A disaster is an event that causes serious harm to people, buildings, economies, or the environment, and the affected community cannot handle it alone...
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The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh...
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The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in...
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A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches...
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The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The LZ 129 Hindenburg...
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Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You! was a dark ride attraction at Universal Studios Florida. Set on a soundstage of a fictitious movie...
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The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989...
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Emergency management (redirect from Disaster relief)
Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability...
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The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide...
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The Thanksgiving Day Disaster took place in San Francisco on November 29, 1900, at the annual college football game between the California Golden Bears...
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The Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, when an explosion and underground fire killed 261 men. Gresford...
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It's a Disaster is a 2012 American art-house black comedy film written and directed by Todd Berger. The film was made by Los Angeles-based comedy group...
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A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the...
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Disaster recovery may refer to: Recovery stage of emergency management IT disaster recovery, maintaining or reestablishing vital information technology...
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Disaster Movie is a 2008 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and produced by Peter Safran, Friedberg, and Seltzer...
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An environmental disaster or ecological disaster is defined as a catastrophic event regarding the natural environment that is due to human activity. This...
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The Cairngorm Plateau disaster, also known as the Feith Buidhe disaster, occurred in November 1971 when six fifteen-year-old Edinburgh school students...
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mission; the launch and subsequent disaster were seen live in many schools across the United States. The cause of the disaster was the failure of the primary...
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (redirect from Asian Tsunami Disaster)
the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century, and the worst tsunami disaster in history. It is also the worst natural disaster in the history of Indonesia...
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The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on 27 March 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife...
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El Al Flight 1862 (redirect from Bijmermeer disaster)
Netherlands. The accident is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster). Forty-seven people were killed, including all 4 on board and 43 on the...
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National Institute of Disaster Management may refer to: National Institute of Disaster Management (India) National Institute of Disaster Management (Pakistan)...
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Natural Disaster (album), by Bethany Cosentino, 2023 "Natural Disaster" (Plain White T's song) "Natural Disaster" (Example song) The Natural Disasters, a professional...
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List of Mayday episodes (redirect from List of Mayday: Air Disaster episodes)
United States and Canada and also known as Mayday: Air Disaster (The Weather Channel) or Air Disasters (Smithsonian Channel) in the United States, is a Canadian...
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Blueprint for Disaster is a Canadian documentary television series that premiered in 2004 on Discovery Channel Canada. Produced by Temple Street Productions...
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A disaster area is a region or a locale that has been heavily damaged by either natural, technological or social hazards. Disaster areas affect the population...
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The Kyshtym disaster, sometimes referred to as the Mayak disaster or Ozyorsk disaster in newer sources, was a radioactive contamination accident that...
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A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may...
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Tsunami Disaster can refer to: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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also refer to: Disaster (film), a 1948 drama film directed by William H. Pine "Disaster" (Dave song) "Disaster" (JoJo song), 2011 "Disaster" (Star Trek:...
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