Category:Disasters and accidents
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Subcategories
This category has the following 28 subcategories, out of 28 total.
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- 2010 Copiapó mining accident (7 articles; 8 files)
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- Adam Air Flight 172 (9 articles)
- Adam Air Flight 292 (3 articles)
- Adam Air Flight 574 (19 articles)
- Air France Flight 447 (20 articles)
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- Causing death by dangerous driving (6 articles)
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- Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion (30 articles)
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- Federal Emergency Management Agency (34 articles)
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- Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (21 articles)
- Germanwings Flight 9525 (4 articles)
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- Helios Airways Flight 522 (7 articles)
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- Katrina-displaced students (3 articles)
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- MV al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (4 articles)
- MV Princess of the Stars (9 articles)
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- National Search and Rescue Agency (7 articles)
- National Transportation Safety Committee (16 articles)
- New Orleans Disaster (45 articles)
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- Power outages (19 articles)
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- Rail Accident Investigation Branch (3 articles)
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- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (3 articles; 1 file)
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- Western Australian gas crisis (6 articles)
Pages in category "Disasters and accidents"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 2,783 total.
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- "Black box" found near crash site of Ethiopian Airlines flight
- "Darfur a powder keg" says UN Head of Humanitarian Affairs
- "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
- "Massive" oil spill in Alaska
- "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot retires
- "One-in-100-year flood event" devastates Western Australia
- "Super typhoon" triggers fatal mudslides in Philippines
- "Toxic soup" scenario in New Orleans unlikely
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- 'Black box' found near crash site of Airblue flight
- 'Black boxes' pulled from Air India plane wreckage
- 'Brakes failed': fourteen killed in Guatemala bus crash
- 'Critical safety issue' with A380 engines
- 'Crown Fire' forces residents in Southern California to evacuate homes
- 'Explosive' Haitian cholera outbreak kills 292, neighboring countries prepare
- 'Gouge' found on wing of Space Shuttle Endeavour
- 'Unacceptable' and 'without foundation': Poland rejects Russian air crash report
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- 1 dead, 13 injured in Dublin bus pursuit
- 1,000+ of Saudi Arabia's guest workers feared drowned
- 1,000,000 flee homes in California due to wildfires; over 500,000 ordered to evacuate
- 1,100 evacuated due to massive Halifax brush fire
- 1.4 million in China flee deadly storm
- 10 American soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
- 10 arrested over Ugandan school fire as death toll reaches 20
- 10 years on Diana, Princess of Wales remembered
- 11 dead after snow storms in US
- 11 killed in Mexican military helicopter crash
- 11,000 evacuated in Indonesia as Mount Merapi threatens to erupt
- 12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine
- 12 dead following police raid of Mexican night club
- 12 hurt in San Luis de La Balsa tourist bus accident
- 12 injured after van carrying church group flips over on Buffalo, NY expressway
- 12-year-old girl dies after collapsing in school in Northamptonshire, England
- 13 coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine
- 13 dead as cargo plane crashes in Congo
- 13 die in two aircraft accidents in Russia
- 13 missing from ship off coast of Madagascar; two rescued
- 13 people killed in Peru plane crash; passengers expressed fears prior to flying
- 13 U.S. soldiers killed in helicopter crash
- 13-year-old shot dead by Brazilian police in mock-up of hijacking situation
- 130 dead after torrential rains in India
- 14 killed by bushfires in Australia
- 14 killed in Russian bus-truck collision
- 14 people injured after bus overturns in heavy rain near Quebec City
- 14 US soldiers dead after helicopter crash in Iraq
- 15 killed and 22 injured after fire in Chinese bar
- 15 killed, 30 injured attempting to steal fuel from train in India
- 16 dead after U.S. helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
- 16-year-old arrested over alleged plot to hijack US airliner
- 168-centimetre water main breaks near Washington D.C.
- 17 killed after Cambodian ferry capsizes
- 170 workers trapped in Chinese mine after explosion
- 1700 runners still unaccounted for in UK's Lake District following flood
- 18 dead after multiple twisters strike US Midwest
- 18 hospitalized after gas attack in school in Valga, Estonia
- 18 illegal Afghan and Burmese immigrants killed in truck crash in Turkey
- 18 Motorcyclists killed during Bike Week
- 190 dead in Ethiopia floods
- 1960s Rockabilly music artist Terry Teen dies aged 70
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- 2,000 homeless after 4-hectare fire in Bislig City, Philippines
- 2,000 stranded in Machu Picchu, Peru after torrential rains
- 2-year-old dies in car in 100ºF heat with windows rolled up
- 20 confirmed dead after Kintampo freak tree accident
- 20 dead in Hyderabad, India flyover collapse
- 20 dead, seventeen trapped after Chinese coal mine explosion
- 20 killed and over 40 missing as overcrowded bus crashes into Nepal river
- 20 people injured after stand collapse in the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Colombia
- 20 years on: Lockerbie victims' group head talks to Wikinews
- 20 years on: Sioux City, Iowa remembers crash landing that killed 111
- 2007 Darwin Award winners announced
- 2007 was particularly good year for aviation safety
- 2008-09-21: CCTV footage shows bombing of Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan
- 21 people killed and 113 reported injured in three blasts in Mumbai
- 22 killed after bus falls into gorge in northern India
- 22 killed as heavy rain hits Panzhihua, China
- 23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium
- 24 error messages sent by Flight 447
- 24 people rescued from roller coaster at California's Great America theme park
- 25 dead after fire in Chinese coal mine
- 25 dead after mine explosion in West Virginia
- 25 drown as van plunges into Krishna river in India
