Dates of really bad disasters

Answer 1

Here are the dates of some notable disasters (since 1950), with a high death toll, and/or damage:

1. Mount Lamington eruption - January 18, 1951 - 3,000 dead

2. North Sea Flood of 1953 - Jaunary 31 - February 1, 1953 - 2,551 dead

3. Typhoon Vera - September 26, 1959 - 5,238 dead

4. 1960 Valdivia earthquake - May 22, 1960 - 2,230 - 6,000 dead

5. 1970 Ancash earthquake/landslide - May 31, 1970 - 75,000 - 100,000 dead

6. 1970 Bhola cyclone - November 12, 1970 - 300,000 - 500,000 dead

7. Banqiao dam failure - August 8, 1975 - ~200,000 dead

8. 1976 Guatemala earthquake - February 4, 1976 - 23,000 dead

9. 1976 Tangshan earthquake - July 28, 1976 - 242,419 - 779,000 dead

10. Bhopal disaster - December 2 - 3, 1984 - ~25,000 dead

11. 1985 Mexico City earthquke - September 19, 1985 - 10,153 - 40,000 dead

12. Chernobyl nuclear disaster - April 26, 1986 - up to 4,000 cancer fatalities

13. Sinking of the MV Dona Paz - December 20, 1987 - ~4,375

14. Great Hanshin earthquake - January 17, 1995 - 6,434 dead

15. Hurricane Mitch - October 29 - November 3, 1998 - ~19,325 dead

16. 1999 Izmit earthquake - August 17, 1999 - 17,127 dead

17. September 11 attacks - September 11, 2001 - 2,996 dead

18. 2004 Indian ocean earthquake & tsunami - December 26, 2004 - 230,210 - 310,000 dead

19. Hurricane Katrina - August 29, 2005 - 1,836 dead

20. Cyclone Nargis - May 3, 2008 - >146,000 dead

21. 2010 Haiti earthquake - January 12, 2010 - ~316,000 dead

22. 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, & nuclear disaster - March 11, 2011 - 15,845 - 28,000 dead