Disasters timeline
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Heavy Rainfalls Trigger Deadly Flash Floods in South Korea
Unrelenting rain pounding Seoul, South Korea, and the southern part of the country is causing historic flooding and extensive landslides. The... Read more
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Heavy Winds at Indiana State Fair Cause Concert Stage to Collapse, Killing 5 and Injuring 45
Saturday night’s accident happened when a wind gust estimated at 60 to 70 mph toppled the roof of the stage and the metal scaffolding holding... Read more
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6th Person Dies from Stage-Collapse Injuries
A 22-year-old college student died today from injuries suffered in last weekend's stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Jennifer Haskell, a... Read more
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7th Person Dies from Stage-Collapse Injuries
A seventh victim of the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair has died after she was removed from life support so her organs could be... Read more
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5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Virginia
The Virginia quake that shook buildings and scared citizens on the US East Coast early Tuesday afternoon was felt from Martha’s Vineyard, where... Read more
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Deadly Wildfires Rage Across Central Texas
One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history left more than 1,000 homes in ruins Tuesday and stretched the state's firefighting... Read more
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Ohio Exotic Animal Farm Owner Kills Self, Releases Animals
Though most of the lions, wolves and bears on the loose in Muskingum County have been killed, authorities issued an advisory at 11 a.m. for... Read more
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Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Runs Aground off the Coast of Tuscany
There were scenes of panic as the Costa Concordia hit a sandbar on Friday evening near the island of Giglio and listed about 20 degrees. Most... Read more
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Kiss Nightclub Fire in Brazil
The Kiss nightclub fire started between 2:00 and 2:30 (BRST) on 27 January 2013 in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, killing at least 242... Read more
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Chelyabinsk Russia Meteor
The Chelyabinsk meteor was a near-Earth asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT (03:20 UTC),... Read more
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West Fertilizer Company Explosion
On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, eighteen... Read more
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Lushan China Earthquake
The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (Tibetan: Yak-ngai Sayom གཡག་རྔ་ཡི་ས་ཡོམ་) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013.... Read more
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Savar Bangladesh Building Collapse
On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building, collapsed in Savar, a sub-district in the Greater Dhaka Area, the capital of... Read more