- Blackout of 1965@ (5)
- Centralia Mine Fire@ (9)
- Chicago Fire 1871@ (4)
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 1989@ (6)
- Hinckley Fire 1894@ (2)
- Hurricane Katrina 2005@ (121)
- Johnstown Flood 1889@ (8)
- Loma Prieta Earthquake 1989@ (3)
- Oklahoma City Bombing 1995@ (23)
- Peshtigo Fire 1871@ (2)
- Rhode Island Nightclub Fire 2003@ (55)
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 1906@ (34)
- September 11, 2001 Attacks@ (438)
- Space Shuttle Challenger 1986@ (14)
- S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald 1975@ (10)
- Three Mile Island Incident 1979@ (5)
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire@ (6)
See also:
- Science: Earth Sciences: Natural Disasters and Hazards (146)
- Society: History: By Region: North America: Disasters (0)
- Society: History: By Time Period: Twentieth Century: Disasters (1)
The Oroville Dam Train Tunnel Disaster
members.tripod.com
Relates a train collision in a tunnel in 1965 during the construction of Oroville Dam in California. Selected photographs included.
Worst United States Disasters
infoplease.com
On-line broad-based information database with disaster listings for topics from Aircraft to Winter Storm.
Great American Disasters
ezl.com
Accounts of various accidents and natural disasters in the US, with related and contextual links.
The Port Chicago Disaster
intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us
Resources for students and teachers covering the worst home front disaster of WWII.
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Gulf Daily News, Bahrain
"As Bahrain is one of the countries where 75 per cent of the urban inhabitants are exposed to rising sea levels, it has taken a major initiative to face disasters by setting up a National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC). ...
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