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March 2002 Disasters

March 3, Central Asia: 7.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in six countries—Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Kazakhstan. At least 100 people died in the village of…

September 2002 Disasters

Sept. 20, Karmadon Gorge, North Ossetia, Russia: An avalanche of mud, ice, and rocks left more than 100 people dead, including popular Russian movie actor Sergei Bodrov, who was filming in…

January 2001 Disasters

Jan. 13, San Miguel, El Salvador: Magnitude 7.6 earthquake set off some 185 landslides across El Salvador; at least 844 died and nearly 100,000 houses were destroyed.Jan. 26, Bhuj, India:…

April 2001 Disasters

April 2, Bering Sea: Seattle-based fishing trawler, the Arctic Rose, disappeared in rough seas about 200 mi northeast of St. Paul Island, one of the Pribilof Islands. All 15 crew members perished in…

August 2001 Disasters

Aug. 1, Nias Island, off western Sumatra, Indonesia: Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains swept away entire villages and killed at least 31 people. Aug. 16, nr. Katpadi, Tamil Nadu, India…

April 2002 Disasters

April 15, nr. Pusan, South Korea: Air China Boeing 767 en route from Beijing crashed into a forested hillside 5 mi from the airport in Pusan, killing at least 115 people. Miraculously, 39…

December 2001 Disasters

Dec. 23–31, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil: Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains killed 60–70 people, mainly in the mountain resort city of Petropolis near Rio de Janeiro on Christmas…

February 2000 Disasters

Feb. 14, southwestern Ga.: Series of tornadoes struck the southwestern part of the state. Eighteen people were killed and more than 100 were injured.Feb. 26, southern Philippines: 2 buses…

October 2000 Disasters

Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole was heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. Seventeen sailors were killed in what was apparently a…

March 2000 Disasters

March 11, Krasnodon, Ukraine: An underground explosion killed 81 coal miners in this eastern Ukrainian town. Ukraine has the highest coal industry death rate in the world.March 23, nr.…