Geological and meteorological events of significant magnitude can cause widespread destruction and displacement. Examples include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and droughts. These occurrences often lead to substantial loss of... Read more »
The Bhopal gas tragedy, occurring in the early hours of December 3, 1984, at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, involved the release of methyl... Read more »
The Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. A flawed reactor design and... Read more »
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, occurring in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, resulted from a catastrophic blowout and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This incident led to the... Read more »
The Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred on April 26, 1986, at the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union).... Read more »
The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during an FA Cup semi-final football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, on 15 April 1989. Overcrowding in... Read more »
The Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, in what was then part of the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). A... Read more »
The Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, in what was then part of the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). A... Read more »