The following are lists of disasters.

Natural disasters

A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth. These lists are of

disaster A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources ...

s caused by forces of nature. * List of avalanches * List of blizzards *

List of derecho events The following is a list of derecho events. North America Europe South America Asia See also * Bow echo * Line echo wave pattern * List of deadliest Storm Prediction Center days by outlook risk level * List of microbursts ...

* List of droughts * Lists of earthquakes * List of environmental disasters * List of fires ** List of wildfires ** List of California wildfires * List of floods **

History of flooding in Canada The history of flooding in Canada includes floods caused by snowmelt runoff or freshet flooding, storm-rainfall and " flash flooding", ice jams during ice formation and spring break-up, natural dams, coastal flooding on ocean or lake coasts from ...

** List of deadliest floods ** List of flash floods ** List of floods in the Netherlands ** List of floods in Pakistan ** List of floods in Sheffield * List of heat waves * List of ice storms * List of landslides *

List of natural disasters by death toll A natural disaster is a sudden event that always causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, vo ...

* List of solar storms * Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks * List of tropical cyclones *

List of historical tsunamis This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that the tsunami occurred. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur ...

* List of volcanic eruptions **

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** List of large volcanic eruptions of the 20th century ** List of large volcanic eruptions in the 21st century ** List of volcanic eruptions by death toll

Accidents

These are lists of disasters caused by accidental human action. * List of accidents and disasters by death toll

Transport

* List of aviation accidents and incidents **

List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list ...

** Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ** List of airship accidents ** List of ballooning accidents **

List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters This article is a list of accidents and incidents involving helicopters and which are notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. It is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred. 1968 *22 May – Sikorsky S-61L N3 ...

* List of elevator accidents * List of maritime disasters **

List of shipwrecks This is an index of lists of shipwrecks, sorted by different criteria. By location * List of shipwrecks of Africa * List of shipwrecks of Asia * List of shipwrecks of Europe ** List of shipwrecks of France ** List of shipwrecks of the Uni ...

* List of rail accidents ** List of tram accidents *

List of road accidents The following is a list of articles that contain a lists of traffic collisions, or list of people who died in traffic collisions. Lists of traffic collisions *List of traffic collisions (before 2000) *List of traffic collisions (2000–present) * ...

* List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents

Industrial

* List of industrial disasters * List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States * List of structural failures and collapses ** List of bridge failures ** List of dam failures ** List of levee failures ** List of mast and tower collapses ** List of modern infrastructure failures *

List of explosions This is a list of accidental explosions and facts about each one, grouped by the time of their occurrence. It does not include explosions caused by terrorist attacks or arson, as well as intentional explosions for civil or military purposes. It ...

* List of mining disasters ** List of coal mining accidents in China **

List of gold mining disasters This is a list of gold mining disasters including environmental, such as those arising due to dam failure, cyanide leakage into the environment, as well as inappropriate environmental toxic waste discharge due to the gold cyanidation technique use ...

** List of mining disasters in Lancashire **

List of mining disasters in Poland The following mining disasters have occurred in Poland: *1565 – ''Golden Donkey'' in Złoty Stok – 59 killed. *1880 – ''Renard'' coal mine in Sosnowiec – 200 killed. *1896 – ''Kleofas'' coal mine in Katowice – 105 killed. *1913 - '' ...

Nuclear and radiation accidents A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals, lar ...

Japanese nuclear incidents This is a list of Japanese atomic, nuclear and radiological accidents, incidents and disasters. List List of plants affected by 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami * Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant * Higashidōri Nuclear Power Plant * Tōkai ...

** List of civilian radiation accidents ** List of Chernobyl-related articles ** List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll **

Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents These are lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents. Main lists * List of attacks on nuclear plants * List of Chernobyl-related articles * List of civilian nuclear accidents * List of civilian radiation accidents * List of ...

** List of sunken nuclear submarines * List of oil spills

Health

* List of famines * List of food contamination incidents * List of epidemics * List of mass evacuations * List of medicine contamination incidents *

List of methanol poisoning incidents Outbreaks of methanol poisoning have occurred when methanol is used to adulterate moonshine (bootleg liquor). Methanol is toxic to humans. If as little as 10 ml of pure methanol is ingested, for example, it can break down into formic acid, w ...

Manmade

These are lists of disasters caused by deliberate human action or public endangerment or culpable negligence. * List of amusement park accidents *

* List of fires ** List of building or structure fires **

List of circus fires Fire disasters in circuses include: * Hartford circus fire, July 6, 1944 in Connecticut *Niterói circus fire, December 17, 1961 in Brazil *1981 Bangalore circus fire See also * Oxford Circus fire, at the Oxford Circus Oxford Circus is a roa ...

** List of hotel fires in the United States ** List of nightclub fires **

List of town and city fires This is a list of major urban conflagrations. Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities. For notable fires that involved a single structure, see list of building or str ...

** List of transportation fires * List of fireworks accidents and incidents * List of man-made mass poisoning incidents * List of orphan radioactive source incidents *

List of massacres The following is a list of events for which one of the commonly accepted names includes the word "massacre". Definition ''Massacre'' is defined in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people ...

* List of crushes (almost all caused by failures of management) * List of military disasters * List of riots * List of terrorist incidents * List of wars ** List of battles and other violent events ** List of wars and anthropogenic disasters

Environmental hazard

List of power outages This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to of the following criteria: * The outage must not be planned by the service provider. * The outage must affect at least 1k people. * The outage ...

Pollution Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the ...

By location

* List of disasters in Antarctica * List of disasters in Australia *

List of disasters in Canada This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters (arranged by date), either man-made or natural, that occurred on Canadian soil. List Pre-1597 1597–1867 1867–1916 1917–1966 1970–2016 2017–present See also * ...

** List of disasters in Canada by death toll * List of disasters in Croatia * List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland * List of disasters in Haiti *

Lists of disasters in Indonesia This lists the list articles of disasters involving Indonesia List of lists * Indonesian tsunami, list of * List of disasters in Indonesia * List of earthquakes in Indonesia * List of natural disasters in Indonesia Natural disasters in Indones ...

** List of disasters in Indonesia ** List of earthquakes in Indonesia ** List of natural disasters in Indonesia * List of disasters in New Zealand ** List of natural disasters in New Zealand * List of disasters in Pakistan * List of disasters in the Philippines * List of disasters in Poland * List of disasters in South Korea * List of disasters in Thailand * List of disasters in the United States

Other

* List of disasters by cost