- 25 killed and 33 injured as explosion rips through Chinese karaoke bar
- 25 killed as bus crashes into river gorge in Kashmir, Pakistan
- 26 killed after mine accident in China
- 26 motorbikes, two cars pile up in Oregon, US
- 27 believed dead in Indonesian plane crash
- 27 killed in Southwest China bus fire
- 29 killed in Algerian floods
- 29 presumed dead after second explosion at New Zealand mine
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- 3 dead, 4 missing after Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in South China Sea
- 30 civillians killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
- 30 dead in Baghdad bomb blasts, hundreds of people injured
- 30 dead in Spain metro crash
- 30 people die in bombing in northwestern Pakistan
- 30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
- 300 Vietnamese fishermen rescued after record China typhoon
- 3000 homeless after fire breaks out in Chad refugee camp
- 31 die in Mexico jail violence
- 31 killed in Afghanistan bus bombing
- 33 killed by firecracker blaze in India
- 351 dead after Burma cyclone
- 38 killed after US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
- 38 miners killed in Russian mine explosion
- 38 people die in suicide attack during political rally in Pakistan
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- 4 injured when bus overturns in Charlotte, NC
- 4-year-old boy killed by dog in Liverpool, England
- 4.3 magnitude earthquake strikes the San Francisco region
- 400 Survivors rescued from ferry disaster
- 41 killed by suicide bombing near Pakistan's Swat valley
- 44 dead and over 300,000 homeless after flooding in Brazil
- 45 feared dead in Pakistan air crash
- 46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan
- 46-passenger Venezuelan plane reported missing
- 48 whales beached in New Zealand
- 49 dead after Comair regional jet crashes in Kentucky
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- 5 killed as bus from New York City to Montreal crashes
- 5 killed in Kentucky coal mine explosion
- 5 killed in return bus trip from marching band competition
- 5 killed, 255 rescued as ferry catches fire in Philippines
- 5 killed, 35 injured in train crash in Israel
- 5.1 earthquake hits north of Tokyo
- 5.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Hawaii hours before expected hurricane
- 5.6 earthquake strikes California
- 5.6-magnitude aftershock earthquake strikes Italy
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Peru
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocks San Diego and northern Mexico
- 5.9 magnitude aftershock strikes Lolol, Chile area
- 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Pichilemu, Chile revives fears of new tragedy
- 50 dead after ferry in Myanmar capsizes
- 50,000 people refuse evacuation after flooding in India caused by river changing course
- 500 stranded melon-headed whales rescued in Philippine bay
- 51 killed in Yemen election rally stampede
- 54 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil
- 54 killed, 20 injured in Tanzanian bus crash
- 55 people die in Casablanca mattress factory fire
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- 6-year-old boy in Colorado found alive, unhurt after runaway balloon allegedly carried him away
- 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Turkey
- 6.1 magnitude aftershock earthquake hits Haiti
- 6.2 earthquake reported in Solomon Islands
- 6.2 magnitude aftershock provokes panic in southern Chile
- 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits central Italy
- 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits northern Chile
- 6.3 magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea
- 6.4 earthquake shakes Indonesia
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Chile
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Andaman Islands
- 6.5 magnitude aftershock hits Bío Bío, Chile
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Acre, Brazil
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Taiwan
- 6.7 magnitude quake shakes Hawaii
- 6.8 earthquake rocks northeastern coast of Papua New Guinea
- 6.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Colombia
- 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits western China
- 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake strikes Solomon Islands
- 60 people still missing after Kenyan house collapse
- 60 reported dead in Congo train crash
- 60 vehicle pile-up kills one, injures 30 in Austria
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- 7 killed, 50 injured in Bangladesh shopping mall fire
- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Haitian coast
- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japanese coast
- 7.1 earthquake strikes Indonesia
- 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Fiji
- 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Araucanía, Chile; no tsunami warning
- 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
- 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Mariana Islands
- 7.2 quake rattles lower Colorado River area in Mexico
- 7.4 earthquake strikes Bonin Islands in Japan
- 7.4 magnitude hits Pacific near New Zealand
- 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Kamchatka peninsula
- 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near Tonga, tsunami generated
- 70 killed after tanker explosion in Nigeria
- 76 dead in plane crash near Medellín, Colombia
- 77 dead after flooding in Saudi Arabia
- 77 die in train crash in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- 8 dead following road collision in New Brunswick, Canada
- 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurs near Tonga
- 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits Chile; tsunami warnings issued throughout Pacific rim
- 8.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, causes tsunami
- 85 Hindu pilgrims killed in India lorry crash
- 85 rescued, thousands feared dead in Philippine landslide
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- A 5.6 Richter quake hits Western Montana
- A false quake warning in Japan exposes problems for practical use
- A leak at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility on Cumbrian coast, England
- A380 collides with regional jet at JFK airport
- Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi moves to drop Lockerbie bombing appeal
- Abhisit Vejjajiva administration on brink of collapse
- Abused girl in Arizona found with 100 wounds
- Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills ten
- Accident in Jacksonville, Florida, releases low-radioactive gas
- Accident on set of British television program Heartbeat
- Accidental explosion occurs in Israel
- Actor George Clooney injured in motorcycle accident
- Actor Ryan Thomas involved in car crash in Manchester, England
- Adam Air hits severe financial problems; may be shut down in three weeks
- Adam Air may be shut down after string of accidents