Lists of disasters
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The following are lists of disasters.
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Natural disasters
A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth. These lists are of disasters caused by forces of nature.
- List of avalanches
- List of blizzards
- List of derecho events
- List of droughts
- Lists of earthquakes
- List of environmental disasters
- List of fires
- List of heat waves
- List of ice storms
- List of landslides
- List of natural disasters by death toll
- List of solar storms
- Lists of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
- List of tropical cyclones
- List of historical tsunamis
- List of volcanic eruptions
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Accidents
These are lists of disasters caused by accidental human action.
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Transport
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Industrial
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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
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Manmade
These are lists of disasters caused by deliberate human action.
- List of fireworks accidents and incidents
- List of man-made mass poisoning incidents
- List of massacres
- List of military disasters
- List of riots
- List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
- List of terrorist incidents
- List of wars
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By location
- List of disasters in Croatia
- List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland
- List of disasters in Haiti
- List of disasters in Indonesia
- List of disasters in New Zealand
- List of disasters in the Philippines
- List of disasters in Poland
- List of disasters in Thailand
- List of disasters in the United States
- List of natural disasters in Pakistan
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Other
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