American Airlines crash in Washington DC may be carrier’s worst disaster in decades
Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort ...
Real Engineering on MSN2d
The Worst Oil Disaster Ever
In 1991, retreating Iraqi forces set over 700 Kuwaiti oil wells ablaze, creating an environmental catastrophe of ...
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Nearly 100 Washingtonians Died When a Theater Collapsed in One of the Largest Snowfalls Ever to Hit D.C.
The Knickerbocker Theater disaster, which took place on this day in 1922, killed 98 moviegoers and injured another 133 ...
Greek Reporter11d
The ‘Greek Titanic’: The Worst Naval Disaster in Modern Greek History
The sinking of "Himara" on January 19, 1947 off Evia resulted in a loss of at least 383 people and has been dubbed as the ...
A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years
Several people are feared dead and many more injured as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river ...
U.S. economic losses from natural disasters reached $218 billion in 2024, topping global average
Economic toll from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in U.S. last year and were above average globally.
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Eighty years since the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”
He described the defeat as the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”. For the defeated Commonwealth soldiers who had battled to save it, 80,000 of them immediately ...