Disasters: Environmental Catastrophes and Human Tragedies

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This encyclopedia is a descriptive, illustrated account of disasters, both natural and human-induced, that have occurred throughout the world at different times over the past two thousand years. They include experiences of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, extremes of weather, droughts, pandemic illnesses, land subsidence and landslides. Most troubling of all is a newcomer to the world of disasters, the terrorist attack. While terrorists have, from time to time in the past, wrought havoc on human environments, the expanded volume and brutality of their activities over the past thirty years has gone beyond all previous acts of violence. Terrorism is the type of disaster that may become increasingly destructive in the future.
Challenger (space shuttle), Florida, fire/explosion, 1986
Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear accident, 1986
Armenia earthquake, 1988
Alaska oil spill, 1989
Tiananmen Square, China, massacre, 1989
Loma Prieta, California, earthquake, 1989
Persian Gulf oil inferno, 1991
Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, volcanic eruption, 1991
Hurricane Andrew, 1992
New York City, New York, terrorism, 1993
Northridge, California, earthquake, 1994
Rwanda genocide, 1994
Kobe, Japan, earthquake, 1995
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, terrorism, 1995
Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, genocide, 1995
Red River flood, 1997
Hurricane Floyd, 1999
Peru offshore earthquake, 2001
Nine Eleven, New York City, New York, terrorism, 2001
United States anthrax terrorism, 2001
Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake and tsunami, 2004
Northern California offshore earthquake, 2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Pakistan earthquake, 2005
Taiwan earthquake, 2006
Greensburg, Kansas, tornado, 2007

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