 Jan.1   Indonesia   U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion  The new amount includes contributions from many countries and the World Bank Jan.2  Aceh  Tsunami aid arriving Jan.2   Indonesia Indonesia toll passes 94,000 Jan.3   Washington US presidents in tsunami aid plea Jan.6   Indonesia U.N. taking over relief effort Jan.21  Japan  Disaster action plan set by U.N. Jan.26   Iraq 31 Marines killed in chopper crash
  5 troops in other incidents. Number of U.S. troops killed today is 36, the deadliest day for U.S. since the start of the war
May.20   Chile Missing 41 troops feared dead
  Chile's army chief: At least 41 Chilean soldiers who went missing in a snowstorm are almost certainly dead
Sep.4  New Orleans  Thousands of deaths predicted Sep.5  New Orleans  Residents return Oct.18  Kashmir  India hails Pakistani quake plan Dec.29   West Pakistan Many killed in avalanche


World, Disasters, 2005 Earthquake Timeline ... See World Earthquake timeline Top ^
2005 Jan.1   Indonesia   U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion  The new amount includes contributions from many countries and the World Bank Jan.3   Washington US presidents in tsunami aid plea Jan.5  Aceh  Tsunami carnage shocks Powell Jan.6   Indonesia U.N. taking over relief effort Jan.19   Indonesia   Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000  The December 26 earthquake and tsunami killed 166,320 people in Indonesia. 6,245 people were still missing Feb.22   Iran 500 killed in quake  Some 30,000 people in about 40 villages have been affected in southern Iran Mar.28   Indonesia Quake kills at least 300 on island of Nias
  A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia but fears of another tsunami have faded
May.2  Afghanistan  '28 die' in munitions blast Jun.25   Aceh Tsunami remembered six months on Jul.24  India  7.2 quake shakes Indian islands Oct.7   Pakistan Major quake kills thousands
  A magnitude 7.6 earthquake epicenter was 60 miles north-northeast of Islamabad and 6 miles below the surface
 Most of the dead were in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, followed by the North-West Province. Entire villages and many roads have been wiped out by landslides. Indian Prime Minister Singh called President Musharraf and offered help
Oct.8  Pakistan  1,000 may died in South Asia quake Oct.8   Pakistan Quake toll is 18,000 Oct.9  Pakistan  Quake toll nears 20,000 Oct.10   Pakistan Quake toll soars above 30,000 Oct.12   Pakistan Aftershock rattles region on edge Nov.2  Pakistan  Quake toll reaches 73,000 Dec.12  Eastern Afghanistan  Large quake hits Hindu Kush region


World, Disasters, 2005 Health Disasters Timeline ... See World Health Disasters timeline Top ^
2005 Jan.2  Aceh  Tsunami aid arriving Feb.16   Japan Kyoto Protocol comes into force